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Michael E. Butler

Examiner (ID: 19563, Phone: (571)272-6937 , Office: P/3653 )

Most Active Art Unit
3653
Art Unit(s)
3651, 2765, 3653, 3655
Total Applications
842
Issued Applications
444
Pending Applications
70
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/663823
Apparatus and method for controlling transmission of vehicle Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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16/660062
METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE HAVING AN ELECTRIC OR A FUEL-CELL DRIVE Oct 21, 2019 Abandoned
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16/593680
Method for controlling heating of hybrid vehicle Oct 3, 2019 Issued
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16/564820
Replenishing station assignment Sep 8, 2019 Issued
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16/563506
Bicycle derailleur Sep 5, 2019 Issued
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16/543898
Vehicle and method for controlling the same Aug 18, 2019 Issued
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16/539936
Systems and methods for mobile charging of electric vehicles Aug 12, 2019 Issued
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16/509639
Electronic anomaly detection unit for use in a vehicle, and method for detecting an anomaly in a component of a vehicle Jul 11, 2019 Issued
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16/443532
Methods and system for operating a fuel cell vehicle Jun 16, 2019 Issued
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16/439030
Motor vehicle with an electric motor, in particular a hybrid or electric vehicle Jun 11, 2019 Issued
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15/734868
Method of operating an automated storage and retrieval system Jun 10, 2019 Issued
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15/734431
System and applicable methods of collecting items from storage containers using robotic operator Jun 10, 2019 Issued
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16/425966
Automatic magnetic core sorting system based on machine vision May 29, 2019 Issued
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16/423486
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR EFFICIENTLY VIEWING VEHICLE TELEMATICS DATA TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF FLEET OPERATIONS May 27, 2019 Abandoned
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16/368885
VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Mar 28, 2019 Abandoned
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16/365162
Regenerative braking control system Mar 25, 2019 Issued
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16/259003
Control unit for controlling traveling state and air conditioning state Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/257258
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER Jan 24, 2019 Abandoned
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16/249237
System and method for employing gasoline compression ignition in a hybrid electric vehicle Jan 15, 2019 Issued
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16/248224
Motor vehicle Jan 14, 2019 Issued
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