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Todd M. Melton

Examiner (ID: 16768, Phone: (571)270-3871 , Office: P/3669 )

Most Active Art Unit
3669
Art Unit(s)
3669, 3667
Total Applications
797
Issued Applications
672
Pending Applications
54
Abandoned Applications
94

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/403556
Scooter having a contracting steering handle for unmanned operation May 4, 2019 Issued
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16/393846
Systems and methods for navigating a vehicle among encroaching vehicles Apr 23, 2019 Issued
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16/386678
Synchronization of aircraft engines Apr 16, 2019 Issued
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16/387096
Vehicle dynamics control in electric drive vehicles Apr 16, 2019 Issued
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16/380002
Planning for unknown objects by an autonomous vehicle Apr 9, 2019 Issued
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17/048191
Method, device and means of transport for an automated starting up of a means of transport at a light signal system Apr 7, 2019 Issued
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17/594157
Method and a control unit for determining a parameter indicative of a road capability of a road segment supporting a vehicle Apr 4, 2019 Issued
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17/438950
Driving assistance device for saddle type vehicle Mar 28, 2019 Issued
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16/357605
Headland turn planning for a work vehicle Mar 18, 2019 Issued
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16/295028
System to automate hitching a trailer Mar 6, 2019 Issued
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16/279552
Fly-by-wire systems and related operating methods Feb 18, 2019 Issued
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16/276739
Aircraft flight route determination systems and methods Feb 14, 2019 Issued
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16/276913
System for conducting maintenance for autonomous vehicles and related methods Feb 14, 2019 Issued
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16/277640
Computing systems and methods for controlling current in vehicle motors Feb 14, 2019 Issued
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16/274066
Fixed drone visualization in security systems Feb 11, 2019 Issued
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16/965901
CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE, VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER Jan 28, 2019 Abandoned
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16/257735
Use of relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation Jan 24, 2019 Issued
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16/771271
Method and device for storing travel distance data Jan 23, 2019 Issued
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16/256524
Methods and systems for raising and lowering a payload Jan 23, 2019 Issued
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16/250328
System and method for providing implement-based speed control for a work vehicle Jan 16, 2019 Issued
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