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Charles N. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 9636, Phone: (571)270-3010 , Office: P/2424 )

Most Active Art Unit
2424
Art Unit(s)
2623, 2424, STIC
Total Applications
562
Issued Applications
391
Pending Applications
37
Abandoned Applications
145

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/210352
User interfaces for accessing episodes of a content series Mar 22, 2021 Issued
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17/207783
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURATING INTERNET MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FOR TELEVISION BROADCAST Mar 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/195284
Apparatus and method for gathering analytics Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/173657
Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable record medium for providing content based on user reaction related to video Feb 10, 2021 Issued
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17/172017
Media aware content placement Feb 8, 2021 Issued
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17/167905
Systems and methods for detecting and removing traceable identifying audio content from media content Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/165328
Systems and methods for generating for display recommendations that are temporally relevant to activities of a user and are contextually relevant to a portion of a media asset that the user is consuming Feb 1, 2021 Issued
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17/145803
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/128860
Obtaining viewer demographics through advertisement selections Dec 20, 2020 Issued
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17/756879
CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF ELECTRONIC LABELS FROM A CAMERA Dec 3, 2020 Abandoned
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17/756878
Positioning and identification of electronic labels using a camera Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/780140
System for evaluating the state of the surface of a tire Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/100814
DYNAMIC, USER-SPECIFIC CONTENT ADAPTATION Nov 19, 2020 Abandoned
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17/312020
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO RECOMMENDATION, AND REFRIGERATOR WITH SCREEN Nov 11, 2020 Abandoned
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17/091080
Systems and methods for providing content recommendations Nov 5, 2020 Issued
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17/087460
Systems and methods for transmission of data streams Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/073056
Method and system for providing interactive content delivery and audience engagement Oct 15, 2020 Issued
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18/030536
System and method to minimize repetitive flashes in streaming media content Oct 6, 2020 Issued
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17/031789
Display apparatus for providing content in connection with user terminal and method therefor Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/028217
Systems and methods for customizing a display of information associated with a media asset Sep 21, 2020 Issued
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