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Mark Hellner

Examiner (ID: 169, Phone: (571)272-6981 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
3648, 3645, 3642, 2202, 3662, 3663
Total Applications
4200
Issued Applications
3719
Pending Applications
217
Abandoned Applications
290

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/527421
Surveying instrument, surveying method and surveying program Nov 15, 2021 Issued
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18/036495
VERIFICATION OF THE OPERABILITY OF A LASER SCANNER Nov 7, 2021 Pending
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17/513563
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system using a wavelength converter Oct 27, 2021 Issued
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17/513750
Techniques for compensating for ego-velocity and target velocity in the digitally-sampled target signal Oct 27, 2021 Issued
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17/505640
Precisely controlled chirped diode laser and coherent LIDAR system Oct 19, 2021 Issued
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18/031719
LASER SCANNER Oct 14, 2021 Pending
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17/498677
Separation of light signals in a LIDAR system Oct 10, 2021 Issued
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18/030940
CONTINUOUS WAVE TIME OF FLIGHT SYSTEM Oct 7, 2021 Pending
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17/495692
Techniques for ghosting mitigation in coherent lidar systems Oct 5, 2021 Issued
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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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18/027894
Z-PLANE IDENTIFICATION AND BOX DIMENSIONING USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING Sep 20, 2021 Pending
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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 Issued
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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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18/248413
DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Aug 31, 2021 Pending
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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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