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David R. Sample

Examiner (ID: 7856, Phone: (571)272-1376 , Office: P/1784 )

Most Active Art Unit
1784
Art Unit(s)
1797, 1755, 1784, 1794, 1783
Total Applications
1580
Issued Applications
1172
Pending Applications
188
Abandoned Applications
246

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/895369
ENDOSCOPIC LENS CLEANING IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE Aug 24, 2022 Pending
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17/882871
HYBRID APPARATUS FOR FLUID SUPPLY FOR ENDOSCOPIC IRRIGATION AND LENS CLEANING Aug 7, 2022 Pending
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17/876308
ENDOSCOPE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE USING THE SAME Jul 27, 2022 Pending
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17/811863
WIRELESS ENDOSCOPIC CAMERA Jul 10, 2022 Pending
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17/811098
CAMERA CONTROL Jul 6, 2022 Pending
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17/811099
CAMERA CONTROL Jul 6, 2022 Pending
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17/843037
INSERTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, INSERTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Jun 16, 2022 Pending
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17/825515
Controlled motion capsule May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/662251
Actuator devices and systems May 5, 2022 Issued
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17/662182
Medical robotic system May 4, 2022 Issued
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17/709001
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE CONTACT DETECTION AND FOR AUTO-EXPOSURE AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL Mar 29, 2022 Pending
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17/679080
Creating surgical annotations using anatomy identification Feb 22, 2022 Issued
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17/588638
Endoscope assembly and endoscope system having the same Jan 30, 2022 Issued
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17/584486
INTEGRATED MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC TOOL Jan 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/584479
Integrated multi-functional endoscopic tool Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/569729
DETERMING AN ERGONOMIC CENTER FOR AN INPUT CONTROL Jan 5, 2022 Pending
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17/519509
FULL ROTATIONAL ARTICULATION LAPAROSCOPE Nov 3, 2021 Abandoned
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17/452813
SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR VOICE CONTROL OF MOTOR-CONTROLLED MOVABLE ROBOT KINEMATICS OF SUCH A SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Oct 28, 2021 Pending
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17/490774
SLOTTED IMAGING PROBE Sep 29, 2021 Abandoned
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17/476040
SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LOCATION OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE Sep 14, 2021 Pending
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