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Luke D. Ratcliffe

Examiner (ID: 2978, Phone: (571)272-3110 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
3645, 3662
Total Applications
2073
Issued Applications
1772
Pending Applications
99
Abandoned Applications
237

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/886644
Method of determining subsurface properties using multifrequency electromagnetic depth sounding Jan 31, 2018 Issued
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15/886566
Narrow-parallel scan-based device testing Jan 31, 2018 Issued
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15/867192
Viscometer for determining dynamic and kinematic viscosities Jan 9, 2018 Issued
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16/476723
Method for detecting a fault state at an FMCW-based filling level measuring device Dec 7, 2017 Issued
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15/817646
Calibration of inertial measurement units attached to arms of a user to generate inputs for computer systems Nov 19, 2017 Issued
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15/814665
Electrical control system Nov 15, 2017 Issued
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15/809531
Systems and method for human-assisted robotic industrial inspection Nov 9, 2017 Issued
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15/801313
Method for detecting defect of metal plate Oct 31, 2017 Issued
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15/797365
Sensor control system for autonomous vehicle Oct 29, 2017 Issued
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15/791785
Noise-responsive control of a sensing system Oct 23, 2017 Issued
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15/788984
Seismic sensing systems and processes for using same Oct 19, 2017 Issued
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16/754999
Neural network system whose training is based on a combination of model and flight information for estimation of aircraft air data Oct 10, 2017 Issued
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15/727645
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VALUES OF PARAMETERS OF BATTERY Oct 8, 2017 Abandoned
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15/722895
Method of detecting a virtual tolling point Oct 1, 2017 Issued
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15/679538
Pose and heart rate energy expenditure for yoga Aug 16, 2017 Issued
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16/327049
Method and apparatus for detecting deposits in a pipe system of an apparatus Aug 2, 2017 Issued
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15/664396
Soft front panel for concurrent radio frequency measurements Jul 30, 2017 Issued
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15/635082
System and method for evaluation of used components Jun 26, 2017 Issued
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15/632857
Leveraging air/water current variability for sensor network verification and source localization Jun 25, 2017 Issued
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15/626050
Test equipment, method for operating a test equipment and computer program Jun 15, 2017 Issued
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