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Kirk W. Hermann

Examiner (ID: 5107, Phone: (571)270-3891 , Office: P/2622 )

Most Active Art Unit
2692
Art Unit(s)
2694, 2629, 2692, 2621, 2619, 2623, 2622, 2626
Total Applications
694
Issued Applications
532
Pending Applications
57
Abandoned Applications
126

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/408457
Extended reality synchronization kit including a removable smart insole and a headset Aug 21, 2021 Issued
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17/393348
Head mounted display with adjustable headband Aug 2, 2021 Issued
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17/390843
Touchless, gesture-based human interface device Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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17/389126
IMAGE-FORMING ELEMENT Jul 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/379737
Display device having a pressure sensor including a protrusion inserted in a waterproof member Jul 18, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17359534 [patent_doc_number] => 20220020330 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-01-20 [patent_title] => PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/376506 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12953 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -19 [patent_words_short_claim] => 271 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17376506 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/376506
Pixel driving circuit including a compensation sub-circuit and driving method thereof, display device Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/369978
E-paper display device and a method for driving an e-paper display panel that pre-drives a display area according to a current display line segment Jul 7, 2021 Issued
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17/366206
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING TYPING ERRORS Jul 1, 2021 Abandoned
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17/305038
Generation of a digital pad on an interactive display device Jun 28, 2021 Issued
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17/305025
GENERATION OF A PERSONALIZED DISPLAY AREA ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE Jun 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/346404
Content resolution adjustment for passive display devices Jun 13, 2021 Issued
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17/343754
Image quality improving method, optical navigation device control method, and optical navigation device using the methods Jun 9, 2021 Issued
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17/420786
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRESH RATE OF DISPLAY Jun 9, 2021 Abandoned
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17/343561
Position detection apparatus configured to detect the positions of multiple position indicators, and position detection method Jun 8, 2021 Issued
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17/340402
Display device including a light-emitting mode and a neural network mode Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/303484
USER INPUT PASSIVE DEVICE AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE TOUCHSCREEN SYSTEM May 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/998227
Predictive gamma algorithm for multiple display refresh rates May 24, 2021 Issued
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17/245974
System, method, and apparatus for pulse-width modulation sequence Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/244977
Pixel circuit for controlling junction voltage of light emitting element to be within preset voltage range, display panel and display device Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/233717
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Apr 18, 2021 Abandoned
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