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Stephen M. Hepperle

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 4149, Phone: (571)272-4913 , Office: P/3700 )

Most Active Art Unit
3407
Art Unit(s)
3753, 3700, 3407
Total Applications
2621
Issued Applications
2150
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/721835
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A PATTERN ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE Dec 19, 2022 Pending
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18/065346
Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus Dec 12, 2022 Issued
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18/076804
Liquid jet head and liquid jet recording device Dec 6, 2022 Issued
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18/061509
Image recording apparatus Dec 4, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19593659 [patent_doc_number] => 12151484 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-11-26 [patent_title] => Storage device, liquid ejection apparatus, and method for manufacturing storage device [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/058314 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-11-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 24 [patent_no_of_words] => 32999 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 108 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18058314 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/058314
Storage device, liquid ejection apparatus, and method for manufacturing storage device Nov 22, 2022 Issued
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18/058345
Storage device and liquid ejection apparatus Nov 22, 2022 Issued
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17/992389
LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Nov 21, 2022 Pending
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17/989887
Ink jet printing apparatus, control method, and storage medium Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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17/990633
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and control program for image forming apparatus Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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17/988109
Printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium Nov 15, 2022 Issued
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18/055126
Recording device Nov 13, 2022 Issued
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18/055014
Printing apparatus and estimation method Nov 13, 2022 Issued
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17/985397
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus Nov 10, 2022 Issued
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17/985135
Printer, heating device, and printing method Nov 9, 2022 Issued
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18/053897
Image recording apparatus Nov 8, 2022 Issued
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17/981523
Printing apparatus and printing method Nov 6, 2022 Issued
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17/981525
Printing control apparatus and printing control method Nov 6, 2022 Issued
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17/977559
Maintenance routines Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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18/049317
Printing apparatus Oct 24, 2022 Issued
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18/049349
Inkjet printer, printing system, and method for producing printed matter Oct 24, 2022 Issued
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