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Howard L. Williams

Examiner (ID: 379, Phone: (571)272-1815 , Office: P/2845 )

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

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/994558
Traffic hand signal detection system and method thereof Nov 27, 2022 Issued
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18/057887
Training system and method Nov 21, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19911915 [patent_doc_number] => 12288126 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-04-29 [patent_title] => Digital information capture sun visor system and method of implementation [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/991277 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-11-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 0 [patent_no_of_claims] => 3 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 170 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17991277 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/991277
Digital information capture sun visor system and method of implementation Nov 20, 2022 Issued
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18/055998
Amplifier system Nov 15, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19416417 [patent_doc_number] => 12082278 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-09-03 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for remotely controlling a surgical instrument of console-based surgical systems [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/056232 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-11-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 11498 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 164 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18056232 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/056232
Systems and methods for remotely controlling a surgical instrument of console-based surgical systems Nov 15, 2022 Issued
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18/051323
Image processing method and apparatus, computer device, storage medium, and computer program product Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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17/965097
Frequency band determination based on image of communication environment for head-mounted display Oct 12, 2022 Issued
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17/963209
TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONFIGURATION OF TRANSCEIVER Oct 10, 2022 Abandoned
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18/045170
Methods and internet of things systems for counting and regulating pedestrian volume in public places of smart cities Oct 8, 2022 Issued
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17/956521
Large scale radio frequency signal information processing and analysis system Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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18/694825
DETERMINING A TARGET-UE POSITION BASED ON AN ARCHITECTURE TYPE Sep 21, 2022 Pending
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18/684326
ASSISTANCE DATA SELECTION Sep 18, 2022 Pending
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18/027761
Hinge assembly and foldable electronic device Sep 15, 2022 Issued
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17/944095
Bit stuffing for thermal mitigation in wireless power and data transfer system Sep 12, 2022 Issued
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17/941344
RFFE device, electronic device and method for operating the same Sep 8, 2022 Issued
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17/930344
Unsupervised multitask ensemble for spatial transfer of multi-structures via partial point cloud matching Sep 6, 2022 Issued
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17/900150
Storage medium, image management apparatus, reading terminal, and image management system Aug 30, 2022 Issued
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17/899202
Geographic dataset preparation and analytics systems Aug 29, 2022 Issued
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17/819873
System and method for locating wireless accessories Aug 14, 2022 Issued
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17/886166
Transmit power adjustment based on inter-user equipment coordination Aug 10, 2022 Issued
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