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Stephone B. Allen

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 6723, Phone: (571)272-2434 , Office: P/2872 )

Most Active Art Unit
2878
Art Unit(s)
2505, 2509, 2872, 2899, 2507, 2878
Total Applications
2149
Issued Applications
1786
Pending Applications
127
Abandoned Applications
238

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/040678
Method for determining a distance between a cleaning robot and an obstacle Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/373435
Information processing method and information processing apparatus Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/354570
METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOVABLE DEVICE ALONG AN INCLINED SURFACE Jun 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/349210
Unmanned moving body and information processing method Jun 15, 2021 Issued
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17/304198
Control of robotic devices with non-constant body pitch Jun 15, 2021 Issued
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18/548100
ROBOT SIMULATION DEVICE May 24, 2021 Pending
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17/323774
Mobile robot platoon driving system and control method thereof May 17, 2021 Issued
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17/246973
Indoor positioning and navigation systems and methods May 2, 2021 Issued
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18/287075
ROBOT TEACHING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM EDITING DEVICE Apr 29, 2021 Pending
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17/234831
Method for realizing dynamic running gait of biped robot on rough terrain road Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/231566
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOUD EDGE TASK PERFORMANCE AND COMPUTING USING ROBOTS Apr 14, 2021 Abandoned
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17/221432
Robot cleaner and controlling method thereof Apr 1, 2021 Issued
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18/278741
METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN AN OBJECT AND AN APPARATUS SURFACE, SAFETY DEVICE FOR A HANDLING APPARATUS HAVING AN APPARATUS SURFACE, AND HANDLING APPARATUS Feb 25, 2021 Pending
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18/278741
METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN AN OBJECT AND AN APPARATUS SURFACE, SAFETY DEVICE FOR A HANDLING APPARATUS HAVING AN APPARATUS SURFACE, AND HANDLING APPARATUS Feb 25, 2021 Pending
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17/248904
Guided bale wrapper Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/158086
Mechanically-timed footsteps for a robotic device Jan 25, 2021 Issued
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17/149951
Systems and methods for optimizing route planning for tight turns for robotic apparatuses Jan 14, 2021 Issued
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17/124812
Intelligent gripper with individual cup control Dec 16, 2020 Issued
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17/124140
Dynamic perception zone estimation Dec 15, 2020 Issued
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17/115888
Agricultural machine Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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