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John M. Hoffmann

Examiner (ID: 10870, Phone: (571)272-1191 , Office: P/1741 )

Most Active Art Unit
1731
Art Unit(s)
1731, 1741, 1304, 1791, 1303, 1712
Total Applications
1565
Issued Applications
722
Pending Applications
142
Abandoned Applications
703

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/361278
Distributed collection and verification of map information Mar 21, 2019 Issued
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16/362390
Detecting pose using floating keypoint(s) Mar 21, 2019 Issued
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16/357992
Pupil edge region removal in digital imaging Mar 18, 2019 Issued
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16/357868
Systems and methods for locating humans using dynamic field robotic-sensor network of human robot team Mar 18, 2019 Issued
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16/356788
Image sensor and method for extracting edge of image based on amplitudes of signals output from pixels Mar 17, 2019 Issued
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16/298638
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SOCIAL DISCOVERY Mar 10, 2019 Abandoned
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16/298192
Positioning device and positioning system Mar 10, 2019 Issued
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16/281901
Tracking proximities of devices and/or objects Feb 20, 2019 Issued
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17/049819
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Feb 13, 2019 Abandoned
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16/971206
Presence status display system and presence status display method Feb 6, 2019 Issued
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17/040529
Wireless communication device, information processing device, and processing method therefor Feb 5, 2019 Issued
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16/258821
Method for paging information in cellular system Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/258821
Method for paging information in cellular system Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/258821
Method for paging information in cellular system Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/258821
Method for paging information in cellular system Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/255370
Mobility management apparatus reselection method and mobility management apparatus Jan 22, 2019 Issued
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16/254858
Planar surface detection Jan 22, 2019 Issued
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16/252662
Electronic asset location identification and tracking system with receiver clustering Jan 19, 2019 Issued
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16/249145
Data processing device, data processing method, and data processing program Jan 15, 2019 Issued
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16/248480
Devices, systems, and methods for anchor-point-enabled multi-scale subfield alignment Jan 14, 2019 Issued
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