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Christopher Upton

Examiner (ID: 4164, Phone: (571)272-1169 , Office: P/1778 )

Most Active Art Unit
1778
Art Unit(s)
1797, 1778, 1724, 1306, 1308, 1776
Total Applications
3146
Issued Applications
2580
Pending Applications
123
Abandoned Applications
451

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 4766261 [patent_doc_number] => 20080177473 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-07-24 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A PLANET VECTOR' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/962710 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-12-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3942 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [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] => publications/A1/0177/20080177473.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11962710 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/962710
METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A PLANET VECTOR Dec 20, 2007 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 9586723 [patent_doc_number] => RE045014 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => E1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-07-15 [patent_title] => 'Methods for motion estimation with adaptive motion accuracy' [patent_app_type] => reissue [patent_app_number] => 11/984661 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-11-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 5500 [patent_no_of_claims] => 2 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 88 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11984661 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/984661
Methods for motion estimation with adaptive motion accuracy Nov 19, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10839936 [patent_doc_number] => 08867625 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-10-21 [patent_title] => 'Data-file storage, particularly for MPEG format files' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/983602 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-11-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 3864 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 156 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11983602 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/983602
Data-file storage, particularly for MPEG format files Nov 8, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4898611 [patent_doc_number] => 20080118224 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-05-22 [patent_title] => 'Moving picture stream generation apparatus, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture multiplexing apparatus and moving picture decoding apparatus' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/980487 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-10-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 41 [patent_figures_cnt] => 41 [patent_no_of_words] => 23004 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [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] => publications/A1/0118/20080118224.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11980487 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/980487
Moving picture stream generation apparatus, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture multiplexing apparatus and moving picture decoding apparatus Oct 30, 2007 Issued
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11/980486
Moving picture stream generation apparatus, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture multiplexing apparatus and moving picture decoding apparatus Oct 30, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8714935 [patent_doc_number] => 08401080 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-03-19 [patent_title] => 'Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/979033 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-10-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 22 [patent_figures_cnt] => 29 [patent_no_of_words] => 17365 [patent_no_of_claims] => 3 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 108 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11979033 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/979033
Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method Oct 29, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8447988 [patent_doc_number] => 08290047 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-10-16 [patent_title] => 'Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/979012 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-10-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 22 [patent_figures_cnt] => 29 [patent_no_of_words] => 17374 [patent_no_of_claims] => 1 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 243 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11979012 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/979012
Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method Oct 29, 2007 Issued
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11/979010
Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method Oct 29, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4892372 [patent_doc_number] => 20080101470 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-05-01 [patent_title] => 'SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING USING TELESCOPIC MODE FLAGS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/877531 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-10-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6636 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0101/20080101470.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11877531 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/877531
System and method for scalable video coding using telescopic mode flags Oct 22, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4686393 [patent_doc_number] => 20080030574 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-02-07 [patent_title] => '2-D and 3-D Display' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/840973 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-08-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 9865 [patent_no_of_claims] => 28 [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] => publications/A1/0030/20080030574.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11840973 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/840973
2-D and 3-D display Aug 18, 2007 Issued
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11/878528
System and method for stimulation and optical surveying in a non invasive manner of the electrical activity of at least a cell Jul 24, 2007 Abandoned
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11/766685
System and method for allocation of resources for processing video Jun 20, 2007 Issued
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11/763117
Digital stream transcoder Jun 13, 2007 Issued
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11/804651
Multiple time-base clock for processing multiple satellite signals May 16, 2007 Issued
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11/799759
Image capturing device May 1, 2007 Issued
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11/741919
Water ring scanning apparatus and method, and apparatus and method for encoding/decoding video sequences using the same Apr 29, 2007 Issued
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11/789010
Image processing method, image recording method, image processing device and image file format Apr 22, 2007 Issued
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11/787808
System and method for generating decoded digital video image data Apr 16, 2007 Issued
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11/730539
Methods and systems for networked camera control Apr 1, 2007 Issued
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11/687916
VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Mar 18, 2007 Abandoned
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