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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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17/212449
Drum unit capable of suppressing complication of wiring Mar 24, 2021 Issued
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17/211415
Image-forming apparatus with a durable contact member that abuts against a belt Mar 23, 2021 Issued
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17/208895
Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing image defects caused by paper dust Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/209103
Image forming apparatus having a fixing unit and heating control method Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/201583
Fountain jet image formation on charged image surface Mar 14, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17572495 [patent_doc_number] => 11320763 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-05-03 [patent_title] => Developer layer regulating member that controls a thickness of a developer layer [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/195872 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-03-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 5655 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 170 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17195872 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/195872
Developer layer regulating member that controls a thickness of a developer layer Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/194700
Corona charging device capable of suppressing obstruction of an operation of a carriage Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/194425
Image forming apparatus including a rotary bottle for containing waste developer Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/193714
Image forming apparatus capable of supressing toner remaining in an outer region of a photoconductor Mar 4, 2021 Issued
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17/178649
Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing entrance of toner from a light guiding member side into a light source Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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17/166609
Image forming apparatus including movable toner cartridge Feb 2, 2021 Issued
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17/150621
Image heating apparatus and image formation apparatus with power supply control that sets a target temperature for each of a plurality of regions of recording material Jan 14, 2021 Issued
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17/150209
Drive coupler for a replaceable unit of an electrophotographic image forming device Jan 14, 2021 Issued
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17/148708
Image forming apparatus and control method for collecting waste toner in a waste toner collection container Jan 13, 2021 Issued
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17/149233
Grounding structure for endless belt, fixing device, and image forming apparatus Jan 13, 2021 Issued
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17/147894
Fixing device, heating device, and image forming device with a substrate covering member covering a relay substrate Jan 12, 2021 Issued
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17/146612
Image forming apparatus with cleaning mechanism Jan 11, 2021 Issued
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17/144261
Belt rotating device with cleaning device and image forming apparatus Jan 7, 2021 Issued
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17/136458
Fixing device capable of preventing foreign matter from contacting a heater Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/132087
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer readable storage medium storing program capable of setting a target temperature for a page for which image information is not acquired Dec 22, 2020 Issued
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