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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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17/500113
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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17/472158
Time-of-flight based distance measuring method and related distance measuring system Sep 9, 2021 Issued
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17/468062
Time-of-flight distance measuring methods and related distance measuring systems Sep 6, 2021 Issued
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17/462170
Avalanche photodiode gain compensation for wide dynamic range Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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17/461738
Near surface imaging and hazard detection Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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17/461027
Digital holography metrology system Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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17/458660
LiDAR device and method of operating the same Aug 26, 2021 Issued
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17/406588
SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF VEHICLE Aug 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/384799
Prism and multi-beam lidar system Jul 24, 2021 Issued
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17/380304
Optical beam steering devices and sensor systems including the same Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/377456
In-vehicle imaging apparatus Jul 15, 2021 Issued
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17/375108
Multimission and multispectral sonar Jul 13, 2021 Issued
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