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James R. Hulka

Examiner (ID: 5339)

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
4132, 3645, 3662
Total Applications
1182
Issued Applications
889
Pending Applications
86
Abandoned Applications
225

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/951502
Detecting three-dimensional structure models at runtime in vehicles Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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16/949835
Chirped illumination LIDAR system Nov 15, 2020 Issued
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17/778367
DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR, DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Nov 12, 2020 Pending
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17/777235
OBJECTIVE, USE OF AN OBJECTIVE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Nov 9, 2020 Abandoned
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17/092162
Detecting a laser pulse edge for real time detection Nov 5, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19122013 [patent_doc_number] => 11965989 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-23 [patent_title] => Copackaging photodetector and readout circuit for improved LiDAR detection [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/089715 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-11-04 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 7907 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 109 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17089715 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/089715
Copackaging photodetector and readout circuit for improved LiDAR detection Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/086768
Time-of-flight image sensor Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/086525
MEASUREMENT-DISTANCE CORRECTION METHOD, DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM Nov 1, 2020 Abandoned
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17/085248
High resolution low power inter-correlation SPAD assisted time-of-flight sensor Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/079548
Configurable array of single-photon detectors Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/075832
Omnidirectional distance measuring device Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/071138
DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Oct 14, 2020 Abandoned
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17/067411
Augmenting panoramic LIDAR results with color Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/765838
TIME-OF-FLIGHT CIRCUITRY AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD Oct 5, 2020 Pending
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17/060415
Method for detecting overlay precision and method for compensating overlay deviation Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/637587
Time of flight ranging system and ranging method thereof Sep 26, 2020 Issued
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17/032424
LIDAR SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD Sep 24, 2020 Pending
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17/016926
Light detector and distance measuring device Sep 9, 2020 Issued
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17/001882
Distance measuring device, distance measuring method, and speed measuring device Aug 24, 2020 Issued
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17/002756
Reduction of components in LIDAR systems Aug 24, 2020 Issued
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