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Spencer D. Patton

Examiner (ID: 2471, Phone: (571)270-5771 , Office: P/3664 )

Most Active Art Unit
3664
Art Unit(s)
3664, 3656
Total Applications
688
Issued Applications
489
Pending Applications
59
Abandoned Applications
155

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/438093
AUTOMATIC AUGER ENGAGEMENT FOR UNLOADING OPERATION Feb 8, 2024 Pending
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18/530741
AUTO-LOCATING AND POSITIONING RELATIVE TO AN AIRCRAFT Dec 5, 2023 Pending
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18/506672
Apparatus and method for controlling robotic manipulators Nov 9, 2023 Issued
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18/501303
Variable payload robot Nov 2, 2023 Issued
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18/490776
Unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating apparatus and method Oct 19, 2023 Issued
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18/484480
Motion planning technique for robotic systems Oct 10, 2023 Issued
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18/377042
Firefighter robotic system Oct 4, 2023 Issued
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18/235675
Hierarchical polytope workspace mapping for human-robot collaboration Aug 17, 2023 Issued
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18/451626
Systems and Methods for Robot Automation Aug 16, 2023 Pending
Array ( [id] => 20359789 [patent_doc_number] => 12475792 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-11-18 [patent_title] => Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for automated pedestrian collision avoidance [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/447082 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-08-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 6981 [patent_no_of_claims] => 25 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 197 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18447082 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/447082
Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for automated pedestrian collision avoidance Aug 8, 2023 Issued
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18/226927
APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING OPERATION PATH OF ROBOT Jul 26, 2023 Pending
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18/226965
USER INTERACTIONS FOR A MAPPING APPLICATION Jul 26, 2023 Abandoned
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18/339184
Auto-locating and positioning relative to an aircraft Jun 20, 2023 Issued
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18/212415
Cooperative high-capacity and high-dexterity manipulators Jun 20, 2023 Issued
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18/871268
METHOD FOR DETERMINING A WORK ZONE FOR AN UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Jun 7, 2023 Pending
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18/202413
Robot localization and mapping accommodating non-unique landmarks May 25, 2023 Issued
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18/197251
Mobile robot providing environmental mapping for household environmental control May 14, 2023 Issued
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18/316712
INSTRUMENT COLLISION DETECTION AND FEEDBACK May 11, 2023 Pending
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18/144078
Lift device with robotic welding attachment innovations May 4, 2023 Issued
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18/855651
Robot with changeable position of body with respect to a vehicle portion Apr 26, 2023 Issued
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