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Devan A. Sandiford

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Most Active Art Unit
2648
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4185, 2648, 2618
Total Applications
456
Issued Applications
376
Pending Applications
0
Abandoned Applications
78

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Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/998027
Wind turbine generator, and minimum rotational speed control method and device therefor Mar 29, 2021 Issued
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18/252036
AN IMPROVED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM AIR HYDROPOWER Mar 17, 2021 Abandoned
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17/913814
ELECTROMECHANICAL APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUSLY AND UNCONSCIOUSLY EXTRACTING ELECTRIC POWER FROM DAILY ACTIVITIES Mar 16, 2021 Abandoned
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17/909687
Wind turbine comprising reciprocating swept area and method of controlling a wind turbine Feb 10, 2021 Issued
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17/798529
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR OF A WIND TURBINE Feb 9, 2021 Pending
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17/169839
System and method for controlling a wind turbine Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/248654
THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) FLOW FLOATING POWER GENERATOR Feb 1, 2021 Abandoned
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17/152869
System for operating a wind turbine using cumulative load histograms based on actual operation thereof Jan 19, 2021 Issued
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17/142139
Wind turbine control using constraint scheduling Jan 4, 2021 Issued
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17/141518
Methods and apparatus for providing electricity to a vehicle Jan 4, 2021 Issued
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17/139329
Method for operating doubly-fed wind turbine generator as a virtual synchronous machine to provide grid-forming control thereof Dec 30, 2020 Issued
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17/757166
Wind turbine control Dec 20, 2020 Issued
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17/800514
AN ELECTRIC TURBOMACHINE Dec 17, 2020 Pending
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17/784189
Method of determining orientation of a nacelle Dec 14, 2020 Issued
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17/113151
System and method for providing grid-forming control for a double-fed wind turbine generator using virtual impedance Dec 6, 2020 Issued
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17/109502
System and method for controlling a wind turbine Dec 1, 2020 Issued
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17/108844
Method of controlling a wind farm Nov 30, 2020 Issued
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17/779426
Reducing peak out-of-vertical loads in a wind turbine Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/103589
Method for providing a requested real power Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/094475
Variable torque motor/generator/transmission Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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