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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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17/276470
Method and device for determining a vehicle position Sep 9, 2020 Issued
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18/007449
Implementation method and system for road traffic reservation passage, and electronic device Aug 10, 2020 Issued
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17/631893
Method for autonomous in-flight transfer of a load from a first aerial vehicle to a second aerial vehicle, system comprising a first aerial vehicle and a second aerial vehicle, and aerial vehicles Jul 27, 2020 Issued
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16/947198
Connected-vehicle interface module and method of use Jul 21, 2020 Issued
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16/875308
CROWDSOURCED REALTIME TRAFFIC IMAGES AND VIDEOS May 14, 2020 Abandoned
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17/624729
Vehicle brake system and method for operating a vehicle brake system May 12, 2020 Issued
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16/788392
Electronic control unit for vehicle and method of executing program Feb 11, 2020 Issued
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16/777843
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING AND SELECTING PERSONALIZED OUTPUT ACTIONS IN A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT Jan 29, 2020 Abandoned
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17/419708
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for gas flux measurements with mobile platforms Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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17/422163
Control system, system and method for providing assistance to an occupant of a vehicle Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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17/421395
Method, device, computer program and computer program product for operating a vehicle Oct 28, 2019 Issued
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17/041128
Processing system, aerial vehicle capable of flying unmanned, and dust condition estimation method Oct 7, 2019 Issued
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16/582498
Centralized controller for automotive use Sep 24, 2019 Issued
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16/561421
Maintenance of distributed train control systems using machine learning Sep 4, 2019 Issued
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16/551465
Systems and methods crash determination with noise filtering Aug 25, 2019 Issued
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16/515543
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE OPERATION Jul 17, 2019 Abandoned
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17/255564
Detecting collisions of robot arms Jun 26, 2019 Issued
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16/421711
METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT TESTING May 23, 2019 Abandoned
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16/418599
Electronic job aid system for operator of a vehicle system May 20, 2019 Issued
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16/374287
Automotive electronic control unit pre-booting for improved man machine interface performance Apr 2, 2019 Issued
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