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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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18/058678
Image processing apparatus displays user authentication screen requiring authentication, user operation on image processing functions screen is not selected, and screen display method Nov 22, 2022 Issued
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17/986921
Image processing apparatus comprising processing device that acquires management information from terminal device and cancels restriction setting on transmission and reception of information, and processing method Nov 14, 2022 Issued
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18/055639
Information processing apparatus, method, and a non-transitory storage medium, receives first print settings information supports the internet printing protocol (IPP) and further receives second print settings that does not support the internet printing protocol (IPP) from printer Nov 14, 2022 Issued
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17/983428
MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MONITORING PROGRAM Nov 8, 2022 Abandoned
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17/979243
Printing control apparatus that reduces time and effort in security management for printing, printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium Nov 1, 2022 Issued
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17/977506
Localized anomaly detection in digital documents using machine learning techniques Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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18/050400
Image processing apparatus that obtains item value and performs character recognition process on a document image, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Oct 26, 2022 Issued
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18/049988
Systems and methods for calibration and validation of range sensors and LiDAR sensors mounted on a vehicle that have non-overlapping fields of view (FOV) Oct 25, 2022 Issued
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17/970692
Image processing apparatus capable of shortening a waiting time in executing of cooperative processing in cooperation with a server, cooperative processing execution method, and cooperative processing execution program Oct 20, 2022 Issued
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18/048179
Information processing device and method to display link units of first and second documents, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing document processing program Oct 19, 2022 Issued
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18/047225
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Oct 16, 2022 Pending
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17/959401
Image forming system for inspecting quality of image formed on sheet and generates correction data to correct second image using the correction data Oct 3, 2022 Issued
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17/937367
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Sep 29, 2022 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 18299664 [patent_doc_number] => 20230109350 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-04-06 [patent_title] => CLOUD PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CLOUD PRINTING SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/955899 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8430 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 65 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17955899 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/955899
Cloud printing system and method of controlling cloud printing system for transmitting authentication information of plurality of users associated of print job to another cloud printing system Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/936771
Data processing device, image processing device displays setting screen for function corresponding to job information received from remote terminal, control method therefor, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/954399
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, apparatus, and method generates surface and cross-section images indicating particular positions, and non-transitory computer-executable storage medium Sep 27, 2022 Issued
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17/935469
Registered data editing method, registered data editing apparatus that edits all of a plurality of pieces of individual registered data which includes at least department data, and image processing apparatus Sep 25, 2022 Issued
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17/947325
Image processing apparatus displays setting screen for function corresponding to job information received from external terminal, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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17/947210
Image forming apparatus stores contact history information of person contacted virus, and further displays information of survival of the virus contacted by the person at a site of the image forming apparatus Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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17/947041
COMPUTER VISION-BASED SURGICAL WORKFLOW RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES Sep 15, 2022 Pending
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