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Andrew W. Johns

Examiner (ID: 12449, Phone: (571)272-7391 , Office: P/2665 )

Most Active Art Unit
2665
Art Unit(s)
2899, 2721, 2665, 2662, 2606, 2621, 2624, 2616, 2714
Total Applications
2450
Issued Applications
2078
Pending Applications
134
Abandoned Applications
240

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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09/473075
Audio monitoring using steganographic information Dec 27, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4319348 [patent_doc_number] => 06188778 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-02-13 [patent_title] => 'Traffic congestion measuring method and apparatus and image processing method and apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/466215 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-12-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 44 [patent_figures_cnt] => 49 [patent_no_of_words] => 27562 [patent_no_of_claims] => 1 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 305 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/188/06188778.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 466215 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/466215
Traffic congestion measuring method and apparatus and image processing method and apparatus Dec 16, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4312305 [patent_doc_number] => 06181820 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-01-30 [patent_title] => 'Image extraction method and apparatus and image recognition method and apparatus for extracting/recognizing specific images from input image signals' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/457366 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-12-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 18060 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 88 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/181/06181820.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 457366 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/457366
Image extraction method and apparatus and image recognition method and apparatus for extracting/recognizing specific images from input image signals Dec 8, 1999 Issued
09/449509 ANATOMICAL VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Nov 23, 1999 Abandoned
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09/441819
Audio watermarking to convey auxiliary control information, and media embodying same Nov 16, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1416593 [patent_doc_number] => 06542618 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-04-01 [patent_title] => 'Methods for watermark decoding' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/442440 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 21 [patent_figures_cnt] => 30 [patent_no_of_words] => 40235 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 106 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/542/06542618.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09442440 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/442440
Methods for watermark decoding Nov 16, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1359921 [patent_doc_number] => 06587821 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-07-01 [patent_title] => 'Methods for decoding watermark data from audio, and controlling audio devices in accordance therewith' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/442441 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 21 [patent_figures_cnt] => 30 [patent_no_of_words] => 40452 [patent_no_of_claims] => 27 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 75 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/587/06587821.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09442441 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/442441
Methods for decoding watermark data from audio, and controlling audio devices in accordance therewith Nov 16, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1565981 [patent_doc_number] => 06363159 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-03-26 [patent_title] => 'Consumer audio appliance responsive to watermark data' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/441821 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 21 [patent_figures_cnt] => 30 [patent_no_of_words] => 40205 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 66 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/363/06363159.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09441821 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/441821
Consumer audio appliance responsive to watermark data Nov 16, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1380502 [patent_doc_number] => 06571020 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-05-27 [patent_title] => 'Introducing reduced dataset information into a primary image dataset' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/603536 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 5457 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 68 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/571/06571020.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09603536 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/603536
Introducing reduced dataset information into a primary image dataset Nov 11, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4409008 [patent_doc_number] => 06298146 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-10-02 [patent_title] => 'Instruction and/or identification input unit' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/436059 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 3971 [patent_no_of_claims] => 3 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 54 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/298/06298146.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 436059 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/436059
Instruction and/or identification input unit Nov 7, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4409019 [patent_doc_number] => 06298147 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-10-02 [patent_title] => 'Instruction and/or an identification input unit' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/436056 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 3967 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 101 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/298/06298147.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 436056 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/436056
Instruction and/or an identification input unit Nov 7, 1999 Issued
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09/434757
Methods for optimizing watermark detection Nov 3, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4328426 [patent_doc_number] => 06317505 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-11-13 [patent_title] => 'Image marking with error correction' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/432532 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3874 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 91 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/317/06317505.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 432532 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/432532
Image marking with error correction Nov 2, 1999 Issued
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09/432541
Data hiding based on neighborhood attributes Nov 2, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1249862 [patent_doc_number] => 06674886 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-01-06 [patent_title] => 'Method and system for recognizing security documents' [patent_app_type] => B2 [patent_app_number] => 09/428359 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 4046 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 100 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/674/06674886.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09428359 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/428359
Method and system for recognizing security documents Oct 27, 1999 Issued
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09/429208
Visual inspection system for leather hide Oct 27, 1999 Issued
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09/418662
Method and system for segmentation and detection of microcalcifications from digital mammograms Oct 13, 1999 Issued
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09/418382
Method and system for combining automated detections from digital mammograms with observed detections of a human interpreter Oct 13, 1999 Issued
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09/418383
Method and system for segmenting desired regions in digital mammograms Oct 13, 1999 Issued
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09/417153
Image marking with pixel modification Oct 11, 1999 Issued
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