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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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10/427756
Adaptively post filtering encoded video Apr 29, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 56854 [patent_doc_number] => 07769084 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-08-03 [patent_title] => 'Method for implementing a quantizer in a multimedia compression and encoding system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/427843 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 4818 [patent_no_of_claims] => 52 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 125 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/769/07769084.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10427843 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/427843
Method for implementing a quantizer in a multimedia compression and encoding system Apr 29, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 812053 [patent_doc_number] => 07418037 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-08-26 [patent_title] => 'Method of performing rate control for a compression system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/427669 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 7012 [patent_no_of_claims] => 54 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/418/07418037.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10427669 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/427669
Method of performing rate control for a compression system Apr 29, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 898385 [patent_doc_number] => 07342965 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-03-11 [patent_title] => 'Adaptive method and system for mapping parameter values to codeword indexes' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/423486 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 3848 [patent_no_of_claims] => 28 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 116 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/342/07342965.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10423486 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/423486
Adaptive method and system for mapping parameter values to codeword indexes Apr 24, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 593775 [patent_doc_number] => 07450645 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-11-11 [patent_title] => 'Method and system for transmitting digital signals between nodes of a network for optimized processing at the receiving node' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/424544 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 28 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 7612 [patent_no_of_claims] => 31 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 166 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/450/07450645.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10424544 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/424544
Method and system for transmitting digital signals between nodes of a network for optimized processing at the receiving node Apr 24, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7300999 [patent_doc_number] => 20040216165 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-10-28 [patent_title] => 'Surveillance system and surveillance method with cooperative surveillance terminals' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/424702 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 4500 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 111 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0216/20040216165.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10424702 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/424702
Surveillance system and surveillance method with cooperative surveillance terminals Apr 24, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 661461 [patent_doc_number] => 07106796 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2006-09-12 [patent_title] => 'Apparatus and method for adaptively controlling bit rate of video transcoder' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/420789 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 5678 [patent_no_of_claims] => 32 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 110 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/106/07106796.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10420789 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/420789
Apparatus and method for adaptively controlling bit rate of video transcoder Apr 22, 2003 Issued
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10/420842
Security camera system Apr 22, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 7343292 [patent_doc_number] => 20040247034 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-12-09 [patent_title] => 'MPEG artifacts post-processed filtering architecture' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/410982 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 8091 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0247/20040247034.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10410982 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/410982
MPEG artifacts post-processed filtering architecture Apr 9, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6663269 [patent_doc_number] => 20030202595 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-10-30 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for image coding' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/410251 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 7464 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 31 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0202/20030202595.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10410251 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/410251
Method and apparatus for image coding Apr 9, 2003 Issued
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10/410479
Motion estimation with weighting prediction Apr 8, 2003 Issued
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10/501897
Video data converter and video data converting method Apr 8, 2003 Issued
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10/406877
Frame conversion apparatus and frame conversion method Apr 3, 2003 Issued
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10/404387
Video decoding system having a programmable variable-length decoder Mar 31, 2003 Issued
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10/404389
Inverse quantizer supporting multiple decoding processes Mar 31, 2003 Issued
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10/401759
Method and apparatus for a dynamic data correction appliance Mar 30, 2003 Issued
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10/401559
Image reading apparatus and method Mar 30, 2003 Issued
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10/402769
Complete automobile recording (C.A.R.) seat Mar 28, 2003 Abandoned
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10/402882
Accelerating video decoding using a graphics processing unit Mar 27, 2003 Issued
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10/397658
Digital stream transcoder Mar 25, 2003 Issued
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