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Douglas A. Hess

Examiner (ID: 5070, Phone: (571)272-6915 , Office: P/3651 )

Most Active Art Unit
3651
Art Unit(s)
3652, 3617, 3612, 2167, 3651, 3107
Total Applications
2827
Issued Applications
2464
Pending Applications
137
Abandoned Applications
259

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/006555
AUTONOMOUS ELECTRONIC BICYCLE SAFETY CONSTRAINTS BASED ON INFERRED RIDER CHARACTERISTICS Aug 27, 2020 Abandoned
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16/692702
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE PERFORMING PLATOONING IN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM Nov 21, 2019 Abandoned
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16/960814
DRONE, DRONE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRONE TAKE-OFF USING DRONE STATION Jul 3, 2019 Abandoned
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16/652258
MOVING BODY Mar 24, 2019 Abandoned
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16/162645
ULTRASONIC OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Oct 16, 2018 Abandoned
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16/127760
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MILD HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE Sep 10, 2018 Abandoned
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16/461285
VEHICLE, VEHICLE SLOPE ASSIST SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Nov 13, 2017 Abandoned
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16/338028
VEHICULAR SEAT DEVICE AND AIR PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICULAR SEAT Oct 4, 2017 Abandoned
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16/086172
DOOR OPENING RESTRICTION DEVICE, AND OPENING OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE DOOR Feb 6, 2017 Abandoned
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14/666595
Quantization control for variable bit depth Mar 23, 2015 Issued
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14/662053
ENHANCED HOME SECURITY SYSTEM Mar 17, 2015 Abandoned
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14/568943
Environmental reproduction system for representing an environment using one or more environmental sensors Dec 11, 2014 Issued
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14/528379
IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD Oct 29, 2014 Abandoned
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14/528490
IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD Oct 29, 2014 Abandoned
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14/528536
IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD Oct 29, 2014 Abandoned
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14/527687
Mounting systems for digital media players Oct 28, 2014 Issued
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14/482070
Mounting systems for digital media players Sep 9, 2014 Issued
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14/480830
Mounting systems for digital media players Sep 8, 2014 Issued
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14/478665
Mounting systems for digital media players Sep 4, 2014 Issued
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14/341493
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding motion vector Jul 24, 2014 Issued
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