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Nicholas A. Smith

Examiner (ID: 345, Phone: (571)272-8760 , Office: P/1754 )

Most Active Art Unit
1754
Art Unit(s)
1742, 1753, 1794, 1795, 1754, 1723, 4100, 1752, 4145
Total Applications
1293
Issued Applications
794
Pending Applications
91
Abandoned Applications
418

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/564750
Energy conversion system Dec 28, 2021 Issued
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17/557467
Anode and/or cathode pan assemblies in an electrochemical cell, and methods to use and manufacture thereof Dec 20, 2021 Issued
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17/551120
Electrochemical hydrogen compression system Dec 13, 2021 Issued
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17/509431
System and method for extracting oxygen from powdered metal oxides Oct 24, 2021 Issued
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17/508411
Electrochemical capture of Lewis acid gases Oct 21, 2021 Issued
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17/504774
Control system of dual power supply type electrolyzer Oct 18, 2021 Issued
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17/502245
Method for smoothing and polishing metals via ion transport via free solid bodies and solid bodies for performing the method Oct 14, 2021 Issued
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17/409688
System for reliable, high throughput, complex electric field generation, and method for producing coatings therefrom Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/402937
Systems and methods for processing gases Aug 15, 2021 Issued
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17/395457
Production of lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate Aug 5, 2021 Issued
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17/395178
Method for high-speed wire cutting Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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17/443144
Fuel cell energy circulative utilization system Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/366155
ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION USED IN ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY Jul 1, 2021 Issued
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17/355008
METHOD FOR MONITORING IMPEDANCE OF ELECTROLYZER, CONTROLLER AND POWER SUPPLY Jun 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/348970
Method of producing thin plate-shaped graphite product, flaky graphite, and method of producing flaky graphite Jun 15, 2021 Issued
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17/318532
USE OF HCL IN DRY ELECTROLYTES TO POLISH TI AND OTHER METAL AND ALLOY SURFACES BY ION TRANSPORT May 11, 2021 Abandoned
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17/926495
NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY May 11, 2021 Pending
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17/318290
Electrolytic biocide generating system for use on-board a watercraft May 11, 2021 Issued
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17/243510
System, method and composition for making thin-walled carbon nanomaterials Apr 27, 2021 Issued
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17/915958
Gas to hydrogen process with co-production of carbon Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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