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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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18/199372
Display device including a dummy pixel circuit in a non-display area and driving method for the same May 18, 2023 Issued
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18/702215
DISPLAY PANEL, DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE May 5, 2023 Pending
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18/143085
Image quality improving method, optical navigation device control method, and optical navigation device using the methods May 3, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20208439 [patent_doc_number] => 20250278159 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-09-04 [patent_title] => A METHOD FOR OPERATING A LAYERED DEVICE AND AN ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A LAYERED DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/862776 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12591 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -15 [patent_words_short_claim] => 274 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18862776 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/862776
A METHOD FOR OPERATING A LAYERED DEVICE AND AN ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A LAYERED DEVICE May 1, 2023 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19262069 [patent_doc_number] => 12022147 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-06-25 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for configuration of a controlling device to enable selection of one or more media streams [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/138051 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 6176 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 255 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18138051 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/138051
Systems and methods for configuration of a controlling device to enable selection of one or more media streams Apr 21, 2023 Issued
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18/304337
MODULATING DEVICE Apr 19, 2023 Abandoned
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18/132725
Scan driver including a first masking control unit and display device having the same Apr 9, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19153490 [patent_doc_number] => 11978411 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-05-07 [patent_title] => System architecture for high density mini/micro LED backlight application [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/120312 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 7113 [patent_no_of_claims] => 28 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 109 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18120312 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/120312
System architecture for high density mini/micro LED backlight application Mar 9, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18848354 [patent_doc_number] => 20230410758 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-12-21 [patent_title] => BACKLIGHT DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR REDUCING MOTION BLUR [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/180143 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4152 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 156 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18180143 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/180143
Backlight device, operation method and display device for reducing motion blur Mar 7, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19917668 [patent_doc_number] => 12293038 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-05-06 [patent_title] => Position detection apparatus configured to detect the positions of multiple position indicators, and position detection method [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/178432 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 4442 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 344 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18178432 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/178432
Position detection apparatus configured to detect the positions of multiple position indicators, and position detection method Mar 2, 2023 Issued
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18/176226
Identifying and strengthening physiological/neurophysiological states predictive of superior performance Feb 27, 2023 Issued
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18/173842
CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTOR AND PROJECTOR Feb 23, 2023 Abandoned
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18/170187
User-input systems and methods of delineating a location of a virtual button by haptic feedback and of determining user-input Feb 15, 2023 Issued
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18/106431
Display panel of an organic light emitting diode display device, and organic light emitting diode display device including pixels that differ in terms of sizes of at least one transistor and/or capacitor Feb 5, 2023 Issued
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18/104492
Display device configured to output gate signals to at least two gate lines at a time having output timings different from each other, and control method therefor Jan 31, 2023 Issued
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18/157901
Artificial reality systems including digital and analog control of pixel intensity Jan 22, 2023 Issued
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18/096225
Display module including cushion layer and electronic device including display module Jan 11, 2023 Issued
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18/095719
Abnormal data processing system and abnormal data processing method Jan 10, 2023 Issued
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17/984924
Display device and gamma unit including first and second reference voltage generators for display panel Nov 9, 2022 Issued
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17/950672
Display system, control device, and control method that apply a touch drive signal including a harmonic to common electrodes Sep 21, 2022 Issued
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