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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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15/853622
Positional tracking using retroreflectors Dec 21, 2017 Issued
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15/850718
Variable flux allocation within a LIDAR FOV to improve detection in a region Dec 20, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16863943 [patent_doc_number] => 11022681 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-06-01 [patent_title] => System and method for measuring and rendering terrain on a display [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/849357 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-12-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 16114 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15849357 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/849357
System and method for measuring and rendering terrain on a display Dec 19, 2017 Issued
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16/467971
Multi-output chirped amplification chain Dec 6, 2017 Issued
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15/833992
Full-spectrum covering ultra wideband all photonics-based radar system Dec 5, 2017 Issued
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15/833906
Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use Dec 5, 2017 Issued
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15/828195
Lidar receiver calibration Nov 29, 2017 Issued
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16/462980
Apparatus and method for illumination Nov 29, 2017 Issued
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15/827928
Method and apparatus for automatic signal gain setting Nov 29, 2017 Issued
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15/747124
Anti-interference ranging method and apparatus Nov 29, 2017 Issued
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15/821966
Method for identifying a solid obstacle in a laser beam of a lidar system and related system Nov 23, 2017 Issued
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15/816923
System and method for focusing ultrasound image data Nov 16, 2017 Issued
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15/810387
Integrated signal loss detection in Raman amplified fiber spans or other fiber spans Nov 12, 2017 Issued
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15/808968
Distance measurement apparatus, and method of measuring distance Nov 9, 2017 Issued
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15/802001
Survey method and survey apparatus Nov 1, 2017 Issued
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15/801111
Distance-measuring imaging device, distance measuring method of distance-measuring imaging device, and solid-state imaging device Oct 31, 2017 Issued
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15/799132
Linear FM chirp waveform for a LADAR transceiver Oct 30, 2017 Issued
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15/800063
Lidar apparatus Oct 30, 2017 Issued
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16/349180
LIDAR system Oct 29, 2017 Issued
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16/343357
Optical amplifier Oct 24, 2017 Issued
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