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Thomas A. Hollweg

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 5747, Phone: (571)270-1739 , Office: P/2883 )

Most Active Art Unit
2879
Art Unit(s)
2879, 2874, 2883
Total Applications
532
Issued Applications
272
Pending Applications
34
Abandoned Applications
233

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/580991
Synthetic aperture image reconstruction system in a patient interface module (PIM) Sep 23, 2019 Issued
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16/577643
Breast securement devices Sep 19, 2019 Issued
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16/564590
ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Sep 8, 2019 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 15265135 [patent_doc_number] => 20190381301 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-12-19 [patent_title] => TARGETED DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS USING THERMALLY STIMULATED LARGE INCREASE OF PERFUSION BY HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/556309 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-08-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12439 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -27 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16556309 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/556309
TARGETED DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS USING THERMALLY STIMULATED LARGE INCREASE OF PERFUSION BY HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND Aug 29, 2019 Abandoned
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16/557006
FEATURE TRACKING USING ULTRASOUND Aug 29, 2019 Abandoned
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16/552929
ADJUSTABLE HEADPIECE WITH ANATOMICAL MARKERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Aug 26, 2019 Pending
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17/269551
TRANSLATING ENSEMBLE ULTRASONIC IMAGING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Aug 22, 2019 Pending
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17/269295
BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT Aug 12, 2019 Pending
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16/524303
System for nerve modulation and innocuous thermal gradient nerve block Jul 28, 2019 Issued
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17/261608
Ultrasound imaging by deep learning and associated devices, systems, and methods Jul 18, 2019 Issued
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17/256346
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING TRANSVALVULAR PRESSURE QUANTIFICATION Jun 27, 2019 Abandoned
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16/449265
Systems and methods for navigation and simulation of minimally invasive therapy Jun 20, 2019 Issued
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15/734322
Method and system for determining the speed of sound in a fluid in the region of a cardiac support system Jun 5, 2019 Issued
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16/430580
Connector for securing ultrasound catheter to transducer Jun 3, 2019 Issued
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17/057125
TEMPORALLY GATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING May 27, 2019 Abandoned
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17/055260
INTRAVASCULAR PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF May 15, 2019 Abandoned
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16/400622
Imaging techniques using an imaging guidewire Apr 30, 2019 Issued
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16/398959
INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Apr 29, 2019 Abandoned
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16/392063
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING Apr 22, 2019 Abandoned
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16/392102
ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND PUNCTURE ASSISTING METHOD Apr 22, 2019 Abandoned
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