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Christopher Wait

Examiner (ID: 18469, Phone: (571)270-5976 , Office: P/2672 )

Most Active Art Unit
2672
Art Unit(s)
2681, 2683, 2682, 2672, 2625
Total Applications
696
Issued Applications
580
Pending Applications
47
Abandoned Applications
97

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/130266
Classifying image styles of images based on procedural style embeddings Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/130266
Classifying image styles of images based on procedural style embeddings Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/193046
Watermarking machine learning training data for verification thereof Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/193046
Watermarking machine learning training data for verification thereof Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/128491
PRE-BONDING AUTOMATIC OPTICAL INSPECTION DEFECT CLASSIFICATION Mar 29, 2023 Pending
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18/182592
Perceptual-realistic colored sparkle evaluation and measurement system for image-based matching of color and appearance of coatings containing effect pigments Mar 12, 2023 Issued
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18/182592
Perceptual-realistic colored sparkle evaluation and measurement system for image-based matching of color and appearance of coatings containing effect pigments Mar 12, 2023 Issued
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18/182271
Techniques for content synthesis using denoising diffusion models Mar 9, 2023 Issued
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18/177233
Image inspection device for inspecting image, image forming apparatus for forming image, and program for inspection device Mar 1, 2023 Issued
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18/177495
ADAPTIVE PERCEPTIBLE WATERMARKING Mar 1, 2023 Pending
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18/110032
Apparatus and method for performing color transformation on raw sensor images Feb 14, 2023 Issued
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18/102557
Reading apparatus and method Jan 26, 2023 Issued
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18/157552
Inspection system, information processing apparatus, and control method thereof Jan 19, 2023 Issued
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18/098935
Machine learning model-based detection of content type Jan 18, 2023 Issued
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18/098667
Modulating surface topcoats to embed digital watermarking Jan 17, 2023 Issued
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18/097028
IR (infrared) mark destroyed on copy Jan 12, 2023 Issued
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18/153073
COLOR ADJUSTMENTS OF HIGHLIGHTED AREAS Jan 10, 2023 Pending
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18/092512
Automated color correction Jan 2, 2023 Issued
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18/148854
Method and system for converting a protein data bank file into a grayscale image array Dec 29, 2022 Issued
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18/147016
Watermark embedding method and display device Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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