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Mark Hellner

Examiner (ID: 6706, Phone: (571)272-6981 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
2202, 3662, 3663, 3645, 3642
Total Applications
4164
Issued Applications
3695
Pending Applications
223
Abandoned Applications
284

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/494822
Increasing rate of lidar measurements Oct 4, 2021 Issued
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17/493117
Electronic device and method for compensating for depth error according to modulation frequency Oct 3, 2021 Issued
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17/481142
Techniques for mixing local oscillator signal with target return signal to generate target information Sep 20, 2021 Issued
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17/475956
LIDAR SYSTEM WITH LOW-NOISE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE Sep 14, 2021 Pending
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17/467884
Optical Sensor having Opaque Sidewall Coating Sep 6, 2021 Pending
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17/467435
Trackable dipole devices, methods, and systems for use with marking paint sticks Sep 5, 2021 Issued
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17/463879
Localization methods and architectures for a trailer of an autonomous tractor-trailer Aug 31, 2021 Issued
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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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17/398895
Techniques for point cloud filtering Aug 9, 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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17/397850
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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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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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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