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Douglas C. Butler

Examiner (ID: 19083)

Most Active Art Unit
3104
Art Unit(s)
3103, 3104, 3613, 3105, 3683, 2899
Total Applications
3087
Issued Applications
2757
Pending Applications
77
Abandoned Applications
253

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/327103
Printing system, information processing device, storage medium storing control program, and control method May 20, 2021 Issued
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17/324516
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, CONVERSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM May 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/322302
Information processing apparatus, processing method of information processing apparatus, and storage medium May 16, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17605807 [patent_doc_number] => 11334295 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-05-17 [patent_title] => Transparent interactive interface for ballot marking and methods of using the same [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/319596 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-05-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 15036 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 200 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17319596 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/319596
Transparent interactive interface for ballot marking and methods of using the same May 12, 2021 Issued
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17/306634
Information processing apparatus and information processing method May 2, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17233558 [patent_doc_number] => 20210360115 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-11-18 [patent_title] => IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS MANY APPS IN SELECTABLE MANNER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/245586 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-04-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9047 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 167 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17245586 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/245586
Image processing apparatus that displays many apps in selectable manner, control method therefor, and storage medium Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/246447
Identity verification in a document management system Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/244134
INSPECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INSPECTION METHOD, AND INSPECTION PROGRAM Apr 28, 2021 Abandoned
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18/251232
Multi-modal model training method, apparatus and device, and storage medium Apr 25, 2021 Issued
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17/223922
Document classification of files on the client side before upload Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/223184
PROGRAM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING JOB DATA Apr 5, 2021 Abandoned
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17/222412
DETECTING TABLE INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS Apr 4, 2021 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 18703536 [patent_doc_number] => 11790049 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-17 [patent_title] => Techniques for improving machine-learning accuracy and convergence [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/218759 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-03-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 14769 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 180 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17218759 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/218759
Techniques for improving machine-learning accuracy and convergence Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/217324
Template processing device, print system, processing method of template processing device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program Mar 29, 2021 Issued
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17/912784
Systems and methods for registering visual representations of a surgical space Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/202323
Stroke based control of handwriting input Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/199737
Print process control system and methods Mar 11, 2021 Issued
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17/192952
Facsimile, control method, and non-transitory computer-executable storage medium Mar 4, 2021 Issued
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17/189342
Non-transitory storage medium storing plurality of instructions readable by computer of information processing apparatus and information processing apparatus Mar 1, 2021 Issued
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17/190221
IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD Mar 1, 2021 Abandoned
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