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Nicholas A. Smith

Examiner (ID: 6041, Phone: (571)272-8760 , Office: P/1754 )

Most Active Art Unit
1754
Art Unit(s)
1795, 1742, 1723, 4145, 1754, 1794, 1752, 1753, 4100
Total Applications
1301
Issued Applications
796
Pending Applications
93
Abandoned Applications
419

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/728337
Water electrolysis hydrogen production plant with a pumpless water supply system and process flow method Dec 26, 2019 Issued
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16/724993
Probe forming device Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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17/290936
Electrolyte for electrochemical machining of gamma-gamma prime nickel-based superalloys Dec 16, 2019 Issued
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17/290945
Electrolyte for electrochemical machining of g-g'' nickel-based superalloys Dec 16, 2019 Issued
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16/703296
DUAL LASER ELECTROLYTIC CELL Dec 3, 2019 Abandoned
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16/696809
PROCESS OF CONVERTING SEAWATER TO HYDROGEN, PIPING IT AND REFORMING IT TO FRESHWATER Nov 25, 2019 Abandoned
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16/674168
Electrolyte solutions for electropolishing of nitinol needles Nov 4, 2019 Issued
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16/664599
Plating system, a plating system control method, and a storage medium containing a program for causing a computer to execute the plating system control method Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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17/283340
METHOD FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF A METAL OR ALLOY PRODUCT, AND METAL OR ALLOY PRODUCT Oct 22, 2019 Abandoned
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16/599351
Methods and system for hydrogen production by water electrolysis Oct 10, 2019 Issued
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16/578486
Electrolysis device Sep 22, 2019 Issued
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16/570947
Device and system for eliminating electrode edge strips Sep 12, 2019 Issued
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17/268771
Tool for machining festoons and attachment holes of a disc flange by PECM and method using this tool Aug 27, 2019 Issued
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16/547454
Systems and methods for purifying aluminum Aug 20, 2019 Issued
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16/536535
Heat recovery from an electrochemical hydrogen separation system Aug 8, 2019 Issued
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16/535914
Electrode material for electrolytic hydrogen generation Aug 7, 2019 Issued
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16/534513
Low-energy electrochemical separation of isotopes Aug 6, 2019 Issued
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16/521687
Metallic structure and a method for surface treatment of a metallic structure Jul 24, 2019 Issued
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16/980769
PRECURSOR MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON MATERIALS Jul 23, 2019 Abandoned
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16/514451
Method for separating carbon isotope and method for concentrating carbon isotope using the same Jul 16, 2019 Issued
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