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Examiner: Black, Thomas G.


Primary examiner statistics: 5033 patents; average approval time: 5031 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 266 patents; average approval time: 992 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8108100 Information processing apparatus
8091679 Electric power steering device
8086400 System and method for monitoring the security of participants in ...
8082072 Control apparatus for electric vehicles
8073604 Method and system for protecting a starting clutch
8060253 Systems and methods for controlling a legged robot based on rate ...
8055410 Electric power steering system
7966107 Guidance system for manually guided vehicles
7869914 Vehicle quality analyzing system and plural data management metho...
RE41492 Traffic information output device/method and traffic information ...
7715966 Method for creating spiral swath patterns for convex polygon shap...
7693614 Airplane emergency navigational system
7680551 Method of adjusting origin of industrial robot
7636628 Map information display apparatus and method thereof
7529604 Moving body system and moving body
7474262 Digital beamforming for an electronically scanned radar system
7471996 Control system for an aircraft engine
7469168 Rudder control system with adjustable solenoid on/off settings, s...
7469173 Voice notification system for a vehicle
7468689 System and method for determining position of radar apparatus bas...
7463978 Navigation apparatus and map-indication control program
7463957 Method for operating an aircraft
7463167 Electronic parking control device, system and method for this
7463139 Method and system for driving a vehicle trailer tow connector
7460949 Method and system for detecting the presence of a disruptive obje...
7457803 Method for processing data
7457705 Navigation apparatus for displaying three-d stored terrain inform...
7457697 Vehicle integration control system and program
7453392 Methods and systems utilizing Doppler prediction to enable fusing
7451045 Method and system for providing travel direction annotations over...
7450058 Radar oscillator capable of preventing leak of oscillation output
7447593 System and method for adaptive path planning
7447588 Method and system for partitioning a continental roadway network ...
7446427 Rearview mirror system for accommodating a rain sensor
7444224 Lane departure prevention apparatus
7440835 Vehicle cruise control system
7440832 Method and arrangement for controlling actual torque in a land ve...
7440830 Driving support system based on driver visual acquisition capacit...
7440819 Animation system for a robot comprising a set of movable parts
7437227 Scan tool user interface

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6922617 Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
5016177 Aircraft flight path angle display system
4943923 Constant-speed running control device for vehicles
4937758 Method and apparatus for reducing vibration over the full operati...
4918610 Navigation, communication, and surveillance system based on DME
4916612 Dual channel signal selection and fault detection system
4910691 Process control system with multiple module sequence options
4908767 Acceleration measuring system
4907159 Device for receiving and processing road information
4907167 Process control system with action logging
4905151 One dimensional image visual system for a moving vehicle
4905152 Actively controlled suspension system with control characteristic...
4901239 Antiskid device
4893241 Crop processing apparatus
4893245 Windshear guidance for aircraft having inertial sensor
4891762 Method and apparatus for tracking, mapping and recognition of spa...
4891761 Method for accurately updating positional information provided on...
4888705 System for measuring the position of vibrating object
4887213 System for, and methods of, providing for a determination of the ...
4885705 Expert system shell for building photofinishing diagnostic system...
4885701 Pen turret control system
4884208 System for continuously establishing and indicating the location ...
4884222 Fire alarm system
4875168 Engine speed control apparatus
4872130 Automated in-line pipe inspection system
4870601 Method to estimate the degree of compaction obtained at compactio...
4870584 System and method for automatically running a vehicle at a desire...
4868755 Expert vehicle control system
4866617 Method of guiding an unmanned vehicle
4866626 Navigation by a video-camera sensed ground array
4862364 Self-monitor system for automotive digital control system insensi...
4862366 Motor-driven power steering system for a vehicle
4853861 Windshear measurement system
4853863 Device to measure the relative position and attitude of two bodie...
4853859 Operation data recording system
4849889 Motor-driven power steering system for a vehicle
4849893 Computer control system
4847772 Vehicle detection through image processing for traffic surveillan...
4847774 Method and apparatus for detecting traveling position and/or dire...
4847795 System for diagnosing defects in electronic assemblies
 
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