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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
Array ( [id] => 4347856 [patent_doc_number] => 06333985 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-12-25 [patent_title] => 'Method for selecting suitable hair-style and image-map for hair-style' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/132326 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-08-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 32 [patent_figures_cnt] => 81 [patent_no_of_words] => 4989 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 95 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/333/06333985.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 132326 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/132326
Method for selecting suitable hair-style and image-map for hair-style Aug 10, 1998 Issued
09/131629 VISUAL INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR LEATHER HIDE Aug 9, 1998 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 1480502 [patent_doc_number] => 06345104 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-02-05 [patent_title] => 'Digital watermarks and methods for security documents' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/127502 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-07-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 14856 [patent_no_of_claims] => 42 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 59 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/345/06345104.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09127502 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/127502
Digital watermarks and methods for security documents Jul 30, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4312212 [patent_doc_number] => 06181814 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-01-30 [patent_title] => 'Check fraud detection techniques using encrypted payee information' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/115315 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-07-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4022 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 151 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/181/06181814.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 115315 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/115315
Check fraud detection techniques using encrypted payee information Jul 13, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3965100 [patent_doc_number] => 05999635 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-12-07 [patent_title] => 'Traffic congestion measuring method and apparatus and image processing method and apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/112989 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-07-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 44 [patent_figures_cnt] => 45 [patent_no_of_words] => 27559 [patent_no_of_claims] => 27 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 135 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/999/05999635.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 112989 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/112989
Traffic congestion measuring method and apparatus and image processing method and apparatus Jul 9, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4161750 [patent_doc_number] => 06064751 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-05-16 [patent_title] => 'Document and signature data capture system and method' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/112224 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-07-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 11263 [patent_no_of_claims] => 43 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 19 [patent_words_short_claim] => 42 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/064/06064751.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 112224 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/112224
Document and signature data capture system and method Jul 7, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1556154 [patent_doc_number] => 06400833 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-06-04 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for discrimination of product units from spread spectrum images of thin portions of product units' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/100286 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-06-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 7556 [patent_no_of_claims] => 43 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/400/06400833.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09100286 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/100286
Method and apparatus for discrimination of product units from spread spectrum images of thin portions of product units Jun 18, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1239425 [patent_doc_number] => 06690833 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-02-10 [patent_title] => 'Apparatus and method for macroblock based rate control in a coding system' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/099617 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-06-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 6686 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 93 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/690/06690833.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09099617 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/099617
Apparatus and method for macroblock based rate control in a coding system Jun 17, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4236060 [patent_doc_number] => 06011862 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-01-04 [patent_title] => 'Computer-aided method for automated image feature analysis and diagnosis of digitized medical images' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/098504 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-06-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 34 [patent_figures_cnt] => 56 [patent_no_of_words] => 18445 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 111 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/011/06011862.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 098504 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/098504
Computer-aided method for automated image feature analysis and diagnosis of digitized medical images Jun 16, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4361601 [patent_doc_number] => 06285774 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-09-04 [patent_title] => 'System and methodology for tracing to a source of unauthorized copying of prerecorded proprietary material, such as movies' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/092898 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-06-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 32 [patent_figures_cnt] => 45 [patent_no_of_words] => 20220 [patent_no_of_claims] => 39 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 70 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/285/06285774.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 092898 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/092898
System and methodology for tracing to a source of unauthorized copying of prerecorded proprietary material, such as movies Jun 7, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4167732 [patent_doc_number] => 06125193 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-09-26 [patent_title] => 'Method and system for high absorption object artifacts reduction and superposition' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/087970 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-06-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 3678 [patent_no_of_claims] => 47 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 50 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/125/06125193.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 087970 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/087970
Method and system for high absorption object artifacts reduction and superposition May 31, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4371127 [patent_doc_number] => 06169815 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-01-02 [patent_title] => 'Method for retouching photograph and material used for the same' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/077816 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-05-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 3441 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 138 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/169/06169815.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 077816 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/077816
Method for retouching photograph and material used for the same May 21, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4369990 [patent_doc_number] => 06201881 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-03-13 [patent_title] => 'Embedding information in three-dimensional geometric model' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/084480 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-05-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 46 [patent_no_of_words] => 11818 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 103 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/201/06201881.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 084480 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/084480
Embedding information in three-dimensional geometric model May 21, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3927800 [patent_doc_number] => 06002789 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-12-14 [patent_title] => 'Bacteria colony counter and classifier' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/083723 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-05-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3788 [patent_no_of_claims] => 7 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 161 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/002/06002789.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 083723 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/083723
Bacteria colony counter and classifier May 21, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4347212 [patent_doc_number] => 06314192 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-11-06 [patent_title] => 'System, method, and product for information embedding using an ensemble of non-intersecting embedding generators' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/082632 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-05-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 20858 [patent_no_of_claims] => 144 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 14 [patent_words_short_claim] => 252 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/314/06314192.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 082632 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/082632
System, method, and product for information embedding using an ensemble of non-intersecting embedding generators May 20, 1998 Issued
09/076046 MUSICAL SCORE RECOGNITION APPARATUS WITH VISUAL SCANNING AND CORRECTION May 10, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3953510 [patent_doc_number] => 05930377 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-07-27 [patent_title] => 'Method for image encoding' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/074632 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-05-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3910 [patent_no_of_claims] => 55 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 84 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/930/05930377.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 074632 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/074632
Method for image encoding May 6, 1998 Issued
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09/074034
Methods and systems for watermark processing of line art images May 5, 1998 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3953772 [patent_doc_number] => 05930391 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-07-27 [patent_title] => 'Method of extracting a region of a specific configuration and determining copy conditions' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/070767 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-05-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 25 [patent_figures_cnt] => 47 [patent_no_of_words] => 21350 [patent_no_of_claims] => 25 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 197 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/930/05930391.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 070767 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/070767
Method of extracting a region of a specific configuration and determining copy conditions Apr 30, 1998 Issued
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09/069371
System for verifying use of credit/identification card including recording physical attributes of unauthorized users Apr 28, 1998 Issued
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