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Thomas B. Will

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 17082, Phone: (571)272-6998 , Office: P/3671 )

Most Active Art Unit
2406
Art Unit(s)
2859, 2856, 2855, 2406, 3108, 3671, 3616
Total Applications
1203
Issued Applications
972
Pending Applications
68
Abandoned Applications
163

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/843258
Optical apparatus Apr 7, 2020 Issued
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16/840515
Imaging apparatus Apr 5, 2020 Issued
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16/841111
Heat spreader for camera Apr 5, 2020 Issued
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16/841001
Image capture apparatus and control method Apr 5, 2020 Issued
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16/838899
Communication apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium thereof Apr 1, 2020 Issued
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17/438689
Electronic device, imaging apparatus, and mobile body Mar 11, 2020 Issued
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16/813007
Image capturing apparatus, control method of image capturing apparatus, and control method of information processing apparatus Mar 8, 2020 Issued
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16/811101
Imaging device Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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17/607947
Camera module and photosensitive assembly thereof, electronic device, and manufacturing method Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/797503
Processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and imaging system Feb 20, 2020 Issued
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16/795342
Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same Feb 18, 2020 Issued
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16/792911
Image capture apparatus that records video signal captured at variable frame rate as moving image data, method of controlling same, and storage medium Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/793216
Electronic device and method for changing magnification of image using multiple cameras Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/784656
Systems and methods for rolling shutter compensation using iterative process Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/748537
Image synchronization without input clock and data transmission clock in a pulsed fluorescence imaging system Jan 20, 2020 Issued
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17/777403
Compound eye camera device and compound eye system Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/738286
GIMBAL PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE Jan 8, 2020 Abandoned
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16/738169
Imaging apparatus Jan 8, 2020 Issued
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16/738857
Automated apparatus to obtain images in incremental focal-distance steps using either focus ring rotation or linear translation methods Jan 8, 2020 Abandoned
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16/738759
Method and apparatus to automatically obtain images in incremental focal-distance steps using any camera/lens having a rotatable focus ring Jan 8, 2020 Abandoned
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