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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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14/691286
Intra prediction method and apparatus, and image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same Apr 19, 2015 Issued
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14/691315
Intra prediction method and apparatus, and image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same Apr 19, 2015 Issued
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14/687793
Monitoring system Apr 14, 2015 Issued
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14/687645
Automobile and method for automatically adjusting rearview mirror Apr 14, 2015 Issued
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14/686031
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Apr 13, 2015 Issued
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14/678637
Method and apparatus for determining a context model for transform coefficient level entropy encoding and decoding Apr 2, 2015 Issued
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14/678621
Method and apparatus for determining a context model for transform coefficient level entropy encoding and decoding Apr 2, 2015 Issued
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14/678664
Method and apparatus for determining a context model for transform coefficient level entropy encoding and decoding Apr 2, 2015 Issued
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14/678588
Method and apparatus for determining a context model for transform coefficient level entropy encoding and decoding Apr 2, 2015 Issued
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14/677114
Video processing system with photo generation and methods for use therewith Apr 1, 2015 Issued
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14/666973
Method of operating an in-vehicle camera Mar 23, 2015 Issued
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15/128008
Image decoding device and method Mar 16, 2015 Issued
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14/904215
Methods and systems for maintaining optical transparency during particle image acquisition Mar 12, 2015 Issued
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14/633386
Methods and systems for determining the pose of a camera with respect to at least one object of a real environment Feb 26, 2015 Issued
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14/632065
Wearable electronic device Feb 25, 2015 Issued
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14/628341
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics Feb 22, 2015 Issued
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14/628338
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics Feb 22, 2015 Issued
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14/628336
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics Feb 22, 2015 Issued
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14/628350
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics Feb 22, 2015 Issued
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14/628355
Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics Feb 22, 2015 Issued
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