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Kevin P. Kerns

Examiner (ID: 5542, Phone: (571)272-1178 , Office: P/1735 )

Most Active Art Unit
1735
Art Unit(s)
1725, 1722, 1793, 1735
Total Applications
2439
Issued Applications
1771
Pending Applications
155
Abandoned Applications
538

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/793259
LITHIUM-RICH MANGANESE-BASED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR USE IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD FOR THE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE TAB, LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE Oct 28, 2020 Pending
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17/083456
Conductive molten metal conveyance apparatus, conductive molten metal conveyance system, and conductive molten metal conveyance method Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/082362
Roll line unit and continuous casting apparatus Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/082287
Roll line unit Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/770773
Casting method, and casting device Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/756478
Operation method of ladle refining treatment Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/075954
Hot metal supply injection method and hot metal supply injection device Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/637688
Battery module, and battery pack and vehicle including battery module Oct 15, 2020 Issued
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17/767498
Method and device for the production of three-dimensional objects Oct 8, 2020 Abandoned
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18/003278
Thin strip production process employing continuous casting and rolling Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/031160
Method for producing a component Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/019532
Gas turbine component with cooling aperture having shaped inlet and method of forming the same Sep 13, 2020 Issued
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17/018778
Runner apparatus for preventing thermal loss of molten materials Sep 10, 2020 Issued
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17/640171
Method for manufacturing a metal workpiece limiting the appearance of recrystallized grains in said workpiece Sep 3, 2020 Issued
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17/011149
Frangible-soluble casting cores and methods of making the same Sep 2, 2020 Issued
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17/005475
MOLD DEVICE Aug 27, 2020 Abandoned
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17/004391
Aluminum casting design with alloy set cores for improved intermetallic bond strength Aug 26, 2020 Issued
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16/996525
Deposition of reactive metals with protection layer for high volume manufacturing Aug 17, 2020 Issued
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16/994821
Foundry sand supply device, foundry sand inspection system, and foundry sand collection method Aug 16, 2020 Issued
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16/993617
Ceramic-metallic composites devoid of porosity and their methods of manufacture Aug 13, 2020 Issued
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