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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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17/179359
ENDOSCOPE Feb 17, 2021 Pending
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17/177399
Integrated multi-functional endoscopic tool Feb 16, 2021 Issued
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17/173323
Video processing apparatus Feb 10, 2021 Issued
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17/168300
Integrated multi-functional endoscopic tool Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/145584
Medical devices and methods incorporating frustrated total internal reflection for energy-efficient sealing and cutting of tissue using light energy Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/138034
SURGICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS Dec 29, 2020 Abandoned
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17/131951
Endoscope reprocessor and bottle Dec 22, 2020 Issued
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17/113078
ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE WITH INTEGRATED IMAGE SENSOR Dec 5, 2020 Abandoned
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17/107459
Signal transmission components for use with medical devices Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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17/100516
Method And System For Providing Visual Guidance To An Operator For Steering A Tip Of An Endoscopic Device Towards One Or More Landmarks In A Patient Nov 19, 2020 Pending
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17/069719
TUNABLE COLOR-TEMPERATURE WHITE LIGHT SOURCE Oct 12, 2020 Abandoned
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17/069719
TUNABLE COLOR-TEMPERATURE WHITE LIGHT SOURCE Oct 12, 2020 Abandoned
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17/039173
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHIN A BODY LUMEN Sep 29, 2020 Pending
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17/039856
Overall endoscopic control system Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/039497
INCREASED RESOLUTION AND DYNAMIC RANGE CAPTURE UNIT IN A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/038152
Medical system and method of controlling medical system Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/039173
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHIN A BODY LUMEN Sep 29, 2020 Pending
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17/039497
INCREASED RESOLUTION AND DYNAMIC RANGE CAPTURE UNIT IN A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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16/991615
RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD Aug 11, 2020 Abandoned
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16/986281
Signal processing apparatus Aug 5, 2020 Issued
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