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Nathan M. Johnston

Examiner (ID: 15779, Phone: (571)270-0223 , Office: P/2919 )

Most Active Art Unit
2919
Art Unit(s)
2932, 2919
Total Applications
2281
Issued Applications
2258
Pending Applications
8
Abandoned Applications
25

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/973978
Information processing system, occupancy rate calculation method, and non-transitory computer readable memory Oct 25, 2022 Issued
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17/966269
Automotive asset location management systems and methods Oct 13, 2022 Issued
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17/965353
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATING BILLING AND PAYMENTS Oct 12, 2022 Abandoned
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17/962214
System and Method of Simultaneous Computation of Optimal Order Point and Optimal Order Quantity Oct 6, 2022 Pending
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17/956954
DRUG SHORTAGE PREDICTION IN A DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION SHARING NETWORK Sep 29, 2022 Pending
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18/697140
SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SELF-CHECKOUT MONITORING Sep 25, 2022 Pending
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17/900679
Systems and methods for employing a card rotation sequence to authenticate a user Aug 30, 2022 Issued
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17/872277
Application programming interface anomaly detection Jul 24, 2022 Issued
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17/856826
RFID dispenser and measuring system for consumer liquids Jun 30, 2022 Issued
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17/853810
TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TRANSACTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD Jun 28, 2022 Abandoned
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17/842655
Method, server, and readable storage medium for processing payment in offline scenario Jun 15, 2022 Issued
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17/749803
MERCHANDISE TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MERCHANDISE REGISTRATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MERCHANDISE REGISTRATION DEVICE May 19, 2022 Abandoned
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17/742303
Detection apparatus for detecting abnormal operations at a point of sales apparatus May 10, 2022 Issued
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17/732094
Pavement data tracking and mapping method Apr 27, 2022 Issued
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17/730996
Context-based communication requests Apr 26, 2022 Issued
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17/702735
ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Mar 22, 2022 Abandoned
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17/697748
Methods and arrangements for a personal point of sale device Mar 16, 2022 Issued
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17/691241
Aggregated session management for terminal devices Mar 9, 2022 Issued
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17/684743
AMBIENT WALLET SELECTION FOR SENSOR-BASED CHECKOUT SYSTEMS Mar 1, 2022 Pending
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17/681470
Retail shelf image processing and inventory tracking system Feb 24, 2022 Issued
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