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David W. Bates

Examiner (ID: 765, Phone: (571)270-7034 , Office: P/3775 )

Most Active Art Unit
3775
Art Unit(s)
3775, 3799
Total Applications
1280
Issued Applications
913
Pending Applications
116
Abandoned Applications
274

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/577507
Image filtering method and apparatus Sep 19, 2019 Issued
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17/277557
SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF A USER-SELECTED ARTICLE, PRESENTATION OF DATA THEREOF AND ACQUISITION OF USER INTERACTION THEREWITH Sep 17, 2019 Abandoned
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16/570871
Camera system for a trailer Sep 12, 2019 Issued
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17/274716
Item of optronic equipment for assisting with piloting an aircraft Sep 9, 2019 Issued
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17/289977
Electronic device and method for controlling same Sep 8, 2019 Issued
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16/539001
Vehicle accident recording system Aug 12, 2019 Issued
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16/539422
Electronic device for obtaining images by controlling frame rate for external moving object through point of interest, and operating method thereof Aug 12, 2019 Issued
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16/539040
Image capturing device and image processing device, control methods of the same, and storage medium Aug 12, 2019 Issued
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17/273303
Camera module and multi camera system for harsh environments Jul 30, 2019 Issued
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16/525118
Quantization step parameter for point cloud compression Jul 28, 2019 Issued
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17/263389
VEHICLE ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS Jul 28, 2019 Abandoned
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16/523258
Method and apparatus for video encoding or decoding Jul 25, 2019 Issued
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16/521166
Real-Time Track Asset Recognition and Position Determination Jul 23, 2019 Abandoned
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16/456289
Video coding using reference motion vectors Jun 27, 2019 Issued
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16/451737
Control method, depth camera and electronic device Jun 24, 2019 Issued
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16/440665
Removing blocking artifacts in video encoders Jun 12, 2019 Issued
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17/043104
Device designed for detecting a soiling of at least one transmitting window and/or one receiving window of a sensor Jun 2, 2019 Issued
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16/418871
Minimize image sensor I/O and conductor counts in endoscope applications May 20, 2019 Issued
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16/967041
Methods and apparatus for determining rotation angle for spherical multimedia content Apr 2, 2019 Issued
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17/441832
Moving image encoding device, moving image compression device, moving image encoding method, and program Mar 25, 2019 Issued
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