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William J. Royer

Examiner (ID: 10325, Phone: (571)272-2140 , Office: P/2852 )

Most Active Art Unit
2852
Art Unit(s)
2899, 2105, 2852
Total Applications
2466
Issued Applications
2358
Pending Applications
13
Abandoned Applications
107

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/732939
Image forming apparatus capable of preventing a regulation member from being broken or slipping off when a jammed sheet is removed from a transfer portion Jan 1, 2020 Issued
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16/727090
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD Dec 25, 2019 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 16159897 [patent_doc_number] => 20200218181 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-07-09 [patent_title] => COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE COOLING DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/715377 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-12-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 17003 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -13 [patent_words_short_claim] => 61 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16715377 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/715377
Cooling device configured to cool a sheet and a sheet conveying roller, and image forming apparatus incorporating the cooling device Dec 15, 2019 Issued
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16/715313
Image forming apparatus with a plurality of individually-controlled heat generating resistors having different temperature coefficients of resistance Dec 15, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16520528 [patent_doc_number] => 10871743 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-12-22 [patent_title] => Cleaning device for removing a developer, process cartridge and image forming apparatus [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/715390 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-12-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 16230 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 183 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16715390 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/715390
Cleaning device for removing a developer, process cartridge and image forming apparatus Dec 15, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16477741 [patent_doc_number] => 10852686 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-12-01 [patent_title] => Cleaning device for image bearing member, process cartridge and image forming apparatus [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/715147 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-12-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 9761 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 194 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16715147 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/715147
Cleaning device for image bearing member, process cartridge and image forming apparatus Dec 15, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16094487 [patent_doc_number] => 20200201230 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-06-25 [patent_title] => INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/715277 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-12-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 10957 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -16 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16715277 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/715277
Information processing apparatus that enables communication with image forming apparatus that has consumable and control method for image forming apparatus that has consumable Dec 15, 2019 Issued
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16/715363
Image forming apparatus that changes a control target temperature in accordance with a number of sheets of recording material that have passed through an image heating portion Dec 15, 2019 Issued
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16/715080
Image heating member having a parting layer formed of a fluorine-containing resin tube, image heating apparatus and manufacturing method of the image heating member Dec 15, 2019 Issued
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16/705889
Image forming apparatus and image forming method for controlling sheet conveyance Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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16/695285
Toner conveyance device with a film attached to a wall surrounding a conveyance screw Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/695667
Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus that set target temperatures of heat generating elements for heating a developer image in each of a plurality of regions Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/695754
Developing member, electrophotographic process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/694765
CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Nov 24, 2019 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 16705861 [patent_doc_number] => 10955789 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-03-23 [patent_title] => Cleaning device having function that restricts movement range of cleaning blade and image forming apparatus having cleaning device [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/689953 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-11-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 5392 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 107 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16689953 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/689953
Cleaning device having function that restricts movement range of cleaning blade and image forming apparatus having cleaning device Nov 19, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17605522 [patent_doc_number] => 11334005 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-05-17 [patent_title] => Tiltable steering assembly to adjust position of endless belt in imaging system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/292336 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-11-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 7835 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 76 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17292336 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/292336
Tiltable steering assembly to adjust position of endless belt in imaging system Nov 19, 2019 Issued
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16/668438
Fixing device and image forming apparatus with temperature control Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/668503
Drive transmission device and image forming apparatus Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/658412
Image forming apparatus with display of stacking method in which envelope is stacked so as to fix image on flap-formed side or address print side Oct 20, 2019 Issued
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16/656814
Charging device, image former, and image forming apparatus that electrically charge a surface of a charging target member Oct 17, 2019 Issued
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