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Kenneth B. Wells

Examiner (ID: 11915, Phone: (571)272-1757 , Office: P/2842 )

Most Active Art Unit
2842
Art Unit(s)
2816, 3621, 2842, 2504
Total Applications
3114
Issued Applications
2665
Pending Applications
158
Abandoned Applications
337

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/180335
Methods and apparatus to implement temperature insensitive threshold detection for voltage supervisors Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/180300
Current source circuit Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/173870
Cold spare tolerant radiation hardened generic level shifter circuit Feb 10, 2021 Issued
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17/169810
Drive circuit Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/164503
Apparatus and method for power switch status check Jan 31, 2021 Issued
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17/795562
ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE WITH GALLIUM NITRIDE POWER SWITCHES HAVING LOW-SIDE SHORT CIRCUIT SAFE STATE Jan 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/161083
Level shifter Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/160888
Interface circuit and interface device Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/159825
Bias circuits and improved linearity bias schemes for RF power devices Jan 26, 2021 Issued
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17/158069
Power switch circuit Jan 25, 2021 Issued
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17/157954
Quik Charge(tm) Wireless Phone Charger Jan 24, 2021 Abandoned
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17/792491
Device for processing a pilot control signal Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/155914
Self-driven gate-driving circuit Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/792491
Device for processing a pilot control signal Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/152923
Battery power management apparatus and method Jan 19, 2021 Issued
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17/151737
Power transistor module and controlling method thereof Jan 18, 2021 Issued
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17/785475
Tamper-resistant actuator for a vehicle anti-theft feature Jan 12, 2021 Issued
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17/148484
Diagnosis with double gate Jan 12, 2021 Issued
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17/145551
Mobile terminal test device and mobile terminal test method Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/925323
Interface circuit and electronic apparatus Jan 5, 2021 Issued
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