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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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08/905922
Digitizer stylus with memory for storing handwriting data Aug 4, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4001405 [patent_doc_number] => 05960105 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-09-28 [patent_title] => 'Measurement of intramuscular fat in cattle' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/905633 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-08-04 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 9659 [patent_no_of_claims] => 44 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 142 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/960/05960105.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 905633 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/905633
Measurement of intramuscular fat in cattle Aug 3, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4174559 [patent_doc_number] => 06115495 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-09-05 [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] => 8/904617 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-08-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 18068 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 126 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/115/06115495.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 904617 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/904617
Image extraction method and apparatus, and image recognition method and apparatus for extracting/recognizing specific images from input image signals Jul 31, 1997 Issued
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08/904506
Detecting abnormal reactions in a red blood cell agglutination Jul 31, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4028966 [patent_doc_number] => 05907626 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-05-25 [patent_title] => 'Method for object tracking and mosaicing in an image sequence using a two-dimensional mesh' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/904875 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-08-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 6029 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 64 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/907/05907626.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 904875 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/904875
Method for object tracking and mosaicing in an image sequence using a two-dimensional mesh Jul 31, 1997 Issued
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08/896618
Multiple stage and low-complexity motion estimation for interframe video coding Jul 17, 1997 Issued
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08/896142
Method and device for extracting features from gray-scale image and generating boundaries of document elements Jul 16, 1997 Issued
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08/895685
Method of detecting data entry errors by sorting amounts and verifying amount order Jul 16, 1997 Issued
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08/895615
Image processor capable of transferring image data from an input buffer to memory at a high rate of speed Jul 15, 1997 Issued
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08/893256
Method for determining orientation of contour line segment in local area and for determining straight line and corner Jul 15, 1997 Issued
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08/891985
Character input device using previously entered input and displayed character data Jul 13, 1997 Issued
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08/892093
Apparatus for generating character pattern according to contour information based on corrected stroke information Jul 13, 1997 Issued
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08/893889
Mosaic construction, processing, and review of very large electronic micrograph composites Jul 10, 1997 Issued
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08/886293
Method for remote sensing analysis be decorrelation statistical analysis and hardware therefor Jun 30, 1997 Issued
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08/885080
Robust and automatic adjustment of display window width and center for MR images Jun 29, 1997 Issued
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08/882705
X-ray imaging apparatus and recording medium therefore Jun 24, 1997 Issued
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08/882280
Method and apparatus for performing mosaic based image compression Jun 24, 1997 Issued
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08/909437
Method and system for adaptively recognizing cursive addresses on mail pieces Jun 23, 1997 Issued
08/878741 AN INSTRUCTION INPUT UNIT RECEIVING HANDWRITTEN PATTERNS Jun 18, 1997 Abandoned
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08/867996
System and method for hiding and extracting message data in multimedia data Jun 2, 1997 Issued
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