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James R. Hulka

Examiner (ID: 3364, Phone: (571)270-7553 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
3645, 4132, 3662
Total Applications
1191
Issued Applications
896
Pending Applications
84
Abandoned Applications
228

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/582306
Device and method for measuring an object Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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18/258063
LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Jan 12, 2022 Pending
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17/571959
IMAGE SENSORS FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS Jan 9, 2022 Pending
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17/646936
LIDAR SYSTEMS WITH REDUCED INTER-CHIP DATA RATE Jan 3, 2022 Abandoned
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17/567005
LIDAR system having a linear focal plane, and related methods and apparatus Dec 30, 2021 Issued
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17/565572
Optical redirector device Dec 29, 2021 Issued
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18/259401
SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Dec 21, 2021 Pending
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17/554189
Switchable multi-lens Lidar receiver Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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18/269883
GATING CAMERA, VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE LAMP Dec 16, 2021 Pending
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17/545404
Point layout system using single laser transmitter Dec 7, 2021 Issued
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18/260627
PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM Nov 30, 2021 Pending
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17/538816
Accurate photo detector measurements for LIDAR Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/522927
Time-of-flight ranging device and time-of-flight ranging method Nov 9, 2021 Issued
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17/522932
Time-of-flight ranging device and time-of-flight ranging method Nov 9, 2021 Issued
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17/512054
Laser radar Oct 26, 2021 Issued
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17/512576
Techniques for detection processing with amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) paths for simultaneous determination of range and velocity Oct 26, 2021 Issued
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17/927388
TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Oct 25, 2021 Pending
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17/507701
GmAPD data normalization using Bernoulli trials Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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17/506009
TIME FLIGHT DEPTH CAMERA AND MULTI-FREQUENCY MODULATION AND DEMODULATION DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Oct 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/503076
Techniques to compensate for mirror doppler spreading in coherent LiDAR systems by power spectrum density Oct 14, 2021 Issued
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