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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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17/188169
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MOVABLE OBJECTS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR MOVABLE OBJECTS Feb 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/180906
Information generating device, vehicle control system, information generation method, and computer program product Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/179524
Systems and methods for vehicle motion planning Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/177114
Transport communication Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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17/167372
Vehicle and control device of the same Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/129802
Vehicle control apparatus Dec 20, 2020 Issued
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17/122563
Method of and system for computing data for controlling operation of self driving car (SDC) Dec 14, 2020 Issued
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17/114977
System and method for predictive navigation control Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/110337
Driving assistance control apparatus, driving assistance system, and driving assistance control method for vehicle Dec 2, 2020 Issued
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17/100623
Black box data recorder for autonomous driving vehicle Nov 19, 2020 Issued
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16/950023
Aerial drone-based systems and methods for adaptively providing an aerial relocatable communication hub within a delivery vehicle Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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16/950085
Aerial drone-based systems and methods for adaptively providing an aerial relocatable communication hub within a delivery vehicle Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/089055
Hardware and software mechanisms on autonomous vehicle for pedestrian safety Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/089443
Techniques for determining a distance between a point and a spiral line segment Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/079902
Systems and methods for capturing and offloading different information based on event trigger type Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/073141
MOVEMENT CONTROL Oct 15, 2020 Abandoned
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17/063403
System for navigating drivers to passengers based on start times of events Oct 4, 2020 Issued
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17/035313
Path providing device and path providing method thereof Sep 27, 2020 Issued
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17/021963
Detecting a road structure change by a lead autonomous vehicle (AV) and updating routing plans for the lead AV and following AVs Sep 14, 2020 Issued
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17/007409
VEHICLE-INSTALLED SENSOR CLEANING APPARATUS Aug 30, 2020 Abandoned
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