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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
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11/686807
Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Mar 14, 2007 Issued
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11/686790
Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Mar 14, 2007 Issued
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11/686815
MOVING PICTURE CODING AND/OR DECODING SYSTEMS, AND VARIABLE-LENGTH CODING AND/OR DECODING SYSTEM Mar 14, 2007 Abandoned
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11/685589
DUAL POLARIZING LIGHT FILTER FOR 2-D AND 3-D DISPLAY Mar 12, 2007 Abandoned
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11/716555
Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Mar 11, 2007 Abandoned
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11/716554
Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Mar 11, 2007 Abandoned
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11/709831
Pull-down signal detecting apparatus and pull-down signal detecting method and progressive scan converting apparatus and progressive scan converting method Feb 22, 2007 Abandoned
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11/700057
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics Jan 30, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7797349 [patent_doc_number] => 08126060 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-02-28 [patent_title] => 'Motion vector detection device and motion vector detecting method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/278137 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-01-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 5058 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 235 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/126/08126060.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12278137 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/278137
Motion vector detection device and motion vector detecting method Jan 30, 2007 Issued
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11/654570
Low-complexity deblocking filter Jan 17, 2007 Issued
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11/623157
Water ring encoding method Jan 14, 2007 Issued
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11/623131
Water ring scanning apparatus Jan 14, 2007 Issued
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11/623139
Water ring scanning method Jan 14, 2007 Issued
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11/614652
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program Dec 20, 2006 Issued
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11/641659
Method and device for calculating motion vector between two images and program of calculating motion vector between two images Dec 19, 2006 Abandoned
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11/612717
Method and apparatus for substrate imaging Dec 18, 2006 Issued
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12/448153
Method and apparatus for encoding and/or decoding bit depth scalable video data using adaptive enhancement layer prediction Dec 13, 2006 Issued
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11/608127
Command packet system and method supporting improved trick mode performance in video decoding systems Dec 6, 2006 Issued
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11/567262
Imaging system and method Dec 5, 2006 Issued
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11/591594
Computer and monitor, display environment adjustment system and method comprising the same Nov 1, 2006 Issued
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