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Fred E. Finch Iii

Examiner (ID: 15937, Phone: (571)270-7883 , Office: P/2838 )

Most Active Art Unit
2838
Art Unit(s)
2838, 4116
Total Applications
1037
Issued Applications
814
Pending Applications
77
Abandoned Applications
178

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/312809
Submodule hybrid MMC with low full-bridge ratio and DC fault processing method thereof Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/079396
Three phase bidirectional AC-DC converter with bipolar voltage fed resonant stages Oct 22, 2020 Issued
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17/075576
ACTIVE CLAMP SNUBBER FOR FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER Oct 19, 2020 Abandoned
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17/074523
Systems and methods of overvoltage protection for LED lighting Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/073918
Thermionic wave generator (TWG) Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/061343
Control method for a parallel MMC unit of a LCC-MMC hybrid cascade converter station Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/038599
RECTIFYING CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE Sep 29, 2020 Abandoned
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17/767793
Model predictive pulse pattern control based on optimizing a sequence of averaged switch positions Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/032927
Switching control circuit and power supply circuit Sep 24, 2020 Issued
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17/018172
Power supply device with improved current balancing mechanism Sep 10, 2020 Issued
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17/009135
Protection scheme for power converters utilizing cascaded bipolar and unipolar power semiconductor devices Aug 31, 2020 Issued
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17/008593
Method and apparatus for controlling a flyback converter Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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17/005599
Hybrid capacitor bank for a power conversion assembly Aug 27, 2020 Issued
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16/992031
Starter circuit for energy harvesting circuits Aug 11, 2020 Issued
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16/991742
SWITCH CAPACITOR CONVERTER Aug 11, 2020 Abandoned
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16/986716
Ground fault protection in a high resistance grounding system Aug 5, 2020 Issued
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17/632606
DIGITAL ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING LOCK-IN CONTROLLER IC FOR OPTIMIZED OPERATION OF RESONANT SWITCHED-CAPACITOR CONVERTERS (SCCs) Aug 3, 2020 Pending
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16/944827
Electronic circuit and wireless power transmission device Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/943384
Switching mode power supply providing an over current protection with anti-surge function Jul 29, 2020 Issued
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16/938119
Boost power conversion circuit, method, inverter, apparatus, and system Jul 23, 2020 Issued
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