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Patrick O. Neill

Examiner (ID: 10800, Phone: (571)270-1677 , Office: P/2842 )

Most Active Art Unit
2842
Art Unit(s)
2842, 2816, 2809
Total Applications
1117
Issued Applications
981
Pending Applications
44
Abandoned Applications
115

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/364950
Level converter circuit Aug 2, 2023 Issued
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18/229152
THIN OXIDE LOW VOLTAGE TO HIGH VOLTAGE LEVEL SHIFTERS Jul 31, 2023 Pending
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18/361059
Frequency detector and operating method thereof Jul 27, 2023 Issued
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18/361313
Variable circuit Jul 27, 2023 Issued
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18/357562
Differential interface circuit Jul 23, 2023 Issued
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18/355731
METHODS AND CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING MULTICYCLE PATH IN SERIALIZER INTERFACE Jul 19, 2023 Issued
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18/223976
Hot switching spur suppression Jul 18, 2023 Issued
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18/223371
Channel based configurable CML, LVDS, open drain output Jul 17, 2023 Issued
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18/345725
Managing multi-phase clock signals for integrated circuit devices Jun 29, 2023 Issued
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18/343841
Skew-correcting clock buffer Jun 28, 2023 Issued
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18/332522
Power on reset (POR) circuit Jun 8, 2023 Issued
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18/330731
Dual-edge-triggered flip-flop Jun 6, 2023 Issued
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18/329774
Wireline receiver sampling circuit Jun 5, 2023 Issued
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18/313384
Leakage-free dummy cell for semiconductor devices May 7, 2023 Issued
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18/142939
Phase-locked loop device and operation method thereof May 2, 2023 Issued
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18/308783
Synchronization of multiple clock dividers by using lower-frequency clocks and slipping cycles Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/302178
Flip-flop circuit and method Apr 17, 2023 Issued
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18/272053
D flip-flop having multiplexer function Apr 11, 2023 Issued
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18/194049
Method and circuit for DLL locking mechanism for wide range harmonic detection and false lock detection Mar 30, 2023 Issued
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18/185399
Voltage level shifter and operation method thereof Mar 16, 2023 Issued
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