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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] => 617330 [patent_doc_number] => 07145595 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2006-12-05 [patent_title] => 'Image processing and inspection system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/399869 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-08-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 4585 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 274 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/145/07145595.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10399869 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/399869
Image processing and inspection system Aug 27, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6749393 [patent_doc_number] => 20030043913 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-03-06 [patent_title] => 'Videodataprocessor' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/225799 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-08-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 1270 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 47 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0043/20030043913.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10225799 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/225799
Videodataprocessor Aug 21, 2002 Abandoned
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10/216589
Storage of mobile video recorder content Aug 8, 2002 Abandoned
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10/215688
Method and apparatus for an omni-directional video surveillance system Aug 8, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6321938 [patent_doc_number] => 20020196849 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-12-26 [patent_title] => 'Brightness-variation compensation method and coding/decoding apparatus for moving pictures' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/213397 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-08-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 6105 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 58 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0196/20020196849.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10213397 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/213397
Brightness-variation compensation method and coding/decoding apparatus for moving pictures Aug 4, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7376186 [patent_doc_number] => 20040028128 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-02-12 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and method, and image processing program' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/381990 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-04-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 17189 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 68 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0028/20040028128.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10381990 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/381990
Image processing apparatus and method, and image processing program Aug 1, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6760185 [patent_doc_number] => 20030123546 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-07-03 [patent_title] => 'Scalable multi-level video coding' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/209889 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-08-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3955 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 131 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0123/20030123546.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10209889 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/209889
Scalable multi-level video coding Aug 1, 2002 Abandoned
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10/206579
Digital production services architecture Jul 25, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6744301 [patent_doc_number] => 20030021484 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-01-30 [patent_title] => 'Area expansion apparatus, area expansion method, and area expansion program' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/201569 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-07-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 4419 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 172 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0021/20030021484.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10201569 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/201569
Area expansion apparatus, area expansion method, and area expansion program Jul 23, 2002 Issued
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10/197328
Scalable video coding system Jul 16, 2002 Issued
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10/198189
Communication devices incorporating reduced area imaging devices Jul 16, 2002 Issued
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10/195559
Telecine converting method Jul 15, 2002 Issued
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10/190999
SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND SOLID-PICTORIAL VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SWITCHING APPARATUS Jul 7, 2002 Issued
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10/185259
Method of detecting internal frame skips by MPEG video decoders Jun 27, 2002 Issued
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10/176959
Portable traffic surveillance system Jun 20, 2002 Issued
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10/176028
Motion estimation techniques for video encoding Jun 17, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 426673 [patent_doc_number] => 07272186 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-09-18 [patent_title] => 'Loop filtering method in video coder' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/170999 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-06-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3898 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 102 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/272/07272186.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10170999 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/170999
Loop filtering method in video coder Jun 13, 2002 Issued
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10/171906
Hand-held computers incorporating reduced area imaging devices Jun 12, 2002 Abandoned
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10/170231
Construction machine Jun 12, 2002 Issued
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10/165989
Electronic endoscope with color adjustment function Jun 10, 2002 Issued
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