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Robert E. Sellers

Examiner (ID: 2478, Phone: (571)272-1093 , Office: P/1765 )

Most Active Art Unit
1712
Art Unit(s)
2899, 1712, 1796, 1765, 1501
Total Applications
2877
Issued Applications
1915
Pending Applications
92
Abandoned Applications
868

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/467924
Wearable robotic device Sep 6, 2021 Issued
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17/466785
Partially-covered prosthetic valves Sep 2, 2021 Issued
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17/463900
Gait assistance apparatus and operating method thereof Aug 31, 2021 Issued
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17/459211
Physiologically harmonized repair of tricuspid valve Aug 26, 2021 Issued
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17/407193
FASTENING MEANS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL CONTROL ASSEMBLY Aug 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/404879
Stent with Enhanced Low Crimping Profile Aug 16, 2021 Pending
Array ( [id] => 17256472 [patent_doc_number] => 20210369457 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-12-02 [patent_title] => APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IN-HEART VALVE SURGERY [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/402301 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4532 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 49 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17402301 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/402301
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IN-HEART VALVE SURGERY Aug 12, 2021 Pending
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17/397235
Method for use at a heart valve Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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17/397404
Magnetically-driven reciprocating intravascular blood pump Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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17/388216
VIRTUAL ESCAPE, INSTRUCTOR, MAINTENANCE AND SKILLS TRAINING, PHYSICAL FITNESS, AUGMENTED STRENGTH EXOSKELETON Jul 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/387121
PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE WITH IMPROVED ANCHORS AND SEAL Jul 27, 2021 Abandoned
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17/385525
Self-expanding stent including a thin-film neural interface and method of delivering a thin-film neural interface using a self-expanding stent Jul 25, 2021 Issued
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17/382167
System and method for cementing parts into a screw retained implant crown Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/380215
TETHER LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ENDOVASULAR CARDIAC DEVICE Jul 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/378939
CARDIAC VALVE COMMISSURE BRACE Jul 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/378012
Surgical system with workflow monitoring Jul 15, 2021 Issued
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17/373994
Exoskeleton wheelchair system Jul 12, 2021 Issued
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18/015707
MECHANICALLY EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICE Jul 7, 2021 Pending
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18/255647
Systems and Methods to Account for Bone Quality to Reduce Stress Shielding in Implants Jun 30, 2021 Pending
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17/364550
VENOUS VALVE PROSTHESIS Jun 29, 2021 Pending
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