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Ryan J. Rink

Examiner (ID: 19686, Phone: (571)272-4863 , Office: P/3664 )

Most Active Art Unit
3664
Art Unit(s)
3664, 3619
Total Applications
585
Issued Applications
444
Pending Applications
47
Abandoned Applications
109

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/211359
Method for a sensor assembly, sensor assembly, computer program product and computer-readable medium Mar 23, 2021 Issued
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17/207889
Methods and systems for autonomous vehicle inference of routes for actors exhibiting unrecognized behavior Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/209104
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOVABLE OBJECT CONTROL Mar 21, 2021 Abandoned
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18/280798
Work teaching device and work teaching method for robot Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/200575
Method and system for planning the motion of a vehicle Mar 11, 2021 Issued
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18/274909
TRAVEL PLANNING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Jan 31, 2021 Abandoned
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17/160976
System and method for evaluation of a route score for an electric vehicle and electric vehicle fleets Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/145608
Autonomous floor cleaner and method for autonomous floor cleaning Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/137206
Techniques for maintaining vehicle formations Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/127450
Object avoidance with perceived safety subgoal Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/098873
Method and device for electric vehicle navigation based on battery profile and route characteristics Nov 15, 2020 Issued
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17/092790
Method and apparatus for automated lateral controls adaptation in response to rapid trajectory changes Nov 8, 2020 Issued
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17/068598
Systems and methods for optimal path determination using contraction hierarchies with turn costs Oct 11, 2020 Issued
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17/060817
Methods and systems for performing outlet inference by an autonomous vehicle to determine feasible paths through an intersection Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/028393
Method, apparatus, and computer program for avoiding collision of autonomous vehicle Sep 21, 2020 Issued
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17/028322
User interfaces for customized navigation routes Sep 21, 2020 Issued
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17/025176
Steering system and vehicle equipped with same Sep 17, 2020 Issued
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17/023219
System and method for autonomous motion planning Sep 15, 2020 Issued
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17/021207
Hybrid planning system for autonomous vehicles Sep 14, 2020 Issued
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17/021202
Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium Sep 14, 2020 Issued
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