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Keith Ferguson

Examiner (ID: 17424, Phone: (571)272-7865 , Office: P/2647 )

Most Active Art Unit
2648
Art Unit(s)
2683, 2744, 2617, 2608, 2746, 2601, 2647, 2648, 2618
Total Applications
1964
Issued Applications
1663
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
201

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/790852
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING USING SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES Oct 22, 2017 Abandoned
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15/789061
Optical detector and system therefor Oct 19, 2017 Issued
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15/697671
Measurement system, measurement method, and measurement program Sep 6, 2017 Issued
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15/687574
OPERATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRONIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE Aug 27, 2017 Abandoned
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15/673793
Method and apparatus for measuring illumination characteristics of a luminaire Aug 9, 2017 Issued
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16/321592
Apparatus and method for measuring amplitude of scanning reflector Jul 26, 2017 Issued
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15/640853
Smart coating device for storage tank monitoring and calibration Jul 2, 2017 Issued
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15/637852
Light-emitting device Jun 28, 2017 Issued
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15/636801
Image sensor package Jun 28, 2017 Issued
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15/636645
Light-emitting device and backlight Jun 28, 2017 Issued
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15/635682
Wavefront control apparatus, wavefront control method, information acquiring apparatus, and storage medium Jun 27, 2017 Issued
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15/629935
Multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor Jun 21, 2017 Issued
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15/622034
Light emitting device Jun 12, 2017 Issued
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15/602672
Apparatuses and methods for optically monitoring fluid level in a container, such as a battery, using a non-contact optical detector on an outside surface of the container May 22, 2017 Issued
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15/477467
Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof Apr 2, 2017 Issued
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15/465612
Optical detecting device capable of determining relative position of a reference object or a light source Mar 21, 2017 Issued
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15/458941
Proximity sensing device and light guiding method thereof Mar 13, 2017 Issued
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15/456076
Color filter array having color filters, and image sensor and display device including the color filter array Mar 9, 2017 Issued
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15/453688
Multimode Fiber Sensor and Sensing Using Forward and Backward Scattering Mar 7, 2017 Abandoned
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15/432583
Method and apparatus for testing optical outputs Feb 13, 2017 Issued
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