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Michael R. Neff

Examiner (ID: 12275, Phone: (571)270-1848 , Office: P/2631 )

Most Active Art Unit
2631
Art Unit(s)
2611, 2609, 2631
Total Applications
1147
Issued Applications
939
Pending Applications
94
Abandoned Applications
136

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/319076
SLIDING TYPE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SPEAKER May 16, 2023 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19587722 [patent_doc_number] => 20240385279 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-11-21 [patent_title] => DYNAMIC FIXED WIRELESS OFFLOAD GATEWAY [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/318170 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5928 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 90 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18318170 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/318170
Dynamic fixed wireless offload gateway May 15, 2023 Issued
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18/144087
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING CROP YIELD BASED ON DETECTION OF PLANT STRESSORS IN CROPS May 4, 2023 Pending
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18/141228
Time-frequency interleaved SS PBCH for radar coexistence and interference coordination Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/141216
Automated video segmentation Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/138003
Crop yield prediction at field-level and pixel-level Apr 20, 2023 Issued
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18/858660
OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTING (OTAC) OVER A MULTIPLE ACCESS CHANNEL Apr 19, 2023 Pending
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18/301929
Network based location performance improvement using DSDA Apr 16, 2023 Issued
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18/297026
Solar-Powered Protective Cell Phone Case and Method of Use Apr 6, 2023 Abandoned
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18/130795
Methods and apparatus for detecting, managing and/or mitigating interference between networks without the need for a centralized controller Apr 3, 2023 Issued
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18/845509
Method and Apparatus for Performing Secondary Authentication/Authorization for Terminal Device in Communication Network Mar 26, 2023 Pending
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18/190290
System and Method for Selective Treatment of Crops Using Machine Vision Mar 26, 2023 Abandoned
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18/189772
Antenna and electronic apparatus including same Mar 23, 2023 Issued
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18/189042
Identifying overfilled containers Mar 22, 2023 Issued
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18/179577
Emergency communication system Mar 6, 2023 Issued
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18/177041
Transmit power control design for make-before-break roaming deployments Feb 28, 2023 Issued
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18/175654
Asset tracking devices and mobile network plan selection Feb 27, 2023 Issued
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18/173192
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SENSOR DATA AND POSITIONAL INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION MODULE AND SENSOR Feb 22, 2023 Pending
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18/172141
Entity identification using machine learning Feb 20, 2023 Issued
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18/107844
Image coding method and device in image coding system Feb 8, 2023 Issued
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