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Don J. Williams

Examiner (ID: 7189, Phone: (571)272-8538 , Office: P/2878 )

Most Active Art Unit
2878
Art Unit(s)
2878
Total Applications
1209
Issued Applications
1009
Pending Applications
62
Abandoned Applications
163

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/441803
Toolface offset measurement tool Feb 13, 2024 Issued
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18/438908
Image sensors Feb 11, 2024 Issued
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18/438951
Image sensors Feb 11, 2024 Issued
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18/430590
SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF INSPECTING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Jan 31, 2024 Pending
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18/425020
Transmission direction determination apparatus, transmission direction determination method, recording medium, and transmission direction determination module Jan 28, 2024 Issued
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18/416972
Multi-view luminance measuring device and method for measuring multi-view luminance Jan 18, 2024 Issued
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18/410646
Laser measurement apparatus having a removable and replaceable beam dump Jan 10, 2024 Issued
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18/409129
ANTI-SNEAK SHOT DETECTOR Jan 9, 2024 Abandoned
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18/402639
Light curtain safety system Jan 1, 2024 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20549691 [patent_doc_number] => 12560476 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2026-02-24 [patent_title] => Level-based fault detection for a row driver of an optical sensor [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/400359 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-12-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 9042 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 102 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18400359 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/400359
Level-based fault detection for a row driver of an optical sensor Dec 28, 2023 Issued
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18/398592
Methods and apparatus for ambient light sensor with spectral resolution Dec 27, 2023 Issued
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18/543368
Wireless battery-powered daylight sensor Dec 17, 2023 Issued
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18/521732
Automatic maverick wafer screening using die pass pattern Nov 27, 2023 Issued
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18/385177
Device and method for overlay measurement which control focus movement Oct 29, 2023 Issued
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18/495942
Induced transmission filter Oct 26, 2023 Issued
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18/496408
Method for creating product-like stressed surrogate test wafers Oct 26, 2023 Issued
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18/382960
Portable remote sensing device and system Oct 22, 2023 Issued
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18/479935
Systems and methods for sensing level of liquid within a container Oct 2, 2023 Issued
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18/371230
SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD Sep 20, 2023 Pending
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18/471136
SPRING COUNTER-BALANCE ASSEMBLIES AND SOLAR TRACKERS INCORPORATING SPRINGS TO BALANCE ROTATION Sep 19, 2023 Abandoned
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