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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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17/679633
Image sensor with on-chip occlusion detection and methods thereof Feb 23, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18722837 [patent_doc_number] => 11800208 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-24 [patent_title] => Image capturing apparatus that is reduced in size and has high operability, and operation member [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/678615 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-02-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 135 [patent_figures_cnt] => 135 [patent_no_of_words] => 27604 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 168 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17678615 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/678615
Image capturing apparatus that is reduced in size and has high operability, and operation member Feb 22, 2022 Issued
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17/672328
Imaging apparatus Feb 14, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17631922 [patent_doc_number] => 20220166937 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-05-26 [patent_title] => OBSERVATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF OBSERVATION SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/669672 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-02-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7096 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 130 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17669672 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/669672
Observation system, control method of observation system, and control program of observation system Feb 10, 2022 Issued
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17/670114
Electronic apparatus Feb 10, 2022 Issued
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17/666323
Apparatus having magnetic fluid heat transport system Feb 6, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20176818 [patent_doc_number] => 12395579 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-08-19 [patent_title] => Display device [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/761224 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-01-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 1174 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 221 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17761224 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/761224
Display device Jan 27, 2022 Issued
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17/576509
SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR Jan 13, 2022 Abandoned
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17/574861
Electronic device, method, and non-transitory storage medium for photographing image Jan 12, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18501729 [patent_doc_number] => 20230224579 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-07-13 [patent_title] => AUTOMATIC CAMERA SELECTION IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/571892 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-01-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 11664 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 132 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17571892 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/571892
Automatic camera selection in a communication device Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/566693
Action camera, selfie control method and apparatus, movable platform, and storage medium Dec 30, 2021 Issued
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18/263275
Pan-tilt-zoom module, camera module, and electronic device Dec 28, 2021 Issued
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17/564686
Systems and methods for updating maps and evaluating map accuracy based on collected image data Dec 28, 2021 Issued
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17/556713
Camera mode for capturing multiple video clips within a messaging system Dec 19, 2021 Issued
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18/264735
Connection establishment method and electronic device Dec 19, 2021 Issued
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18/256504
Camera control method and apparatus, and storage medium Nov 30, 2021 Issued
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17/538393
Updating lens focus calibration values Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/528171
Imaging apparatus Nov 15, 2021 Issued
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17/525242
Imaging apparatus Nov 11, 2021 Issued
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17/453774
Image processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium Nov 4, 2021 Issued
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