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Gary L. Laxton

Examiner (ID: 12209, Phone: (571)272-2079 , Office: P/2838 )

Most Active Art Unit
2838
Art Unit(s)
2838, 2896
Total Applications
2600
Issued Applications
2250
Pending Applications
149
Abandoned Applications
239

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/461544
Systems and methods for reducing contaminants in a portion of a patient Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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18/041823
END EXPANDABLE OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE Aug 24, 2021 Pending
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17/399229
Endoscopic vessel harvesting with thermal management and augmented reality display Aug 10, 2021 Issued
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17/398871
Endoscope having multiple viewing directions Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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17/396586
Medical instruments with variable bending stiffness profiles Aug 5, 2021 Issued
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17/376875
Observation instrument Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/375593
ENDOSCOPE WITH SYNTHETIC APERTURE MULTISPECTRAL CAMERA ARRAY Jul 13, 2021 Abandoned
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17/372689
Endoscope distal end portion having conductive elastically deformable member and endoscope having the distal end portion Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/359647
Medical safety control apparatus, medical safety control method, and medical support system Jun 27, 2021 Issued
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18/005447
ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM AND METHODS HAVING REAL-TIME MEDICAL IMAGING Jun 23, 2021 Abandoned
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17/344966
OVERTUBE Jun 10, 2021 Pending
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17/320417
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY SYSTEM May 13, 2021 Abandoned
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17/244950
Endoscope for multi-channel minimally invasive channel Apr 28, 2021 Issued
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17/915801
ENDOSCOPY DEVICE Mar 28, 2021 Pending
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17/216184
HOLOGRAPHIC ENDOSCOPE Mar 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/191814
Manipulator system, and control method of manipulator system Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/192777
Systems and methods for endoscope type detection Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/179656
Medical system, media and/or energy source, and trocar Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/179346
Endoscope having elevator support member in distal end portion body for heat dissipation Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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17/158852
Endoscope thermal reflector Jan 25, 2021 Issued
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