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Richard Thomas Price Jr.

Examiner (ID: 12038, Phone: (571)272-6892 , Office: P/3643 )

Most Active Art Unit
3643
Art Unit(s)
3643, 2899, 3303, 3616
Total Applications
3874
Issued Applications
3351
Pending Applications
204
Abandoned Applications
337

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/398519
System and method for the gravimetric sorting of a mixture of substances Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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17/394684
Solvent-based recycling with a roll-to-roll processing step Aug 4, 2021 Abandoned
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17/392467
Magnetic separation of electrochemical cell materials Aug 2, 2021 Issued
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17/391188
Conveyor belt assembly for identifying an asset sort location and methods of utilizing the same Aug 1, 2021 Issued
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17/385363
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF VALUABLE CONSTITUENTS FROM STEEL-MAKING SLAG FINES Jul 25, 2021 Abandoned
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17/380928
MATERIAL HANDLING USING MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/373334
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING AND TRADING SCRAP FOR RECYCLING Jul 11, 2021 Abandoned
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17/355523
Article sorting system Jun 22, 2021 Issued
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18/012020
Process for dry beneficiation of fine and very fine iron ore by size and electrostatic segregation Jun 21, 2021 Issued
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17/345373
Method for producing carbon material dispersion, carbon material dispersion, and apparatus therefor Jun 10, 2021 Issued
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18/041402
Method for power battery automatic fine-quantity sorting and apparatus thereof May 12, 2021 Issued
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18/029654
Wet sorting process for waste lithium battery and application thereof May 12, 2021 Issued
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17/314253
LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELL RECYCLING PROCESS May 6, 2021 Abandoned
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17/240390
Particle sorting apparatus and particle sorting method Apr 25, 2021 Issued
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17/227245
Sorting between metal alloys Apr 8, 2021 Issued
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17/220384
Separation tank device Mar 31, 2021 Issued
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17/995179
Method for sorting articles, and sorting device Mar 10, 2021 Issued
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17/188280
METHOD FOR FINELY PROCESSING NONMETALLIC MINERAL Feb 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/185112
Process for improving fly ash quality, improved fly ash, and cementitious compositions containing improved fly ash Feb 24, 2021 Issued
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17/801829
PROCESS FOR SEPARATING THE COMPONENTS OF HARDENED CONCRETE WASTE FOR PRODUCING RECYCLED CEMENT Feb 22, 2021 Pending
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