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Derek N. Mueller

Examiner (ID: 11739, Phone: (571)270-5913 , Office: P/1772 )

Most Active Art Unit
1772
Art Unit(s)
1772, 1774
Total Applications
534
Issued Applications
434
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
102

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/104032
Printing device and server to receive an e-mail including an attached print data and determine whether sender e-mail address is stored in a table in which a user ID and e-mail address are registered in association with each other Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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16/951265
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method for receiving an image displayed on an image display apparatus upon detecting a predetermined condition is satisfied Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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17/769246
Permutation invariant convolution (PIC) for recognizing long-range activities, generating global representation of input streams and classifying activity based on global representation Nov 12, 2020 Issued
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17/775158
METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SHARE SCENE MAPS Nov 5, 2020 Pending
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17/073757
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Oct 18, 2020 Abandoned
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18/020759
Nut runner control system has a tightener that is provided with marker and camera remotely images the marker to detect position of the tightener Oct 12, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17682368 [patent_doc_number] => 11366621 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-06-21 [patent_title] => Printing apparatus to acquire print data and transmits a request to an external apparatus to close websocket communication when predetermined time period elapsed [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/067574 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-10-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 28 [patent_figures_cnt] => 28 [patent_no_of_words] => 47829 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 187 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17067574 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/067574
Printing apparatus to acquire print data and transmits a request to an external apparatus to close websocket communication when predetermined time period elapsed Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/062154
Image forming apparatus with user authentication by near field wireless communication Oct 1, 2020 Issued
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17/037638
Print control apparatus, printer, print control system, and non-transitory computer readable medium to confirm authenticity of a printer using checksum value Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/025636
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Sep 17, 2020 Abandoned
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17/019381
Shared terminal transmits print data with name of the shared terminal as a print requester to printer when the terminal device identification is not received Sep 13, 2020 Issued
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17/020741
DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Sep 13, 2020 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 17940305 [patent_doc_number] => 11474758 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-10-18 [patent_title] => Intelligent seal with cloud computing-based anti-forgery capability, enables printing the seal with degree rotation which improving printing speed and efficiency [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/009017 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-09-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5525 [patent_no_of_claims] => 37 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 311 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17009017 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/009017
Intelligent seal with cloud computing-based anti-forgery capability, enables printing the seal with degree rotation which improving printing speed and efficiency Aug 31, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16943083 [patent_doc_number] => 11055326 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-07-06 [patent_title] => Method for indexing and retrieving text for adding text identifier as an adhesive to text body of physical page implemented in an adhesive page marker and sticker system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/006164 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-08-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 3032 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 226 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17006164 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/006164
Method for indexing and retrieving text for adding text identifier as an adhesive to text body of physical page implemented in an adhesive page marker and sticker system Aug 27, 2020 Issued
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17/638322
Systems and methods for identifying differentiated blood vessels and registering imaging data from different imaging modalities based on subsurface image scanning Aug 25, 2020 Issued
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17/792578
Obstacle detection device Aug 16, 2020 Issued
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16/984689
Printing apparatus, control method and storage medium to issue certificate signing request (CSR) and register the printing apparatus Aug 3, 2020 Issued
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16/944259
Image forming apparatus includes an antenna to establishe wireless communicate with portable terminal and display panel for guiding user Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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17/770983
Image matting method and apparatus involve performing feature points detection on image, first image area manually marked on image, and first image area is adjusted according to feature points Jul 28, 2020 Issued
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16/938651
Image forming apparatus that receives job data from host apparatuses via switching hub and calculates communication speed for the host apparatuses based on the job data and reception required time Jul 23, 2020 Issued
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