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Charles N. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 8591, Phone: (571)270-3010 , Office: P/2424 )

Most Active Art Unit
2424
Art Unit(s)
STIC, 2424, 2623
Total Applications
562
Issued Applications
394
Pending Applications
30
Abandoned Applications
145

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/448425
Simulating depth of field Mar 1, 2017 Issued
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15/436486
Clustering and adjudication to determine a recommendation of multimedia content Feb 16, 2017 Issued
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15/998892
Display Device with Adjustable Angle of View Feb 16, 2017 Abandoned
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16/078553
PORTABLE NON-CONTACT MULTISPECTRAL FINGERPRINT AND / OR PALM PRINT IMAGING DEVICE Feb 16, 2017 Abandoned
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15/414220
Methods and systems for accessing content Jan 23, 2017 Issued
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15/403289
Real-time modifiable text captioning Jan 10, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 13021827 [patent_doc_number] => 10034046 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-07-24 [patent_title] => Individualized dynamic insertion of secondary content in live streaming [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/401775 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-01-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 9279 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 270 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15401775 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/401775
Individualized dynamic insertion of secondary content in live streaming Jan 8, 2017 Issued
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15/397274
Method and apparatus for managing advertisements using social media data Jan 2, 2017 Issued
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15/393725
Apparatus and method for resuming playing of media source, and smart television Dec 28, 2016 Issued
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15/393741
Device And Method For No-Signal Processing Of Television And Smart Television Dec 28, 2016 Abandoned
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15/391660
Methods and systems for determining user engagement based on user interactions during different advertisement slots Dec 26, 2016 Issued
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15/391548
Methods and systems for determining user engagement based on user interactions during different time intervals Dec 26, 2016 Issued
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15/361315
Methods and apparatus to improve viewer assignment by adjusting for a localized event Nov 24, 2016 Issued
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15/359634
SEARCH FILTER PUSH Nov 22, 2016 Abandoned
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15/296793
Profiling and identification of television viewers Oct 17, 2016 Issued
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15/764399
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Sep 27, 2016 Abandoned
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15/269272
Extracting data from advertisement files for ad insertion Sep 18, 2016 Issued
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15/256249
Content annotation tool Sep 1, 2016 Issued
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15/234442
Updating content libraries by transmitting release data Aug 10, 2016 Issued
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15/218236
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME Jul 24, 2016 Abandoned
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