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Michael F. Whalen

Examiner (ID: 4429, Phone: (571)270-7747 , Office: P/3665 )

Most Active Art Unit
3665
Art Unit(s)
3661, 3665, 3664
Total Applications
463
Issued Applications
286
Pending Applications
48
Abandoned Applications
146

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/001877
Imaging system and robot system Jun 14, 2021 Issued
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17/345123
Apparatus for assisting driving Jun 10, 2021 Issued
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17/343406
System for relocating vehicle sensors Jun 8, 2021 Issued
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17/327758
Unmanned aerial vehicle control system and unmanned aerial vehicle control method May 22, 2021 Issued
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17/926081
SYSTEM FOR CERTIFYING A PLANNED TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED CERTIFICATION METHOD May 19, 2021 Pending
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17/319280
VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM May 12, 2021 Abandoned
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17/913435
Space traffic management system, space traffic management device, collision avoidance assist business device, SSA business device, mega-constellation business device, and space traffic management method May 6, 2021 Issued
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17/235341
Driver assistance apparatus Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/211290
UTILIZING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE Mar 23, 2021 Abandoned
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17/913836
ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND WIRELESS CALL DEVICE Mar 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/186160
Lane keep assistance based on rate of departure Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/181667
Monitoring system for axles of a vehicle Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/115735
Action imitation method and robot and computer readable storage medium using the same Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/787703
Vehicle control system, and vehicle control method Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/102849
Vehicle and method of controlling the same Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/080724
Robust method for detecting traffic signals and their associated states Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/769840
MOVABLE OBJECT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Oct 11, 2020 Pending
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17/037119
SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MANAGING OPERATION OF RAIL VEHICLES Sep 28, 2020 Abandoned
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18/027258
RECOVERY SUPPORT APPARATUS, RECOVERY SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sep 24, 2020 Abandoned
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17/018876
Adaptive data collection based on fleet-wide intelligence Sep 10, 2020 Issued
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