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Gary L. Laxton

Examiner (ID: 13762, Phone: (571)272-2079 , Office: P/2838 )

Most Active Art Unit
2838
Art Unit(s)
2896, 2838
Total Applications
2640
Issued Applications
2269
Pending Applications
160
Abandoned Applications
240

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/829090
System and method for estimating a current in an inductor of a power converter May 30, 2022 Issued
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18/286483
VOLTAGE BOOSTING RECTIFIER CIRCUIT May 25, 2022 Pending
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17/826001
Smart transformer device May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/664488
Power measurements in switched mode power supplies May 22, 2022 Issued
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17/748652
Low voltage DC-DC converter of environmentally friendly vehicle, and method for outputting constant voltage using the same May 18, 2022 Issued
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17/663143
Power supply with active power buffer May 11, 2022 Issued
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17/739675
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER CONVERSION May 8, 2022 Abandoned
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17/736063
Voltage regulation apparatus, chip and electronic device May 2, 2022 Issued
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17/661742
Switching regulator implementing negative current protection May 1, 2022 Issued
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17/730878
Control circuit for a multiphase buck converter, related integrated circuit, multiphase buck converter and method of operating a multiphase buck converter Apr 26, 2022 Issued
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17/728926
Single-stage isolated bidirectional converter and control method thereof Apr 24, 2022 Issued
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18/558437
Power converter apparatus Apr 24, 2022 Issued
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18/560971
Power conversion device, power conversion system, and method for controlling power conversion device Apr 20, 2022 Issued
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17/712490
Cross conduction protection in a voltage converter Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/712654
Multiphase inverter apparatus having half-bridge circuits and a phase output lead for each half-bridge circuit Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/713048
POWER SYSTEM CIRCUIT APPARATUS Apr 3, 2022 Abandoned
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17/704293
Electrical power conversion device, function triggering circuit for the same, and function triggering method for the same Mar 24, 2022 Issued
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18/287390
Voltage control method and apparatus, household device, computer storage medium, and computer program Mar 24, 2022 Issued
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17/655617
Switch-mode power supplies including three-level LLC circuits Mar 20, 2022 Issued
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17/692653
Constant voltage circuit Mar 10, 2022 Issued
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