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Examiner: Lau, Tung S


Primary examiner statistics: 455 patents; average approval time: 456 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 327 patents; average approval time: 994 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8116997 Battery-capacity supervisory control device and method thereof
8108173 Compensating for system delay and/or extraneous illumination in a...
8108180 End of life prediction of flash memory
8108176 Method and apparatus for verifying two dimensional mark quality
8108179 End of life prediction of flash memory
8108168 Managing non-destructive evaluation data
8103459 Safety clothing
8103476 Abnormal simulation signal analysis methods and abnormal signal s...
8099252 Self-test power management unit
8099244 Method, a computer program and a computer system for determinatio...
8095327 Power supply apparatus for operation
8090552 Sensor fusion using self evaluating process sensors
8090554 Torque testing system and method
8086416 Auto-synchronous power gauge
8082110 Low perfusion signal processing systems and methods
8082121 Information processing device, information processing method, and...
8073651 Time acquisition apparatus and radio wave clock
8069012 Sampling sufficiency testing
8069006 System for positioning a wire using sensor information
8060319 Acoustic structural integrity monitoring system and method
8060338 Estimation of global position of a sensor node
8055455 Decomposition mode matching change index
8055479 Simplified algorithm for abnormal situation prevention in load fo...
8041531 Burn-in test apparatus
8041519 Method to produce an optical module for analog data transmission
8041525 Substrate measuring method, computer-readable recording medium re...
8027802 Method and apparatus for verifying two dimensional mark quality
8024142 Method and system for analyzing signal waveforms
8024141 Test and measurement instrument and method for providing post-acq...
8024151 Mobile instrument, viewing device, and methods of processing and ...
8024122 Method for determining formation water resistivity from a wirelin...
8019562 Method for detecting the loss of one or more phases in a permanen...
8014975 FTIR and EDX spectrum library of contaminants found on a HDD and ...
8014977 Serial interface amplitude selection for a disk drive in an unkno...
8014971 Method for validation of thermal solution for an electronic compo...
8010309 On-site analysis system with central processor and method of anal...
8005629 Method for monitoring sensor function
8000908 Methods and systems for developing mesh networks and estimating a...
8000923 Semiconductor integrated circuit
8000918 Monitoring and compensating for temperature-related error in an e...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7443820 Method for operation of a communication path between at least two...
7426204 Symbol synchronization method for OFDM-based wireless communicati...
7376446 Mobile communications network with expanded carrier capacity and ...
7359802 Methods for remote characterization of an odor
7340357 Arbitrary waveform generator with configurable digital signal pro...
7248996 Vehicle-occupant fatigue-level assessment method, vehicle seat as...
7236902 Device for impact sensing
7231326 System and method for generating a scanning program for a stand-a...
7225099 Apparatus and method for temperature measurement using a bandgap ...
7225087 Method and apparatus for detecting unintentional islanding of uti...
7222030 Method and apparatus for profiling power performance of software ...
7219026 Frequency measuring circuits including charge pumps and related m...
7219033 Single/multiple axes six degrees of freedom (6 DOF) inertial moti...
7203608 Impedane measurement of chip, package, and board power supply sys...
7200526 Method and apparatus for comparing performance of electronic devi...
7200527 Apparatus for comparing performance of electronic devices
7200521 Method and device for detecting a fiber lap as well as a fiber cu...
7200503 Field device electronics fed by an external electrical energy sup...
7200512 Method for avoiding peak temperatures in communication devices
7200525 System and method for generating a data structure representative ...
7200518 Method for assessing plant capacity
7197420 Method and apparatus for on-chip dynamic temperature tracking
7194368 Method and apparatus for correcting output information of flow me...
7194370 Method for correcting scanning signals of incremental position tr...
7194369 On-site analysis system with central processor and method of anal...
7184895 Method and system of non-intrusively monitoring the mixture ratio...
7184897 Controlled substance analysis, wastage disposal and documentation...
7181361 Collecting and communicating temperature and volume data directly...
7177780 Methods and systems for measuring physical volume
7171330 Rotation and/or tilt angle detection means for a ball and socket ...
7167803 Vessel inspection method and vessel inspection device
7167812 Method and apparatus for high-sensitivity detection of anomalous ...
7165009 Apparatus, method and articles of manufacture for velocity and be...
7162390 Framework for collecting, storing, and analyzing system metrics
7158911 Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an integrated cir...
7158914 Precision surface measurement
7158898 Method of calculating effective power relating to capacitor, meth...
7158913 Automatic activation of touch sensitive screen in a hand held com...
7149641 System and method for controlling a fuel cell testing device
7149661 Method and circuit for statistical estimation
 
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