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Stephen R Sparks

Examiner (ID: 10810, Phone: (571)272-2501 , Office: P/3732 )

Most Active Art Unit
3772
Art Unit(s)
3732, 3772
Total Applications
99
Issued Applications
24
Pending Applications
0
Abandoned Applications
75

Applications

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17/328649
COST-EFFECTIVE YET STILL PRECISE ASCERTAINMENT OF THE DEGRADATION STATE OF A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY May 23, 2021 Pending
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17/327792
Through tubing acoustic measurements May 23, 2021 Issued
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17/322627
Liquid flow processing for plumbing systems May 16, 2021 Issued
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17/320248
CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM May 13, 2021 Pending
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17/318638
Adjusting wellbore operations in target wellbore using trained model from reference wellbore May 11, 2021 Issued
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17/307800
ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY MAINTENANCE May 3, 2021 Pending
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17/226470
Apparatus for measuring insulation resistance Apr 8, 2021 Issued
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17/218821
TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD DETERMINING DEVICE, TEMPERATURE ABNORMALITY DETERMINING SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD DETERMINING METHOD Mar 30, 2021 Pending
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17/205356
Method, computer-implemented tool and battery management system for estimating states of health of batteries storing electrical energy and battery energy storage system Mar 17, 2021 Issued
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17/202584
Method for evaluating downhole working condition of a PDC bit Mar 15, 2021 Issued
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17/203425
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES FOR SENSING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SENSOR Mar 15, 2021 Pending
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17/174625
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PERMEABILITY AND LOST CIRCULATION Feb 11, 2021 Pending
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17/169402
Method and system for improving state of health of rechargeable batteries Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/158361
Battery system and method for evaluating lithium-ion battery degradation Jan 25, 2021 Issued
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17/136619
CURRENT PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM Dec 28, 2020 Pending
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17/785191
METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF AN ALTERNATOR Dec 2, 2020 Pending
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17/109989
Method and apparatus for analyzing stalk strength Dec 1, 2020 Issued
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17/089340
Determination of borehole characteristics using orientation components of azimuthal electromagnetic signals Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/083581
Method of managing battery, battery management system, and electric vehicle charging system having the battery management system Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/035113
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR URBAN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE EXTRACTION BASED ON REMOTE SENSING Sep 27, 2020 Abandoned
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