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Paul E. Patton

Examiner (ID: 16647, Phone: (571)272-9762 , Office: P/2822 )

Most Active Art Unit
2822
Art Unit(s)
2809, 2112, 2822
Total Applications
977
Issued Applications
886
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
94

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/038986
Device and method for measuring voltage by using optical element Mar 17, 2021 Issued
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17/995574
Detection device and detection method Mar 16, 2021 Issued
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17/199080
Systems and methods for mounting biosensors using a consumable fluid reservoir Mar 10, 2021 Issued
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17/906292
Absolute encoder Mar 10, 2021 Issued
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17/195663
Auxiliary circuit Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/183428
System and method for detecting span alignment within a mechanized irrigation system Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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17/182629
Probing system Feb 22, 2021 Issued
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17/910353
Inspection jig and board inspection apparatus including the same Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/176942
Tamper detection Feb 15, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19595247 [patent_doc_number] => 12153084 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-11-26 [patent_title] => System and method for detecting defective back-drills in printed circuit boards [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/173441 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-02-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 2467 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 51 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17173441 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/173441
System and method for detecting defective back-drills in printed circuit boards Feb 10, 2021 Issued
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17/169769
Testing device for burn-in test operations and control method thereof Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/797430
Device housing, image reading device, and electrostatic capacitance detection device including a ground auxiliary conductor disposed over a level difference existing between a plane including an electrically conductive surface and a plane including a ground conductor Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/168175
SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP Feb 4, 2021 Abandoned
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17/168093
Two-domain two-stage sensing front-end circuits and systems Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/760138
Method and apparatus for testing a die package assembly Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/155705
Uniformity output device, uniformity output method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for determining whether a particle diameter of particles in a mixture is uniform or non-uniform Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/606432
Display panel having crack detection circuit with conduction loop, display apparatus, and method of detecting crack in display panel Jan 14, 2021 Issued
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17/628146
Device and method for monitoring common mode voltage Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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18/271213
Device, method and system to sense voltages at sample points of respective interconnect structures Jan 5, 2021 Issued
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17/136001
Method of detecting biological sample Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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