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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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17/462584
Monochrome image forming apparatus capable of suppressing increase of torque in changing stretched form of intermediate transfer belt Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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17/412539
Developer carrying member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Aug 25, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18129884 [patent_doc_number] => 11556090 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-01-17 [patent_title] => Image forming apparatus including drawer and drum unit attachable to drawer and having first photosensitive drum and second photosensitive drum [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/410062 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 14276 [patent_no_of_claims] => 37 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 96 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17410062 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/410062
Image forming apparatus including drawer and drum unit attachable to drawer and having first photosensitive drum and second photosensitive drum Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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17/409141
Developing apparatus capable of enhancing efficiency of peeling off developer from a developing sleeve Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/407994
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM Aug 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/406487
Image forming apparatus having a fixing unit operated by AC voltage Aug 18, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18046323 [patent_doc_number] => 11520275 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-12-06 [patent_title] => Cleaning device capable of suppressing that a sealing member constitutes a resistance to a rotational operation of a supporting member for a cleaning blade [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/404855 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 14102 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 210 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17404855 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/404855
Cleaning device capable of suppressing that a sealing member constitutes a resistance to a rotational operation of a supporting member for a cleaning blade Aug 16, 2021 Issued
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17/404556
Charging device, image forming unit, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing cleaning member Aug 16, 2021 Issued
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17/403285
Image forming apparatus using measurement images to control speed of photoreceptors and intermediate transfer member Aug 15, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17924282 [patent_doc_number] => 11467529 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-10-11 [patent_title] => Cleaning device including cleaning blade pressed by a plurality of springs [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/402446 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 16220 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 175 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17402446 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/402446
Cleaning device including cleaning blade pressed by a plurality of springs Aug 12, 2021 Issued
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17/399127
Image forming apparatus having a drawer including a lock portion Aug 10, 2021 Issued
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17/393440
Image forming apparatus and control method for collecting waste toner in a waste toner collection container Aug 3, 2021 Issued
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17/381503
Process cartridge including a drum unit and a toner cartridge having a toner accommodation chamber and a waste-toner accommodation chamber Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/377750
Cartridge including photosensitive drum and developing roller that can be easily separated Jul 15, 2021 Issued
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17/377143
Image formation apparatus that forms first toner image by using bright toner containing bright pigment and second toner image by using non-bright toner Jul 14, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17491827 [patent_doc_number] => 11281126 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-03-22 [patent_title] => Image forming apparatus including an intermediate transfer belt correction mechanism and a belt cleaning unit [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/373398 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 6136 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 288 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17373398 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/373398
Image forming apparatus including an intermediate transfer belt correction mechanism and a belt cleaning unit Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/372395
Image forming apparatus capable of preventing leakage of waste toner Jul 8, 2021 Issued
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17/369227
Image forming apparatus provided with a developing device and a cleaning device for an image carrying member Jul 6, 2021 Issued
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17/368513
Image carrier unit and image forming apparatus including the same Jul 5, 2021 Issued
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17/368301
Toner container configured to be attachable to and detachable from a toner supplying portion and a waste toner collecting portion in an image forming apparatus Jul 5, 2021 Issued
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