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Howard L. Williams

Examiner (ID: 6341, Phone: (571)272-1815 , Office: P/2845 )

Most Active Art Unit
2819
Art Unit(s)
2107, 2819, 2104, 2845
Total Applications
2390
Issued Applications
2093
Pending Applications
82
Abandoned Applications
216

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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14/579049
A/D converter circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit Dec 21, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10086930 [patent_doc_number] => 09124287 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-09-01 [patent_title] => 'Scrambler with built in test capabilities for unary DAC' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/580099 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-12-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 8155 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 196 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14580099 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/580099
Scrambler with built in test capabilities for unary DAC Dec 21, 2014 Issued
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14/577618
Semiconductor device Dec 18, 2014 Issued
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14/568904
Digitizer auto aperture with trigger spacing Dec 11, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12203662 [patent_doc_number] => 09906745 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-02-27 [patent_title] => 'Column comparator system and method for comparing a ramping signal and an input signal' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/561015 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-12-04 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 9630 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 152 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14561015 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/561015
Column comparator system and method for comparing a ramping signal and an input signal Dec 3, 2014 Issued
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14/559443
Double data rate counter, and analog-to-digital converter and CMOS image sensor using the same Dec 2, 2014 Issued
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14/537587
System and method for customizing data converters from universal function dice Nov 9, 2014 Issued
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14/526574
Techniques for compressing mass spectrometry data in real-time Oct 28, 2014 Issued
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14/508375
Method and apparatus for calibrating comparator offset of successive-approximation-register analog-to-digital converter Oct 6, 2014 Issued
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14/506902
Methods and apparatuses for low-power multi-level encoded signals Oct 5, 2014 Issued
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14/490718
Encoding method, information processing apparatus, and recording medium Sep 18, 2014 Issued
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14/490831
Loading-free multi-stage SAR-assisted pipeline ADC that eliminates amplifier load by re-using second-stage switched capacitors as amplifier feedback capacitor Sep 18, 2014 Issued
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14/487179
Semiconductor device Sep 15, 2014 Issued
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14/477768
Calibration of a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit Sep 3, 2014 Issued
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14/474945
Methods and apparatus for offline mismatch removal in sigma delta analog-to-digital converters Sep 1, 2014 Issued
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14/471221
Antenna device Aug 27, 2014 Issued
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14/471221
Antenna device Aug 27, 2014 Issued
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14/471728
Antenna device and electronic apparatus Aug 27, 2014 Issued
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14/460777
Ramp signal generator and CMOS image sensor having the same Aug 14, 2014 Issued
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14/457539
Signal conversion method, signal transmission method, signal conversion device, and transmitter Aug 11, 2014 Issued
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