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Examiner: Assouad, Patrick


Primary examiner statistics: 679 patents; average approval time: 679 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 220 patents; average approval time: 784 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8111072 Steam cooker and related superheater
8102152 Deterioration detecting method and deterioration suppressing meth...
8102171 Measuring device and measuring method for measuring the envelope ...
8089791 Compensation circuit and compensation method for current mode pow...
8089251 Battery charging control circuit
8089242 Electrical management device for vehicle power supply
8085001 Battery charging control circuit
8082041 Bio-implantable ultrasound energy capture and storage assembly in...
8080992 Write head tester using inductance
8076902 Charger
8072189 Charge and discharge control circuit and battery device
8063611 Accumulator
8058864 Circuits and methods for providing a magnetic field sensor with a...
8058837 Charging system for an article of footwear
8054072 Quantum computer and quantum computing method
8054066 Magnetostrictive displacement transducer with phase shifted bias ...
8054049 Using battery orientation to control mode of operation
8035351 Information processing apparatus
8030935 Minimizing the effect of borehole current in tensor induction log...
8022672 Charger control circuit and charger control method
8018202 Circuit for measuring and controlling differential voltages
8013596 Position detector and positioning device
8013569 Renewable energy vehicle charging station
7915865 Method and system for shot tracking
7805266 Method for automated detection of data glitches in large data set...
7696723 Battery charger, and method of judging charging condition
7596465 System and method for built-in testing of a GPS receiver
7446525 Pressure sensing device for rotatably moving parts and pressure d...
7444074 Autofocus lens apparatus and camera system with the same
7439735 Rail activated position sensor
7436174 Rotation angle detector having detection heads disposed perpendic...
7436183 Replaceable antennas for wellbore apparatus
7435019 Security camera
7436172 Angular speed detecting device using dual angular position signal...
7432716 Method for compensating dielectric attenuation in downhole galvan...
7432703 Rope position sensor
7432704 Inductor-type resolver
7429859 Device for punctual measurement of a radiofrequency magnetic fiel...
7430367 Image pickup apparatus, camera main body thereof and interchangea...
7427859 Moving body detecting apparatus

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6059439 System and apparatus for the pre-automation of the installations ...
6033101 Cable television radio frequency and AC Power multitap
6026217 Method and apparatus for eliminating the transpose buffer during ...
5988861 Sports implement testing methods and apparatus
5966682 System for calculating an output of a multi-stage forming process
5953685 Method and apparatus to control core logic temperature
5940786 Temperature regulated clock rate for microprocessors
5937370 Tool monitor and assembly qualifier
5926775 Mini driver software architecture for a data acquisition system
5926782 Convertible three dimensional coordinate measuring machine
5909673 Method and system for creating site specific coupons at a plurali...
5903474 Optimization of machining with progressively worn cutting tools
5899965 Parts identifying method
5884238 Method and structure for properly positioning freight in a traile...
5881231 Information processing system using information caching based on ...
5875414 Method and apparatus for protecting switching element of inverter...
5873053 On-chip thermometry for control of chip operating temperature
5870699 Hand held data collector and analyzer system
5864682 Method and apparatus for frame accurate access of digital audio-v...
5864233 Method to reduce eddy current effects in diffusion-weighted echo ...
5864781 Communication between components of a machine
5864777 Method of predicting volume of finished combustion chambers from ...
5864787 Digital image recording apparatus and method
5864779 Strict recognizing apparatus using observation point
5864783 Apparatus for testing snow removal equipment
5864773 Virtual sensor based monitoring and fault detection/classificatio...
5862517 System for re-registering a sensor during a live event
5857166 Tool monitoring apparatus
5845234 System and method for efficiently generating testing program code...
5842156 Multirate multiresolution target tracking
5838592 Method and apparatus for measuring fetus head and abdominal circu...
5839096 Self-implementing diagnostic system
5832218 Client/server electronic mail system for providng off-line client...
5828849 Method to derive edge extensions for wavelet transforms and inver...
5828989 Semiconductor manufacturing system having a bar-code interface
5826218 Method and apparatus for selecting a cost effective call blocking...
5822718 Device and method for performing diagnostics on a microphone
5822719 Performance-constrained component selection
5819032 Electronic magazine which is distributed electronically from a pu...
5819040 Image processing system for transferring electronic document and ...
 
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