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Joseph J. Hail

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 18143, Phone: (571)272-4485 , Office: P/3723 )

Most Active Art Unit
2405
Art Unit(s)
2405, 3723, 3725, 3503, 3205
Total Applications
1471
Issued Applications
875
Pending Applications
243
Abandoned Applications
353

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/126665
Voltage reference circuit and a power management unit Mar 26, 2023 Issued
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18/188553
Full-distributed reactive voltage control method and device, and storage medium Mar 22, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18515185 [patent_doc_number] => 20230231462 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-07-20 [patent_title] => ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/181617 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9686 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 89 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18181617 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/181617
Electric power converter, method of controlling electric power converter, and computer readable recording medium Mar 9, 2023 Issued
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18/180924
Battery-operated device Mar 8, 2023 Issued
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18/180844
Power supply method and apparatus, electronic device, and readable storage medium Mar 7, 2023 Issued
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18/115670
High Performance Variable Ratio Switched Capacitor Power Converter Feb 27, 2023 Pending
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18/114133
Method and apparatus for stable battery-powered supply modules Feb 23, 2023 Issued
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18/172397
System and method of decoupling drivetrain related power oscillations of an inverter-based resource from active power injected into the electrical grid Feb 21, 2023 Issued
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18/163370
Method and apparatus for controlling neutral point voltage of three-phase resonant-earthed electric network Feb 1, 2023 Issued
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18/159058
Power distribution system with redundancy to increase safety factor Jan 23, 2023 Issued
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18/099999
Data alignment method, differential protector and differential protection system Jan 22, 2023 Issued
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18/149867
Voltage source converter switching valve with dynamic target voltage Jan 3, 2023 Issued
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18/093153
Power converter/transformer assembly and current balance Jan 3, 2023 Issued
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18/090212
Power converting device, power management integrated circuit, and method for controlling power converting device Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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18/084690
Controller, switched-mode power supply and method for controlling switched-mode power supply Dec 19, 2022 Issued
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18/067149
Generator for supplying medical instruments Dec 15, 2022 Issued
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18/067152
AC busbar for current sharing between parallelly connected semiconductor switching pairs Dec 15, 2022 Issued
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17/985301
Charger integrated circuit including bidirectional switching converter, and electronic device including the charger integrated circuit Nov 10, 2022 Issued
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17/979210
Bootstrap start-up circuit for microinverter Nov 1, 2022 Issued
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17/976010
Non-isolated DCDC resonant conversion control circuit and control method Oct 27, 2022 Issued
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