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Michael Robert Ballinger

Examiner (ID: 1236)

Most Active Art Unit
3776
Art Unit(s)
3732, 3776
Total Applications
249
Issued Applications
86
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
162

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/808647
Photodetector device and optical encoder device Mar 3, 2020 Issued
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16/785971
Noise model-based converter with signal steps based on uncertainty Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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17/440992
Sensor apparatus Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/782657
OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT Feb 4, 2020 Abandoned
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16/779572
STEERING MULTIPLE LIDAR OUTPUT SIGNALS Jan 30, 2020 Abandoned
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16/777291
Light detection element and light detection device Jan 29, 2020 Issued
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16/752107
Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, and moving object Jan 23, 2020 Issued
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16/745045
Linear rotary encoder Jan 15, 2020 Issued
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17/422022
Photodetector Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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16/742268
OPTICAL DETECTOR WITH DC COMPENSATION Jan 13, 2020 Abandoned
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16/733256
Calibration circuit for use in sensor and related sensor thereof Jan 2, 2020 Issued
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16/715570
Quad color filter array camera sensor configurations Dec 15, 2019 Issued
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17/309873
Imaging device and calibration method Dec 8, 2019 Issued
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17/311766
Determination method and light detection device Nov 28, 2019 Issued
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16/697581
Apparatus and method for increasing LIDAR sensing distance Nov 26, 2019 Issued
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16/696975
Systems and methods for biasing light detectors Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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17/778457
Optical frequency comb based parallel FM LIDAR Nov 21, 2019 Issued
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16/670178
Photoelectric conversion device, method of driving photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and moving body Oct 30, 2019 Issued
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16/668245
Imaging devices with capacitively coupled single-photon avalanche diodes Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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17/288361
System and method for determining a photon statistic measurement of a pulsed light source using an unbalanced beamsplitter Oct 23, 2019 Issued
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