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Matthew E. Zimmerman

Examiner (ID: 10964, Phone: (571)270-5278 , Office: P/3684 )

Most Active Art Unit
3684
Art Unit(s)
3625, 3683, 3684, 3688
Total Applications
746
Issued Applications
445
Pending Applications
28
Abandoned Applications
283

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/999785
Driver assistance method with virtual target for adaptive cruise control May 4, 2021 Issued
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17/238251
Surgical robot Apr 22, 2021 Issued
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17/231392
Method and system for positioning sensors within a workspace Apr 14, 2021 Issued
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17/301765
Securement apparatus and method of use Apr 13, 2021 Issued
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18/280484
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium Mar 29, 2021 Issued
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18/549952
Method of Controlling a Robot And a Robot Control System Mar 15, 2021 Pending
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17/199721
Systems and methods for detecting blind spots for robots Mar 11, 2021 Issued
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17/193268
Method and computing system for performing grip region detection Mar 4, 2021 Issued
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17/190549
ROBOTIC WORK TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDEFINING A WORK AREA PERIMETER Mar 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/145908
Systems and methods for detection of features within data collected by a plurality of robots by a centralized server Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/910063
Module System for Robots Dec 24, 2020 Abandoned
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17/129982
Autonomous machine collaboration Dec 21, 2020 Issued
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18/039518
METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN ARTICULATED VEHICLE COMBINATION Dec 6, 2020 Abandoned
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16/953013
Remote control system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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17/092347
LEGGED ROBOT CONTINUOUS HOPPING CONTROL METHOD AND LEGGED ROBOT AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME Nov 8, 2020 Abandoned
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17/088233
Remote control system and remote control method Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/078611
Learning software assisted fixtureless object pickup and placement system and method Oct 22, 2020 Issued
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17/069684
Simulating multiple robots in virtual environments Oct 12, 2020 Issued
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17/067098
Machine control using a predictive map Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/061789
TELEMETRY HARVESTING AND ANALYSIS FROM EXTENDED REALITY STREAMING Oct 1, 2020 Abandoned
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