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Paul T. Chin

Examiner (ID: 15440, Phone: (571)272-6922 , Office: P/3652 )

Most Active Art Unit
3652
Art Unit(s)
3651, 3654, 3652
Total Applications
2179
Issued Applications
1512
Pending Applications
110
Abandoned Applications
583

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/944404
Information processing device for determining whether updating the firmware of an MFP is necessary Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/941932
Vehicle equipment for notification of traffic impacting events Jul 28, 2020 Issued
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16/938799
Apparatus and method for storing image data in a storage based on information regarding a number of writes Jul 23, 2020 Issued
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16/926217
Image forming apparatus for adjusting pixels in image data when an ink ejection failure occurs in a nozzle Jul 9, 2020 Issued
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16/946647
Image processing apparatus, control method for image processing apparatus, and storage medium Jun 29, 2020 Issued
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16/913002
Image forming apparatus and data transfer method Jun 25, 2020 Issued
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17/605968
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT OF IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Jun 7, 2020 Abandoned
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16/893224
Image processing apparatus for determining a size of a document and executing a copy job Jun 3, 2020 Issued
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17/605767
IMAGE PROCESSING OF FORM DOCUMENT Jun 2, 2020 Abandoned
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17/594428
Communication device and image forming apparatus Apr 16, 2020 Issued
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17/780867
IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 12, 2020 Pending
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16/844851
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 8, 2020 Abandoned
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16/843002
Information processing apparatus for causing an image forming apparatus to print in accordance with a post written in a chat Apr 7, 2020 Issued
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16/836161
Smart document format system Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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16/818421
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Mar 12, 2020 Abandoned
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16/779823
Server system having voice-controlled printing apparatus Feb 2, 2020 Issued
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16/779955
Sheet information changing apparatus, method of controlling sheet information changing apparatus, and storage medium for controlling sheet information and displaying a confirming screen Feb 2, 2020 Issued
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16/778017
Image processing apparatus for displaying an analysis result of a multi-cropping scan processing Jan 30, 2020 Issued
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17/299752
SWITCH FROM SLEEP MODE TO MANUAL STAPLING OPERATION MODE Jan 30, 2020 Abandoned
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16/777113
Method for printing a Zigbee install code and corresponding systems and devices Jan 29, 2020 Issued
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