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William B. Chou

Examiner (ID: 7807, Phone: (571)270-3367 , Office: P/3779 )

Most Active Art Unit
3795
Art Unit(s)
3779, 3795
Total Applications
587
Issued Applications
402
Pending Applications
51
Abandoned Applications
152

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/876308
ENDOSCOPE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE USING THE SAME Jul 27, 2022 Pending
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17/811863
WIRELESS ENDOSCOPIC CAMERA Jul 10, 2022 Pending
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17/811098
CAMERA CONTROL Jul 6, 2022 Pending
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17/811099
CAMERA CONTROL Jul 6, 2022 Pending
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17/843037
INSERTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, INSERTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Jun 16, 2022 Pending
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17/825515
Controlled motion capsule May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/662251
Actuator devices and systems May 5, 2022 Issued
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17/662251
Actuator devices and systems May 5, 2022 Issued
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17/662182
MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM May 4, 2022 Pending
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17/709001
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE CONTACT DETECTION AND FOR AUTO-EXPOSURE AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL Mar 29, 2022 Pending
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17/679080
Creating surgical annotations using anatomy identification Feb 22, 2022 Issued
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17/588638
Endoscope assembly and endoscope system having the same Jan 30, 2022 Issued
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17/584486
INTEGRATED MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC TOOL Jan 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/584479
INTEGRATED MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC TOOL Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/584479
INTEGRATED MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC TOOL Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/569729
DETERMING AN ERGONOMIC CENTER FOR AN INPUT CONTROL Jan 5, 2022 Pending
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17/569729
DETERMING AN ERGONOMIC CENTER FOR AN INPUT CONTROL Jan 5, 2022 Pending
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17/519509
FULL ROTATIONAL ARTICULATION LAPAROSCOPE Nov 3, 2021 Abandoned
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17/452813
SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR VOICE CONTROL OF MOTOR-CONTROLLED MOVABLE ROBOT KINEMATICS OF SUCH A SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Oct 28, 2021 Pending
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17/452813
SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR VOICE CONTROL OF MOTOR-CONTROLLED MOVABLE ROBOT KINEMATICS OF SUCH A SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Oct 28, 2021 Pending
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