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Examiner: Morano, S. Joseph


Primary examiner statistics: 3124 patents; average approval time: 3122 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 387 patents; average approval time: 554 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8113124 Auto laundry conveyor dolly
8109474 Dual ultrasonic train detector
RE42989 Method and apparatus for applying liquid compositions in rail sys...
8047138 Self-regulating magneto-dynamic system for high speed ground tran...
8042473 Tie plate singularization device
8028628 Roller assembly call up mechanism for a vehicle wash conveyor
8020493 Track-switching device and method
8006943 Relay for toy track set
8006625 Tube car, network of tubes, personal transport system, and contro...
8006627 Cooling systems for hydrogen hybrid locomotives and hydrogen hybr...
8001907 System, method and apparatus for easer rail that mates with the u...
8001904 Fall arrest assembly
7997208 Angle line transfer for overhead conveyors
7997210 Rail car door closer system with wing closers
7997540 Fast track switch
7992679 Anchor system for personal belay safety lines
7992796 Base plate for fastening a rail on a solid ground and fastening o...
7992797 Railroad signal line attachment clip
7987793 Amusement ride device
7987795 Mink-fox transportation system for individual transfer/transport ...
7988066 Rail track crossing
7984677 Altitude compensation system for naturally aspirated railroad loc...
7984678 Transporting means of a chair lift or of a cableway system
7984816 Load stabilizer for an automobile
7980183 Altitude compensation system for controlling smoke emissions from...
7980181 Drag racing roller coaster amusement ride and launch system
7980182 Roofing rail transportation system
7975617 Routing device
7975622 System and method for reinforcing railway tank cars
7975932 Track structure for railborne vehicles, particularly trains
7975620 Hybrid personal transit system
7975411 Card for retaining items therein
7975621 Rail firefighting platform
7975968 Method and apparatus for detection of the occupied or free state ...
7971537 Amusement ride
7971538 Power management systems for hydrogen hybrid locomotives and hydr...
7966946 Railway truck pedestal bearing adapter
7966938 Machine for picking up and storing rail fastenings of a track, an...
7966945 Isolation and support structures for hydrogen hybrid locomotives ...
7966939 Rotating structures

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5704570 Welded nose rail used for crossing
5620155 Railway train signalling system for remotely operating warning de...
5596937 Delayed motion drive for model railroad locomotives
5564341 Coupling assembly between two successive wagon structures and a c...
5551653 Method and device for the radio-frequency connection of active ...
5537932 Railway truck bearing lateral thrust pads
5535947 Embedded railway track system
5533695 Incremental train control system
5531409 Flange bearing bolted rail frog for railroad turnouts and crossin...
5531408 Railroad switch stand
5529241 Model railway track and method of assembling it
5527005 Swing nose frog switch point adjuster
5526754 Conveying system with tensioning assembly and method
5522542 Elastic fastening clamp in shape of a double C
5522322 Motorized system and method for aiding physically-impaired person...
5520117 Pendulum suspension for traction vehicle motor-transmission unit
5520294 Support housing for a rotary end of a slackless drawbar
5520116 Detachable grip for a vehicle towed by a cable
5517921 Retractable station platform extension
5517925 Railroad car hatch cover system
5517923 Cable drawn vehicle having an on-board motor
5515791 Inside lining of a passage, with bellows, between two vehicles
5511676 Coupler yoke with tapering key slot reinforcement
5511485 Method and apparatus for stabilizing a subgrade with additives ad...
5509546 Magnetically-actuated coupler for model railroad cars
5509359 Pedestal liner system for locomotives
5509626 Railroad track switch
5507457 Train integrity detection system
5507434 Clamp mount for concrete ties
5503082 Load-bearing rail and floor system having slotted rails embedded ...
5501418 Switch point roller assist apparatus
5499786 Device for facilitating the re-positioning of moveable rails or r...
5495809 Movable platform having removable wheels for orientation changing
5494243 Railroad switch stand with foot operated handle latch
5494242 Low profile switch machine with hand throw or motor throw selecto...
5494212 Rail-tie fastening method for concrete tie
5487480 Hydro-pneumatic cushioning device
5487501 Shock absorber component for railway track having pourous rubber ...
5485955 Rail-tie fastening assembly for concrete tie
5481982 Track surfacing machine and method for correcting the track geome...
 
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