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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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18/356101
SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING DRIVERS TO PASSENGERS BASED ON START TIMES OF EVENTS Jul 19, 2023 Pending
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18/221324
Methods and systems for generating revised jam conditions Jul 11, 2023 Issued
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18/346518
Systems and Methods for Actor Motion Forecasting within a Surrounding Environment of an Autonomous Vehicle Jul 2, 2023 Pending
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18/341231
Systems and methods for matching an autonomous vehicle to a rider Jun 25, 2023 Issued
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18/339986
Prediction of pedestrian entering the drivable space Jun 21, 2023 Issued
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18/338915
Driving patterns Jun 20, 2023 Issued
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18/211176
Vehicular sensitive data control Jun 15, 2023 Issued
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18/326984
Black box data recorder for autonomous driving vehicle May 30, 2023 Issued
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18/202104
On-Vehicle Driving Behavior Modelling May 24, 2023 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19463592 [patent_doc_number] => 20240317261 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-09-26 [patent_title] => Systems and Methods for Autonomous Vehicle Validation [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/309494 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 18271 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 185 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18309494 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/309494
Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle validation Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/298772
System, method and software for displaying a distance marking Apr 10, 2023 Issued
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18/133030
DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE Apr 10, 2023 Pending
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18/193411
Environmentally friendly smart modes for vehicles Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/190694
Method for setting a cruise control function with automatic distance setting in a single-track vehicle Mar 26, 2023 Issued
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18/123907
Navigation with drivable area detection Mar 19, 2023 Issued
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18/184022
METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MONITORING A CONDITION OF A COMPONENT OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Mar 14, 2023 Abandoned
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18/184274
System and method for vehicle decision making and motion planning using real-time mixed-integer programming Mar 14, 2023 Issued
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18/114035
TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING SIMULATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINES AND APPLICATIONS Feb 23, 2023 Pending
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18/113453
AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT TO FACILITATE LANE-SPLITTING Feb 22, 2023 Abandoned
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18/111985
Speed planning for autonomous vehicles Feb 20, 2023 Issued
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