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Michael P. Ferguson

Examiner (ID: 2358, Phone: (571)272-7081 , Office: P/3679 )

Most Active Art Unit
3679
Art Unit(s)
3629, 3679, 3619, 3678
Total Applications
1873
Issued Applications
1104
Pending Applications
146
Abandoned Applications
654

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/101893
Dynamic industrial vehicle measure Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/102409
Planning for unknown objects by an autonomous vehicle Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/097393
Techniques for collaborative map construction between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground vehicle Nov 12, 2020 Issued
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18/252523
System and Method for the Robotic Loading of Explosives in Underground Mining Nov 12, 2020 Pending
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17/088984
Simulator and method of testing safety of car travel for infants Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/075147
Prioritized constraints for a navigational system Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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17/596088
Full-day train operation diagram generation method based on time division scheme and activity-event relationship Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/072202
Vehicle location correction using roadside devices Oct 15, 2020 Issued
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17/067243
Machine control using a predictive map Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/066825
Machine control using a predictive map Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/067038
Map generation and control system Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/067317
Machine control using a predictive map Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/036665
Method and apparatus for reconstructing motion track, storage medium, and electronic device Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/030617
Steering control device Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/027055
System for estimating state of health of battery using big data Sep 20, 2020 Issued
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17/026743
Imaging device Sep 20, 2020 Issued
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17/015464
System and method for reducing vehicle turning radius Sep 8, 2020 Issued
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17/013010
Data processing systems and methods for providing relocation alerts Sep 3, 2020 Issued
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17/007343
Data processing system communicating with a map data processing system to generate a display of one or more segments of one or more vehicle routes Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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16/993093
Enhanced static object classification using lidar Aug 12, 2020 Issued
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