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John Elliott Simms Jr.

Examiner (ID: 11837, Phone: (571)270-7474 , Office: P/3711 )

Most Active Art Unit
3711
Art Unit(s)
3711
Total Applications
1071
Issued Applications
677
Pending Applications
101
Abandoned Applications
330

Applications

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18/300940
Electronic device having a virtual assistant for adjusting an output sound level of the electronic device based on a determined sound level of a reference sound input Apr 13, 2023 Issued
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18/300940
Electronic device having a virtual assistant for adjusting an output sound level of the electronic device based on a determined sound level of a reference sound input Apr 13, 2023 Issued
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18/132646
Acoustic wave device and acoustic wave module including same Apr 9, 2023 Issued
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18/132851
Translation with audio spatialization Apr 9, 2023 Issued
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18/297509
Context-aware false trigger mitigation for automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems or other systems Apr 6, 2023 Issued
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18/295974
Speaker with oblique mounted bass driver Apr 4, 2023 Issued
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18/295763
Voice avatars in extended reality environments Apr 3, 2023 Issued
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18/295763
Voice avatars in extended reality environments Apr 3, 2023 Issued
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18/130147
Method and apparatus for displaying video feeds in an online meeting user interface in a manner that visually distinguishes a first subset of participants from a second subset of participants Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/128050
Privacy preserving online video capturing and recording Mar 28, 2023 Issued
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18/183389
Network alignment method and apparatus Mar 13, 2023 Issued
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18/183389
Network alignment method and apparatus Mar 13, 2023 Issued
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18/117199
Computer program product and method for auto-focusing a camera on an in-person attendee who is speaking into a microphone at a meeting Mar 2, 2023 Issued
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18/114588
Display system and methods Feb 26, 2023 Issued
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18/112736
Display apparatus and operating method thereof Feb 21, 2023 Issued
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18/112736
Display apparatus and operating method thereof Feb 21, 2023 Issued
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18/108859
Electronic device and utterance processing method thereof Feb 12, 2023 Issued
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18/108859
Electronic device and utterance processing method thereof Feb 12, 2023 Issued
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18/107423
Hearing system with cardiac arrest detection Feb 7, 2023 Issued
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18/161873
Conditional communication forwarding based on origination and destination attributes Jan 29, 2023 Issued
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