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Examiner: Mackey, Patrick


Primary examiner statistics: 1046 patents; average approval time: 1045 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 289 patents; average approval time: 858 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7677379 Optical sensing device for detecting optical features of valuable...
7677380 Optical sensing device for detecting optical features of valuable...
7669731 Mobile healthcare product dispenser
7669705 Coin recognition device
7666076 Coin feeding apparatus and method for biasing a release of coins
7665629 Resealable perforated label for consumer products
7665593 Cash-handling device
7661537 Multi-finger clamshell disc
7661521 Coin selector
7660647 Processing method for vending machine with substitutable magazine...
7651006 Stamped bucket for vending machine and method of forming same
7641544 Coin bank
7641036 Apparatus, systems and methods for accepting payment at a sales d...
7643902 Apparatus, systems and methods for accepting payment at a sales d...
7637365 Car wash with responsive bonus function
7635295 Coin replenishing apparatus for a coin receiving and dispensing m...
7631743 Apparatus and a method for processing paper currency
7632177 Coin dispenser and kit
7628685 Coin hopper
7625272 Coin recycling device
7627393 Crane or digger for swinging a load hanging on a support cable wi...
7617922 Coin acceptor
7606632 Apparatus for dispensing activated monitoring devices
7596425 Substrate detecting apparatus and method, substrate transporting ...
7596426 Method of monitoring medical item inventory
7591362 Method and device for sorting, counting, and/or examining objects
7588491 Coin processing device
7578501 Product feeder with accelerator and decelerator devices
7571834 Magazine for automatic feed blind rivet setting tool
7572177 Adjustable apparatus for dispensing disc shaped objects
7571796 Method and apparatus for determining the state of bank notes
7552810 Sensor and method for discriminating coins using fast fourier tra...
7552842 Trash bag dispenser
7555361 Apparatus, system and method for electronic ticket management and...
7549526 Coin identifying sensor and a coin selector with coin identifying...
7549634 Delivery clamp module of media dispenser and control method there...
7547248 Disk dispensing apparatus with ejector unit
7537099 Coin discriminator where frequencies of eddy currents are measure...
7537516 Coin receptacle apparatus and method
7533841 Fiber optic cable spool

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6895303 Process for controlling the conveying speed of a transporting tra...
6752289 Lottery ticket machine
6601847 Flats bundle collator
6594545 Data processing apparatus, image recording apparatus, method of c...
6581922 Sheet processing apparatus above image forming means and image fo...
6575445 Jacket-laying-on device for bookbinding machines
6572093 Gather-stitcher machine and method for producing a header index f...
6565078 Device for feeding sheets from a ream of the type comprising a ma...
6557847 Right angle stager apparatus
6547236 Pick-up mechanism and a method for performing a pick-up cycle in ...
6511062 Presentation control for flat article singulation mechanism and s...
6508465 Sheet feeder with dynamic speed control
6502813 Coupon booklet and method
6502812 Method and apparatus for separating a collation from a supply sta...
6499731 High speed pusher apparatus for sheet feeders
6485010 Method and apparatus for separating a stream of documents into di...
6481704 Setting an apparatus for assembling mail items
6474633 Stapler with interchangeable cartridges
6467763 System for assembling collation sets from a split web
6464449 Collating apparatus with error detection
6460842 Device for superposing sheets of paper or the like
6460844 Cut sheet streamer and merger
6460843 Paperback finishing machine
6457705 Sheet post processing device with feed out
6454257 Article jogging apparatus
6450492 Method and apparatus for set binding, stapling and stacking
6446832 Virtual multihopper card feeder
6446953 Process for combining printed products
6443447 Method and device for moving cut sheets in a sheet accumulating s...
6445975 Carrier route optimization system
6427997 Sheet stacker with aligning/conveying rollers and image forming a...
6422552 Movable folders and former board arrangement
6422553 Sheet post-processing apparatus
6422554 Document feeder with pivoted lever
6421582 Print system and a sheet-processing device suitable for such a pr...
6419218 Streamfeeder signature long tail trimmer
6418357 Method for synchronizing an envelope inserter
6412655 Towel dispenser
6406013 Sheet post-processing with feed-in and feed-out openings relative...
6402136 Apparatus for merging multiple streams of documents into a single...

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