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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
10/543482 Robust mode staggercasting video quality enhancement Jul 25, 2005 Abandoned
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11/188607
Camera sensor job selection method Jul 24, 2005 Issued
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11/190108
Encoding digital video Jul 24, 2005 Issued
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11/187886
Automatic focusing device for film scanner Jul 24, 2005 Abandoned
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11/186905
Electronic endoscope system for fluorescence observation Jul 21, 2005 Issued
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11/188040
Method for object edge detection in macroblock and method for deciding quantization scaling factor Jul 21, 2005 Issued
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11/187202
Trickmodes and speed transitions Jul 21, 2005 Abandoned
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11/187908
Pipelined coefficient variable length coding Jul 21, 2005 Issued
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11/186586
Interpolation image compression Jul 20, 2005 Issued
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11/181858
Scalable video coding method and apparatus using base-layer Jul 14, 2005 Abandoned
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11/176352
Picture encoding system conversion device and encoding rate conversion device Jul 7, 2005 Issued
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11/170978
Computation transformations for streaming applications on multiprocessors Jun 29, 2005 Issued
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11/170962
Apparatus for encoding and decoding header data in picture signal transmission Jun 29, 2005 Issued
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11/171805
Systems and methods for improved motion estimation Jun 29, 2005 Issued
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11/170963
Apparatus for encoding and decoding header data in picture signal transmission Jun 29, 2005 Issued
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11/170622
System, method and computer-readable medium for encoding a signal into macroblocks Jun 28, 2005 Issued
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11/166458
Method and system for transmitting N-bit video data over a serial link Jun 23, 2005 Issued
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11/153243
Method for chroma deblocking Jun 13, 2005 Issued
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11/146831
Locomotive wireless video recorder and recording system Jun 5, 2005 Issued
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11/144399
Video surveillance system Jun 2, 2005 Issued
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