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Jonathan L. Sample

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Most Active Art Unit
3664
Art Unit(s)
3664, 3657
Total Applications
1141
Issued Applications
928
Pending Applications
69
Abandoned Applications
169

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/821420
Robot and method of controlling same Mar 16, 2020 Issued
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16/809400
Localization error monitoring Mar 3, 2020 Issued
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16/801988
Vehicle transport apparatus Feb 25, 2020 Issued
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17/429020
Vehicle control device Feb 24, 2020 Issued
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16/799013
Robot and controlling method thereof Feb 23, 2020 Issued
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16/798938
Tooltip stabilization Feb 23, 2020 Issued
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16/794177
Wireless control system for row planting systems Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/784583
Robots, methods, computer programs, computer-readable media, arrays of microphones and controllers Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/782150
Pulse start method for an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle Feb 4, 2020 Issued
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16/781721
Motor vehicle accessory to increase power supply and reduce fuel requirements Feb 3, 2020 Issued
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17/427031
Attitude control system and method Jan 29, 2020 Issued
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16/774794
Updating maps based on traffic object detection Jan 27, 2020 Issued
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16/741670
Protocol for a remotely controlled videoconferencing robot Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/737610
Robot and method for controlling same Jan 7, 2020 Issued
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16/735071
Robot and method for calculating level of liquid in the liquid container Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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16/733154
Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical system using repulsion/attraction modes Jan 1, 2020 Issued
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16/730871
Composability framework for robotic control system Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/724833
Learning method and learning device for determining whether to switch mode of vehicle from manual driving mode to autonomous driving mode by performing trajectory-based behavior analysis on recent driving route Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/724584
ELECTRIC HANDCART AND SURGICAL ASSIST ROBOT Dec 22, 2019 Abandoned
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16/720498
Generating and/or using training instances that include previously captured robot vision data and drivability labels Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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