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Christopher Upton

Examiner (ID: 4224, Phone: (571)272-1169 , Office: P/1778 )

Most Active Art Unit
1778
Art Unit(s)
1306, 1797, 1308, 1778, 1776, 1724
Total Applications
3145
Issued Applications
2571
Pending Applications
123
Abandoned Applications
451

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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14/631558
Methods and systems for capturing the condition of a physical structure via chemical detection Feb 24, 2015 Issued
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14/621158
Conservative cell and portal graph generation Feb 11, 2015 Issued
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15/521128
Method and electronic device for determining whether a point lies within a polygon in a multidimensional space Feb 8, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10253200 [patent_doc_number] => 20150138196 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-05-21 [patent_title] => 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBJECT PROCESSING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/609944 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 30 [patent_figures_cnt] => 30 [patent_no_of_words] => 32886 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14609944 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/609944
Systems and methods of object processing in virtual worlds Jan 29, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 13723115 [patent_doc_number] => 20170372513 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-12-28 [patent_title] => GENERATING SLICE DATA FROM A VOXEL REPRESENTATION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/542901 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9711 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -12 [patent_words_short_claim] => 87 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15542901 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/542901
Generating slice data from a voxel representation Jan 29, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10644985 [patent_doc_number] => 09361858 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-06-07 [patent_title] => 'Position information providing device, position information providing method, position information providing system, and program' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/606724 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-01-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 12313 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 130 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14606724 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/606724
Position information providing device, position information providing method, position information providing system, and program Jan 26, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11385431 [patent_doc_number] => 20170011487 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-01-12 [patent_title] => 'A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS STREAMING' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/113176 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-01-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 5429 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15113176 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/113176
Method and system for interactive graphics streaming Jan 20, 2015 Issued
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14/762096
Display method and display device Jan 7, 2015 Issued
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14/590823
Simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device Jan 5, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10992395 [patent_doc_number] => 20160189340 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-06-30 [patent_title] => 'ADJUSTING CONTENT ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY TO USER PHYSICAL HEIGHT AND REACH' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/583955 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-12-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 2716 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14583955 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/583955
ADJUSTING CONTENT ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY TO USER PHYSICAL HEIGHT AND REACH Dec 28, 2014 Abandoned
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14/582487
Method and system for presenting information via a user interface Dec 23, 2014 Issued
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14/779501
Augmented facial animation Dec 22, 2014 Issued
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14/779535
Facial gesture driven animation of non-facial features Dec 22, 2014 Issued
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14/779491
Sketch selection for rendering 3D model avatar Dec 22, 2014 Issued
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14/574681
Facilitating dynamic real-time volumetric rendering in graphics images on computing devices Dec 17, 2014 Issued
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14/576036
Depth processing method and associated graphic processing circuit Dec 17, 2014 Issued
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14/575197
Filtered shadow mapping Dec 17, 2014 Issued
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14/574992
Bounding volume hierarchy generation using a heterogeneous architecture Dec 17, 2014 Issued
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14/575742
Frame removal and replacement for stop-action animation Dec 17, 2014 Issued
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14/574993
Method and apparatus for generating a composite image based on an ambient occlusion Dec 17, 2014 Issued
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