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Kent L. Bell

Examiner (ID: 3643, Phone: (571)272-0973 , Office: P/1661 )

Most Active Art Unit
1661
Art Unit(s)
1649, 1661, 1803
Total Applications
5443
Issued Applications
5266
Pending Applications
35
Abandoned Applications
158

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/612494
Antenna and electronic device including the same Mar 20, 2024 Issued
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18/603189
Circuit and method for channel randomization based on time-interleaved ADC Mar 11, 2024 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20759274 [patent_doc_number] => 12652058 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2026-06-09 [patent_title] => Single-ended analog-to-digital converter input stage with transistor-based capacitance [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/592188 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-02-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 10716 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 134 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18592188 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/592188
Single-ended analog-to-digital converter input stage with transistor-based capacitance Feb 28, 2024 Issued
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18/590243
Data compression for neural systems Feb 27, 2024 Issued
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18/442702
Using an ensemble of data transformers to encode data before zero-value compression Feb 14, 2024 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20375812 [patent_doc_number] => 12483258 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-11-25 [patent_title] => DAC and ADC using MMT devices [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/438684 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-02-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 2394 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 156 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18438684 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/438684
DAC and ADC using MMT devices Feb 11, 2024 Issued
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18/435523
Post-sampling selectable gain in sample and hold analog-to-digital converters Feb 6, 2024 Issued
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18/431182
Increasing dynamic range of a time-to-digital converter Feb 1, 2024 Issued
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18/425613
System and method for analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with repressed input current Jan 28, 2024 Issued
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18/422192
Current steering digital-to-analog converter and integrated circuit including the same Jan 24, 2024 Issued
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18/409000
Hybrid DAC-based driver structure Jan 9, 2024 Issued
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18/408729
Electrical circuit of signal conditioning and measurement device Jan 9, 2024 Issued
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18/392528
Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and current measurement circuit Dec 20, 2023 Issued
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18/390269
Circuitry for measurement of electrochemical cells Dec 19, 2023 Issued
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18/543072
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with background calibration Dec 17, 2023 Issued
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18/536314
Successive approximation register analog to digital converter and signal conversion method Dec 11, 2023 Issued
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18/537334
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Dec 11, 2023 Pending
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18/530179
Microelectronic device package including antenna and semiconductor device Dec 4, 2023 Issued
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18/526547
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER Nov 30, 2023 Pending
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18/525051
Metastability error detection and BER improvement technique in pipelined ADCs Nov 29, 2023 Issued
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