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Luke D. Ratcliffe

Examiner (ID: 10311, Phone: (571)272-3110 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
3662, 3645
Total Applications
2121
Issued Applications
1794
Pending Applications
108
Abandoned Applications
243

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/726035
Multi-beam LiDAR systems and methods for detection using the same Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/707001
Surveying instrument and photogrammetric method Dec 8, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18637501 [patent_doc_number] => 11762096 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-09-19 [patent_title] => Methods and apparatuses for determining rotation parameters for conversion between coordinate systems [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/707352 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-12-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 11832 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 231 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16707352 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/707352
Methods and apparatuses for determining rotation parameters for conversion between coordinate systems Dec 8, 2019 Issued
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16/700664
Multi-camera laser scanner Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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17/297668
AUTONOMOUS OPTRONIC MODULE FOR GEOLOCATED TARGET POINTING FOR A PORTABLE SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM Nov 27, 2019 Abandoned
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16/697142
Electromagnetic signal modulator Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/694045
LiDAR system producing multiple scan paths and method of making and using same Nov 24, 2019 Issued
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16/685715
Apparatus and method for beam scanner Nov 14, 2019 Issued
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16/677271
Characterizing optically reflective features via hyper-spectral sensor Nov 6, 2019 Issued
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16/663792
Sensor mounting structure Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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16/664589
System and methods for controlling micro-mirror array Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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16/659513
Fast scanning lidar with dynamic voxel probing Oct 20, 2019 Issued
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17/285484
CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY AND DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM HAVING ROTATION-DRIVE UNIT, USING SAME Oct 15, 2019 Abandoned
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16/601412
Surveying instrument and method of calibrating a survey instrument Oct 13, 2019 Issued
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17/283991
Optical sensor according to the time-of-flight principle for detecting objects in a monitored region Oct 10, 2019 Issued
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16/597814
Systems and methods for LiDAR detection Oct 8, 2019 Issued
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16/593735
Light ranging device with electronically scanned emitter array and synchronized sensor array Oct 3, 2019 Issued
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16/592459
LiDAR sensor Oct 2, 2019 Issued
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16/591787
DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MOBILE BODY Oct 2, 2019 Abandoned
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16/579608
Method and apparatus for controlling display screen statuses Sep 22, 2019 Issued
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