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John R. Lee

Examiner (ID: 11769, Phone: (571)272-2477 , Office: P/2878 )

Most Active Art Unit
2878
Art Unit(s)
2509, 2881, 2505, 2878, 2899
Total Applications
2336
Issued Applications
1971
Pending Applications
127
Abandoned Applications
256

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/674641
Focus detecting device and electronic device Feb 16, 2022 Issued
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17/590449
Image sensor with improved near-infrared (NIR) radiation phase-detection autofocus (PDAF) performance Jan 31, 2022 Issued
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17/587240
Methods and apparatuses for detecting ambient light illuminance and for computing correction coefficient and electronic device Jan 27, 2022 Issued
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17/584859
Light detection element, receiving device, and light sensor device Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/582083
Action recognition system and method thereof Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/583062
Photon signal processing for particle detection Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/574714
Plasmonic field-enhanced photodetector and image sensor Jan 12, 2022 Issued
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17/572948
IMAGE SENSOR, CAMERA ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILE TERMINAL Jan 10, 2022 Abandoned
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17/572106
Gapless image sensor packages and related methods Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/647037
Stacked thin-film photoconductive semiconductor switch Jan 4, 2022 Issued
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17/646324
Apparatus and methods for three-dimensional sensing Dec 28, 2021 Issued
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17/563664
Optical devices Dec 27, 2021 Issued
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17/556207
Methods and systems for dithering active sensor pulse emissions Dec 19, 2021 Issued
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17/549675
Optical system for collecting distance information within a field Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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17/548541
Time-of-flight depth sensing with improved linearity Dec 11, 2021 Issued
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17/545591
Semiconductor image sensor module and method of manufacturing the same Dec 7, 2021 Issued
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17/456384
Encoder unit, drive device, and robot Nov 23, 2021 Issued
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18/250032
Automated noncontact sensor positioning Nov 15, 2021 Issued
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17/515766
Optical module Oct 31, 2021 Issued
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17/453079
Device and method for rapid three-dimensional capture of image data Oct 31, 2021 Issued
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