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Luke D. Ratcliffe

Examiner (ID: 16175, Phone: (571)272-3110 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
3645, 3662
Total Applications
2069
Issued Applications
1769
Pending Applications
102
Abandoned Applications
237

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/119370
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof Dec 10, 2020 Issued
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17/116195
Lidar detection methods and systems with optical fiber array Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/111888
Apparatus for and method of range sensor based on direct time-of-flight and triangulation Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/110339
Optical distance measuring device and method for the same Dec 2, 2020 Issued
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16/953838
Laser airspeed measurement sensor incorporating reversion capability Nov 19, 2020 Issued
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16/951704
Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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16/950915
Method and system for pseudo 3D mapping in robotic applications Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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17/099982
LIDAR system for autonomous vehicle Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/092787
Lidar system Nov 8, 2020 Issued
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17/084683
Multiplexed amplitude modulation photometer and performing multiplexed amplitude modulation photometry Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/085259
Detecting retroreflectors in NIR images to control LIDAR scan Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/076668
Transit location systems and methods using lidar Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/068649
Representation data generation of three-dimensional mapping data Oct 11, 2020 Issued
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17/061367
Method and system for real-time landmark extraction from a sparse three-dimensional point cloud Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/061172
Methods and systems for LIDAR optics alignment Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/039722
Phased array LiDAR transmitting chip of mixed materials, manufacturing method thereof, and lidar device Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/039722
Phased array LiDAR transmitting chip of mixed materials, manufacturing method thereof, and lidar device Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/036841
Coordinate measuring device having automatic target object recognition Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/035685
Range-finding system and method for data communication within the same Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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16/948707
Method of detecting hydrocarbon bubbles using airborne light detection and ranging Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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