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Examiner: Hess, Daniel A.


Primary examiner statistics: 119 patents; average approval time: 126 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 204 patents; average approval time: 204 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7503501 Abnormal condition detection circuit, integrated circuit card hav...
7461784 Systems and methods for the self-checkout of secured items from a...
7461779 Cash withdrawal from ATM via videophone
7461782 Electronic label
7458515 Card personalization system and method for the same
7458517 Radio frequency identification of a connector by a patch panel or...
7455217 Apparatus and method of communicating with RFID tags
7451935 Photoresist management system
7445160 Position location using error correction
7441700 Method and system for validating mail ballots
7438217 System and method for configuring a computing device
7434726 Method and system for postdating of financial transactions
7434735 Stored-value card with sound and light
7434739 Antenna circuit, IC inlet, IC tag, and IC card, as well as manufa...
7431207 System and method for two-step payment transaction authorizations
7431206 Automated banking machine with improved resistance to fraud
7428985 Computerized drop safe and control software
7427015 System for enabling competition entry via label
7427016 System and method for screening for fraud in commercial transacti...
7422149 Transfer verification products and methods
7422153 Decoding with data from multiple scans
7419100 Method and system for executing document scanning jobs that are i...
7416114 Electronic value transfer device equipped with non-contact IC int...
7416132 Memory card with and without enclosure
7416130 Precise transport positioning apparatus using a closed loop contr...
7416125 Synthesis decoding and methods of use thereof
7413124 RFID reader supporting one-touch search functionality
7410096 Middleware appliance for scalable and reliable automated identifi...
7407108 Web content power consumption notification for wireless devices
7407098 Shipment tracking method, device for the implementation of the me...
7404515 Cash dispensing automated banking machine diagnostic system and m...
7404519 Microwave oven with bar code scanner
7398918 Systems and method for risk triggering values
7398920 Point card, point card processing apparatus, and point card syste...
7395957 Image processing apparatus
7395973 Smart card
7392938 Cash withdrawal from ATM via videophone
7392935 Method and apparatus for accepting check deposits via the interne...
7387234 Electronic business card processing device and method
7387238 Customer enrollment in a stored value card program

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
RE39779 Method for the recovery of unusable printed postage
7229019 Method and system for determining positions on a document
7185808 Entering/leaving management system
7187426 Liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal device, and electronic appar...
7182258 Enhanced reflective optical encoder
7182248 Meal information supply system and meal information supply servic...
7175096 Data glyph format
7175079 Method and system for online purchasing
7172120 Method of and system for entering physical records into an electr...
7172118 System and method for overcoming decision making and communicatio...
7163154 Contact less IC card with operating system used in contact type c...
7156306 Computer operation control and item selection and vending methods...
7152789 Commodity information provision method and apparatus
7147149 Cashless spending system and method
7143936 System and method for calculating expected approval rates
7143939 Wireless music device and method therefor
7143949 Internet-linking scanner
7143953 IC card, IC card manufacturing method, IC card manufacturing appa...
7143940 Electronic device that accepts an accessory card, and design meth...
7140536 Method and system for highlighting modified content in a shared d...
7140550 Multi-account card with magnetic stripe data and electronic ink d...
7134599 Circuit board inspection apparatus
7134596 Data recording apparatus and method and data reproducing apparatu...
7128267 Device for optical scanning of objects, especially markings
7128259 Detector
7124956 Product comprising product sub-parts connected to each other by a...
7124934 Document authentication method and apparatus
7121467 Indicators of optimum positioning of a data collection device for...
7121466 Bar encoding scheme for a scrolling display
7118032 Portable transaction terminal having an image recognition system
7114647 Data analysis system and method
7108189 Precise transport positioning apparatus using a closed loop contr...
7108172 Display of operational instructions
7108178 Method of stopping a stolen car without a high-speed chase, utili...
7104448 Docking station for writing to electronically writable display
7106337 Portable digital graphic processing device
7100817 System and method of forestry management using radio frequency id...
7100821 Charge card and debit transactions using a variable charge number
7097099 Data collection device with integrated data translation
7093749 Cash dispensing automated banking machine diagnostic system and m...
 
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