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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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10/396982
Method, apparatus, and system for encoding and decoding side information for multimedia transmission Mar 23, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7353367 [patent_doc_number] => 20040013196 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-01-22 [patent_title] => 'Quantization control system for video coding' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/392392 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-03-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 4111 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 55 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0013/20040013196.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10392392 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/392392
Quantization control system for video coding Mar 19, 2003 Issued
10/258399 Alignment system for a spreader Mar 19, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 986237 [patent_doc_number] => 06924833 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2005-08-02 [patent_title] => 'Multi-person stereo display system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/392481 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-03-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 6501 [patent_no_of_claims] => 2 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 141 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/924/06924833.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10392481 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/392481
Multi-person stereo display system Mar 17, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 433065 [patent_doc_number] => 07265775 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-09-04 [patent_title] => 'Three-dimensional display apparatus' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/386492 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-03-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 7381 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 209 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/265/07265775.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10386492 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/386492
Three-dimensional display apparatus Mar 12, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6795337 [patent_doc_number] => 20030174210 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-09-18 [patent_title] => 'Video surveillance method, video surveillance system and camera application module' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/378978 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-03-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 10060 [patent_no_of_claims] => 49 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 68 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0174/20030174210.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10378978 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/378978
Video surveillance method, video surveillance system and camera application module Mar 2, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 6724271 [patent_doc_number] => 20030206583 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-11-06 [patent_title] => 'Signaling for fading compensation' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/379079 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-03-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 9198 [patent_no_of_claims] => 39 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 55 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0206/20030206583.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10379079 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/379079
Signaling for fading compensation Mar 2, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6833990 [patent_doc_number] => 20030161535 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-08-28 [patent_title] => 'Image processing method and apparatus, program, and storage medium' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/376489 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-02-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 3564 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 88 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0161/20030161535.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10376489 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/376489
Image processing method and apparatus, program, and storage medium Feb 27, 2003 Issued
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10/376879
Composite camera system, zoom camera image display control method, zoom camera control method, control program, and computer readable recording medium Feb 26, 2003 Issued
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10/374734
Multiple time-base clock for processing multiple satellite signals Feb 23, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7436176 [patent_doc_number] => 20040008779 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-01-15 [patent_title] => 'Techniques for video encoding and decoding' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/371768 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-02-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 13323 [patent_no_of_claims] => 31 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 65 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0008/20040008779.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10371768 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/371768
Techniques for video encoding and decoding Feb 20, 2003 Abandoned
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10/365499
Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, and moving picture coding program Feb 12, 2003 Issued
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10/365689
Video picture processing method Feb 12, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 7228362 [patent_doc_number] => 20040156622 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-08-12 [patent_title] => 'Audio stream adaptive frequency scheme' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/364694 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-02-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5131 [patent_no_of_claims] => 27 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 40 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0156/20040156622.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10364694 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/364694
Audio stream adaptive frequency scheme Feb 9, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 187468 [patent_doc_number] => 07646813 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-01-12 [patent_title] => 'Encoding circuit for transform coding of a picture signal and decoding circuit for decoding said signal' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/364857 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-02-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 4981 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/646/07646813.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10364857 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/364857
Encoding circuit for transform coding of a picture signal and decoding circuit for decoding said signal Feb 6, 2003 Issued
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10/357804
Method for programmable motion estimation in a SIMD processor Feb 2, 2003 Issued
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10/355469
Method and apparatus for DCT domain filtering for block based encoding Jan 30, 2003 Issued
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10/355969
Method and apparatus for capturing and recording images of surrounding environment of a vehicle Jan 30, 2003 Abandoned
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10/356189
Multispectral omnidirectional optical sensor and methods therefor Jan 30, 2003 Issued
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10/353858
System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person Jan 27, 2003 Issued
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