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Nathan L. Laughlin

Examiner (ID: 17341, Phone: (571)270-1042 , Office: P/2126 )

Most Active Art Unit
2119
Art Unit(s)
2126, 2122, 2125, 2118, 2127, 2123, 2119
Total Applications
896
Issued Applications
552
Pending Applications
94
Abandoned Applications
268

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/035074
Method for estimating multipath error of pseudo-range measurement value, and positioning method using same Oct 13, 2021 Issued
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18/251088
SATELLITE SIGNAL RECEPTION APPARATUS, SATELLITE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM Sep 27, 2021 Pending
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17/478955
METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GPS LOCATION POLLING BASED ON USER LOCOMOTIVE ACTIVITY Sep 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/478356
Methods and systems for using a vehicle location to geo-reference radio data collected during a time of commute Sep 16, 2021 Issued
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17/476098
Radar device and transmitting/receiving array antenna Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/466410
Geolocation of an electromagnetic emitter utilizing receptor pattern slope Sep 2, 2021 Issued
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17/462745
Precision positioning and pointing instrument Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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18/291896
POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Aug 5, 2021 Pending
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17/388573
Method of driving phased array antenna and method of driving radio wave reflecting device Jul 28, 2021 Issued
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17/382823
INERTIAL NAVIGATION UNIT ENHANCED WITH ATOMIC CLOCK Jul 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/383045
Systems and methods for adaptive beam steering for throughways Jul 21, 2021 Issued
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17/380024
Positioning system and positioning method Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/374882
Accuracy of a GNSS receiver that has a non-directional antenna Jul 12, 2021 Issued
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17/374882
Accuracy of a GNSS receiver that has a non-directional antenna Jul 12, 2021 Issued
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17/365601
FINISHED SHAPE OBSERVATION METHOD AND OBSERVATION SYSTEM USING GNSS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF Jun 30, 2021 Abandoned
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18/007827
REAL-TIME KINEMATIC (RTK) POSITIONING SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING AND OPERATING Jun 10, 2021 Pending
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18/000356
Apparatus comprising a carrier May 19, 2021 Issued
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17/322799
Systems and methods for de-noising GNSS signals May 16, 2021 Issued
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17/437389
Multi-inertial measurement unit fusion for fine-resolution position estimation May 13, 2021 Issued
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17/998450
Antenna systems and methods for tracking non-geosynchronous satellites May 12, 2021 Issued
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