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James R. Hulka

Examiner (ID: 12494, Phone: (571)270-7553 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
4132, 3645, 3662
Total Applications
1140
Issued Applications
875
Pending Applications
82
Abandoned Applications
217

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/749903
Method and apparatus for determining at least one spatial position and orientation of at least one tracked measuring device Jan 21, 2020 Issued
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16/747868
Focused ultrasound transducer with electrically controllable focal length Jan 20, 2020 Issued
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17/310082
Measurement device and distance measuring device Jan 16, 2020 Issued
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17/310078
LIGHT RECEPTION DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Jan 16, 2020 Issued
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16/746218
Digital pixels and operating methods thereof Jan 16, 2020 Issued
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16/741018
High frequency ultrasound transducer and method for manufacture Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/736855
Ultrasound imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing program Jan 7, 2020 Issued
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17/294294
OPTICAL SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR LIDAR SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE Dec 29, 2019 Abandoned
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15/929197
Method and reflect array for alignment calibration of frequency modulated LiDAR systems Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/719004
Time of flight based rotary speed sensor with early fault detection Dec 17, 2019 Issued
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16/701714
Computer-implemented method and system employing nonlinear direct prestack seismic inversion for poisson impedance Dec 2, 2019 Issued
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17/309543
Registration of users of a passenger transport system Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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16/694386
Apparatus and method for controlling system timing within a LIDAR system Nov 24, 2019 Issued
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16/689057
Optical manifold for lidar applications Nov 18, 2019 Issued
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16/682235
LiDAR for vehicle blind spot detection Nov 12, 2019 Issued
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16/683214
NON-INTERFERING LONG- AND SHORT-RANGE LIDAR SYSTEMS Nov 12, 2019 Abandoned
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17/293539
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Nov 12, 2019 Pending
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16/681026
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLOW PROCESSING ON CHANNEL DATA FOR APPLICATION OF NONLINEAR BEAMFORMING Nov 11, 2019 Pending
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16/680893
LIDAR signal processing apparatus and LIDAR apparatus Nov 11, 2019 Issued
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17/287043
Sensor device and article display shelf Oct 22, 2019 Issued
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