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Gary E Elkins

Examiner (ID: 15846, Phone: (571)272-4537 , Office: P/3782 )

Most Active Art Unit
2401
Art Unit(s)
2401, 3207, 3727, 3782
Total Applications
4105
Issued Applications
3282
Pending Applications
106
Abandoned Applications
716

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/999615
Method for carrying out post-processing on samples of a WASAB1 acquisition sequence Oct 12, 2021 Issued
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17/496701
Method and system for aligning reference landmarks to features within a three-dimensional space Oct 6, 2021 Issued
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17/450083
Medium transportation device and image reader Oct 5, 2021 Issued
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17/493620
Visual inertial odometry localization using sparse sensors Oct 3, 2021 Issued
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17/478295
Digital printing for flooring and decorative structures Sep 16, 2021 Issued
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17/470093
Image reading apparatus using plurality of media having different length Sep 8, 2021 Issued
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17/410340
Signal processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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17/409641
High-speed cell-based image compression Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/405901
Method for suppressing stray light, laser-surgical apparatus, optical observation device, and computer program Aug 17, 2021 Issued
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17/403051
Online method to determine quality standards for incoming wood chips to a papermill Aug 15, 2021 Issued
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17/398569
Duplex scan indicative scanner, scanning apparatus and scanning method Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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17/394498
Method, computer program, and apparatus for adapting an estimator for use in a microscope Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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18/019264
ADAPTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF IMAGED ITEMS Aug 2, 2021 Pending
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17/392875
Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method for utilizing a classification result relating to a medical image Aug 2, 2021 Issued
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17/443985
Medium-discharging device and image reading apparatus Jul 28, 2021 Issued
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17/374788
Electronic apparatus with eye calibration and method for controlling the same Jul 12, 2021 Issued
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17/366838
Light color identifying method and apparatus of signal light, and roadside device Jul 1, 2021 Issued
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17/362741
Image sensor with inside biometric authentication and storage Jun 28, 2021 Issued
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17/361894
Image forming apparatus having image position adjustment Jun 28, 2021 Issued
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17/355372
Printing system, control method thereof, and storage medium for verifying print results in a plurality of sheet discharged destinations of different type Jun 22, 2021 Issued
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