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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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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
Array ( [id] => 17658606 [patent_doc_number] => 20220179071 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-06-09 [patent_title] => Accurate Photo Detector Measurements For Lidar [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/538816 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-11-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 39071 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -28 [patent_words_short_claim] => 145 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17538816 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/538816
Accurate photo detector measurements for LIDAR Nov 29, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20242235 [patent_doc_number] => 12422550 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-09-23 [patent_title] => Time-of-flight ranging device and time-of-flight ranging method [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/522932 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-11-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 0 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 171 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17522932 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/522932
Time-of-flight ranging device and time-of-flight ranging method Nov 9, 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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17/512576
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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17/512054
Laser radar 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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17/500113
Lidar system and method of operation Oct 12, 2021 Issued
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17/499760
Device of acquisition of a 2D image and of a depth image of a scene Oct 11, 2021 Issued
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18/253557
Method for Calibrating a First Lighting Device, a Second Lighting Device and an Optical Sensor, Control Device for Carrying Out Such a Method, Calibrating Device Having Such a Control Device, and Motor Vehicle Having Such a Calibrating Device Oct 6, 2021 Pending
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17/494173
Image sensor operating based on plurality of delay clock signals Oct 4, 2021 Issued
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17/489069
Ranging method, radar, and vehicle-mounted radar Sep 28, 2021 Issued
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17/485838
Optical alignment for beam correction Sep 26, 2021 Issued
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17/482983
Hyper temporal lidar with elevation-prioritized shot scheduling Sep 22, 2021 Issued
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17/479199
Airborne topo-bathy lidar system and methods thereof Sep 19, 2021 Issued
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17/473844
Time-of-flight sensor, distance measuring system, and electronic device Sep 12, 2021 Issued
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