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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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18/841681
IMPROVED OVERTAKING MANEUVER FOR OVERTAKING A PRECEDING THIRD PARTY VEHICLE Feb 14, 2023 Pending
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18/109871
Method for autonomously weeding crops in an agricultural field Feb 14, 2023 Issued
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18/166790
Vehicle traveling performance control function simulation apparatus Feb 8, 2023 Issued
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18/154892
Photometric stereo for vehicle navigation Jan 15, 2023 Issued
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18/092811
MULTISENSORY GESTURAL-AUDIO INTERFACE TO PROMOTE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR IMPROVED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL Jan 2, 2023 Pending
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18/147316
Goal-based motion forecasting Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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18/088707
TEST METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DRIVING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Dec 25, 2022 Pending
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18/145223
Systems and methods for capturing and offloading different information based on event trigger type Dec 21, 2022 Issued
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18/068558
Systems and methods for vehicle motion planning Dec 19, 2022 Issued
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18/083187
Data augmentation for detour path configuring Dec 15, 2022 Issued
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18/081529
Method and system for expanding the operational design domain of an autonomous agent Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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18/064992
Vehicle positioning abnormality inspection method and car computer Dec 12, 2022 Issued
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18/079139
Emergency vehicle interaction Dec 11, 2022 Issued
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18/070346
METHOD FOR PROCESSING HIGH-DEFINITION MAP DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM Nov 27, 2022 Pending
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18/070099
Method and system for adaptively controlling object spacing Nov 27, 2022 Issued
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17/989898
Multistage autonomous vehicle motion planning Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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17/983852
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Nov 8, 2022 Pending
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17/979915
TERRAIN-SENSITIVE ROUTE PLANNING Nov 2, 2022 Pending
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17/978056
VEHICLE ON-BOARD UNIT Oct 30, 2022 Pending
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18/050590
Gaming to improve route guidance Oct 27, 2022 Issued
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