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Mark Hellner

Examiner (ID: 19012, Phone: (571)272-6981 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
2202, 3642, 3662, 3663, 3648, 3645
Total Applications
4226
Issued Applications
3732
Pending Applications
225
Abandoned Applications
294

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/467884
Optical sensor having opaque sidewall coating Sep 6, 2021 Issued
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17/467435
Trackable dipole devices, methods, and systems for use with marking paint sticks Sep 5, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20174155 [patent_doc_number] => 12392897 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-08-19 [patent_title] => Localization methods and architectures for a trailer of an autonomous tractor-trailer [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/463879 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-09-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 14244 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 119 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17463879 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/463879
Localization methods and architectures for a trailer of an autonomous tractor-trailer Aug 31, 2021 Issued
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18/248413
DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Aug 31, 2021 Pending
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17/409968
Distortion determination apparatus and method of determining a distortion Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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17/407584
Locking a self-homodyne mixed beat frequency to an external frequency in a LIDAR system Aug 19, 2021 Issued
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17/403030
Lidar system with input optical element Aug 15, 2021 Issued
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17/398440
Techniques for fast point cloud filtering using a parallel cascaded filter Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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17/398895
Techniques for point cloud filtering Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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17/397850
Measurement apparatus and measurement method Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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17/394596
Hybrid LADAR with co-planar scanning and imaging field-of-view Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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17/387561
Three-dimensional imaging system and method Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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18/019159
PRODUCING A MEASUREMENT DATA SET BY MEANS OF AN ACTIVE SENSOR SYSTEM Jul 26, 2021 Pending
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17/382618
Optical guidance systems and methods using mutually distinct signal-modifying sensors Jul 21, 2021 Issued
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17/382144
Systems and methods for wide-angle LiDAR using non-uniform magnification optics Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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18/018190
TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF AN OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND METHOD Jul 19, 2021 Pending
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17/923336
METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING AN OPTICAL CROSSTALK OF A LIDAR SENSOR AND LIDAR SENSOR Jul 18, 2021 Pending
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17/375597
Multi-chirp pre-distorted laser linearization for FMCW LiDAR Jul 13, 2021 Issued
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17/371938
TIME MEASUREMENT CORRECTION METHOD AND DEVICE Jul 8, 2021 Abandoned
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18/005325
GATING CAMERA, VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE LAMP Jul 5, 2021 Pending
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