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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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17/903510
Multi-function control circuit and pre-circuit configuration Sep 5, 2022 Issued
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17/901293
Controller for electrified vehicle Aug 31, 2022 Issued
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18/579327
THREE-LEVEL CONTROL CIRCUIT, POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Aug 31, 2022 Pending
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17/896517
Multi-level direct current converter and power supply system Aug 25, 2022 Issued
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17/896864
Front-end architecture for a low-voltage power supply system Aug 25, 2022 Issued
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18/694714
DC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND VOLTAGE STABILIZER Aug 25, 2022 Pending
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17/895021
Variable-phase power converter Aug 23, 2022 Issued
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17/821685
Ripple cancellation apparatus and control method Aug 22, 2022 Issued
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17/893514
Voltage conversion circuits and electronic equipment Aug 22, 2022 Issued
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18/559581
Boost-type converter and driving circuit for driving high-side switching transistor thereof Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/888857
Drive device Aug 15, 2022 Issued
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17/820143
High output impedance current mirror circuit Aug 15, 2022 Issued
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17/887904
DC/DC converter using a differential geometric controller Aug 14, 2022 Issued
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17/884826
Output short-circuit protection method, power management chip and switched-mode power supply Aug 9, 2022 Issued
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17/884196
Input system with voltage transmission function and input device thereof Aug 8, 2022 Issued
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17/878718
Power converter Jul 31, 2022 Issued
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17/878805
Micro-Stepping Cascading AC Voltage Regulator Jul 31, 2022 Pending
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17/877721
Method and apparatus for configuring a switched-mode power converter Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/877377
Switching control circuit and power supply circuit Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/872481
Power converter controller, power converter and method for operating control of a power stage based on an intermediate voltage with respect to a threshold value determined from a turns ratio of a transformer Jul 24, 2022 Issued
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