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Donald Alan Sparks

Examiner (ID: 9459)

Most Active Art Unit
2103
Art Unit(s)
3621, 2103, 2835, 2129, 2187
Total Applications
649
Issued Applications
492
Pending Applications
24
Abandoned Applications
133

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/422888
Method for diagnosing rolling device Jan 9, 2020 Issued
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16/738803
Cable force adjustment Jan 8, 2020 Issued
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16/734818
Method of inspecting component surface with marking media Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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17/416393
Shaped article and method for producing a shaped article Dec 16, 2019 Issued
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16/715243
EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC AND CONDITIONING Dec 15, 2019 Abandoned
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16/709043
Detection of contaminations on a sensing surface of a thermal sensor Dec 9, 2019 Issued
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16/702152
Ultrasonic mass fuel flow meter Dec 2, 2019 Issued
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16/700437
Vehicle sensor assembly and a sensor-mount assembly Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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17/414493
Stress detection device Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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16/692348
MAGNETOSTRICTION TYPE TORQUE DETECTION SENSOR Nov 21, 2019 Abandoned
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16/683991
Soot measurement system Nov 13, 2019 Issued
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17/289394
Method for analyzing liquid sample and apparatus Nov 12, 2019 Issued
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16/661494
Particulate matter sensor Oct 22, 2019 Issued
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16/660053
Relief valve determination device for high-pressure fuel supply system Oct 21, 2019 Issued
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16/654097
Intelligent fiber rope termination, module, and networking technologies Oct 15, 2019 Issued
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16/653279
Transparent ceramic composition Oct 14, 2019 Issued
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16/595692
Physical quantity measuring device Oct 7, 2019 Issued
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16/594240
Catalyst deterioration diagnosis device and catalyst deterioration diagnosis method Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/591806
Torque measurement using millimeter-wave metamaterial Oct 2, 2019 Issued
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17/282684
Method for detecting the clogging of an air filter Oct 1, 2019 Issued
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