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Examiner: Avila, Stephen


Primary examiner statistics: 2194 patents; average approval time: 2192 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 1082 patents; average approval time: 646 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8113136 Convertible seat assembly for a watercraft
8113133 Dissimilar joint structure, tank skirt including dissimilar joint...
8109222 Apparatus for fixing floating bodies
8109223 Apparatus and method for operating autonomous underwater vehicles
8109224 Submarine with underwater exhaust discharge during snorkeling mod...
8105124 Devices and methods for recovering articles inadvertently submerg...
8105122 Propulsion device for a marine motor
8104419 Device for automatically attaching and detaching a towed sonar tr...
8100074 WET buoyancy engine
8100073 Coupling and decoupling method and device for in-boom furling boo...
8096253 Cable fairing attachment
8096846 Auto-fastening removable fin system
8091496 Mast track with external headboard car
8091499 Boat mooring device
8092265 Jet propulsion device
8091495 Compressed natural gas barge
8091501 Amphibious boats, canoes and kayaks
8092267 Submarine escape suit assemblies
8087958 Boat propulsion system
8087370 Ship stability recovery system and car carrier equipped with the ...
8082869 Anchor system for a kayak
8083558 Outboard motor
8079888 Collapsible flotation device
8079320 Perimeter frame system for use with construction barges
8079321 Long tank FSRU/FLSV/LNGC
8074592 Submarine with a propulsion drive with an electric motor ring
8075358 Dream walk on the water
8069807 Floating drive-on watercraft docking system
8069802 Method and apparatus for controlling a marine vessel
8070544 Clean energy powered surfboards
8070539 Water intake grill for personal watercraft
8066538 Jet boat with engine-balance system
8065972 Underwater vehicle
8062081 Hybrid propulsion systems
8056495 Pontoon bimini extender and rail clamping mechanism
8056491 Berthing system and structure for use therein
8056497 Boat covering system
8051794 Rowing boat footrest assembly
8051789 Mooring device
8052494 Personal watercraft paddle mounting system

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5645179 Multiple implement equipment boom
5448961 User supported portable sail
5385110 Boat trim control and monitor system
5374212 Personal flotation equipment
5374080 Safety belt pretensioner for safety belt systems in vehicles
5372084 Aeration apparatus for aquatic life, aquatic life transport vehic...
5372526 Drive bearing lubricating device for water injection propulsion v...
5370562 Water injection propulsion device
5355823 Apparatus and method for performing external surface work on ship...
5355828 Boat construction
5327845 Apparatus for fastening and adjusting a line
5327847 Apparatus for fastening and adjusting a line
5327843 Safety device for helm, throttle and directional controls of wate...
5323939 Automatic dumping hopper
5320055 Double-layered vessel wall construction with longitudinally stagg...
5318207 Method and apparatus for portable dispensing of foam material
5317983 Shallow-draft watercraft
5318466 Remote-control device for marine propulsion unit
5315947 Multi-section hull structures
5315948 Luff pad for roller reefing and furling sails
5316508 Water bicycle
5316194 Fluid dispensing apparatus
5313903 Method and apparatus for fabricating double-walled vessel hull mi...
5313906 Small waterplane twin hull vessel
5307961 Device for pouring viscous mixtures having solid ingredients
5308269 Seal device for rotating shafts, in particular stern tube seal fo...
5308268 Humanly operable, recreational, readily disassemblable water cycl...
5307755 Work vessel and trailer
5308272 Ascent rate indicator
5303666 Submersible marine vessel
5304082 Recreational floatation device
5301624 Stern planes for swath vessel
5301626 Cargo hatch cover mechanism
5299962 Buoy for storing line connected to underwater object
5299961 Valve arrangement for an exhaust passage in a marine propulsion u...
5299524 Inflatable kayak
5295884 Float assembly
5293831 Boat mooring device
5292016 Luffing jib backstop assembly
5290182 Boat propelling assembly
 
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