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Nathan K. Ford

Examiner (ID: 5844, Phone: (571)270-1880 , Office: P/1716 )

Most Active Art Unit
1716
Art Unit(s)
1712, 1792, 1716
Total Applications
758
Issued Applications
215
Pending Applications
97
Abandoned Applications
458

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/552169
AUTOMATED TRAINING OF FAILURE DIAGNOSIS MODELS FOR APPLICATION IN SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS Mar 29, 2021 Pending
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18/284632
COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SIGNAL CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Mar 28, 2021 Pending
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17/207956
Method and system for sensing-data collection and transport from Minimization-of-Drive Tests device Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/203088
Systems and methods of detecting mask usage Mar 15, 2021 Issued
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17/910913
HINGE STRUCTURE FOR IN-FOLDING TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE Mar 14, 2021 Abandoned
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17/917015
Networking signal sending method and device for positioning network Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/200338
Generating deep harmonized digital images Mar 11, 2021 Issued
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17/910610
Road deterioration diagnosing device, road deterioration diagnosing method, and recording medium Mar 11, 2021 Issued
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17/911195
Method of imaging a wind turbine rotor blade Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/184594
Artificial intelligence identified measuring method for a semiconductor image Feb 24, 2021 Issued
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17/184368
Method and apparatus for detecting facial key points, computer device, and storage medium Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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17/183503
Communications method and wearable device, communications system, and related device Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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17/180038
Network slice selection assistance information configuration Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/177264
METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SYSTEM Feb 16, 2021 Abandoned
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17/177720
System and method for providing dominant scene classification by semantic segmentation Feb 16, 2021 Issued
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17/177068
USING NEURAL NETWORKS TO PERFORM OBJECT DETECTION, INSTANCE SEGMENTATION, AND SEMANTIC CORRESPONDENCE FROM BOUNDING BOX SUPERVISION Feb 15, 2021 Pending
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17/170997
Apparatus and method for controlling operation cycle of electronic device in wireless communication system Feb 8, 2021 Issued
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18/020640
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGN PLANNING OF A CELLULAR NETWORK Feb 4, 2021 Pending
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17/248563
Recognizing the movement intention of a pedestrian from camera images Jan 28, 2021 Issued
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17/795279
Contrast enhancement method for the objects with intrinsic partial volume effect Jan 25, 2021 Issued
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