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Stephen D. Meier

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 4909, Phone: (571)272-2149 , Office: P/2853 )

Most Active Art Unit
2503
Art Unit(s)
2853, 2822, 2863, 2811, 2503, 2815
Total Applications
1320
Issued Applications
965
Pending Applications
40
Abandoned Applications
315

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/958416
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Nov 24, 2024 Pending
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18/957813
System and Method for Determining Optimal Lane for Vehicle Operation in Adverse Road Conditions Nov 23, 2024 Pending
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18/890705
SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING A TRANSIT ROUTE BASED ON A SAFETY PREFERENCE Sep 18, 2024 Pending
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18/607795
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Mar 17, 2024 Pending
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18/591826
Learning in Lane-Level Route Planner Feb 28, 2024 Pending
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18/417553
MODEL PREDICTIVE PATH INTEGRAL CONTROLLER GUIDED BY LARGE VISION LANGUAGE MODEL FOR INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PATH PLANNING Jan 18, 2024 Pending
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18/394039
VEHICLE STEERING CONTROL DEVICE Dec 21, 2023 Pending
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18/531510
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PLANNING USING NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED BASED ON KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION Dec 5, 2023 Pending
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18/526219
IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM Nov 30, 2023 Pending
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18/521298
Method for Itemizing Mixed Diagnostic Codes Nov 27, 2023 Pending
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18/520085
SECONDARY COLLISION AVOIDANCE CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Nov 26, 2023 Pending
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18/507283
Automatically facilitating travel routes based upon travel scenarios Nov 12, 2023 Issued
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18/493802
VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE Oct 24, 2023 Pending
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18/368871
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORK VEHICLES Sep 14, 2023 Pending
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18/463735
Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium Sep 7, 2023 Issued
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18/459731
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION Aug 31, 2023 Pending
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18/228553
Map and Kinematic Prediction Jul 30, 2023 Pending
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18/873744
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Jun 12, 2023 Pending
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18/195737
Intersection control system, intersection control method, and computer readable medium May 9, 2023 Issued
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18/187013
CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHOD OF SYSTEM Mar 20, 2023 Pending
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