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David P. Merlino

Examiner (ID: 7077, Phone: (571)272-8362 , Office: P/3669 )

Most Active Art Unit
3669
Art Unit(s)
3665, 3669
Total Applications
499
Issued Applications
339
Pending Applications
53
Abandoned Applications
121

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/617382
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing sensor data Jun 7, 2017 Issued
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15/607939
Method and a device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft, and an aircraft May 29, 2017 Issued
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15/590287
Traveling apparatus May 8, 2017 Issued
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15/491783
Selection of satellites for global positioning system Apr 18, 2017 Issued
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15/486913
Communication system, transmitter, receiver, and communication method Apr 12, 2017 Issued
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15/485772
SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Apr 11, 2017 Abandoned
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15/471365
Synchronizing nodes at a meeting point Mar 27, 2017 Issued
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15/444606
Method of generating expected average speed of travel Feb 27, 2017 Issued
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16/075465
Vehicle speed control Feb 9, 2017 Issued
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15/427328
Determining friction data of a target vehicle Feb 7, 2017 Issued
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15/422008
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle on a roadway Jan 31, 2017 Issued
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15/421557
Systems and methods for notifying an occupant of a cause for a deviation in a vehicle Jan 31, 2017 Issued
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15/416978
GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND GUIDANCE METHOD Jan 25, 2017 Abandoned
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15/413009
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE USING A MOBILE DEVICE Jan 22, 2017 Abandoned
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15/406890
Surface coverage optimization method for autonomous mobile machines Jan 15, 2017 Issued
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15/399862
Enhanced vehicle monitoring Jan 5, 2017 Issued
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15/398030
Variable rate discharge system for crop accumulator Jan 3, 2017 Issued
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15/389641
Method and system for determining vehicle speed using vertical and longitudinal acceleration sensors Dec 22, 2016 Issued
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15/385045
Auto cruise control and system for hybrid electric vehicles Dec 19, 2016 Issued
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15/385119
Excavator control architecture for generating sensor location and offset angle Dec 19, 2016 Issued
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