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Donna J. Ricks

Examiner (ID: 14242, Phone: (571)270-7532 , Office: P/2612 )

Most Active Art Unit
2612
Art Unit(s)
2628, 2612, 2679, 2618, 2677
Total Applications
584
Issued Applications
428
Pending Applications
55
Abandoned Applications
116

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 4891539 [patent_doc_number] => 20080100636 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-05-01 [patent_title] => 'Systems and Methods for Low-Power Computer Operation' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/554769 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 8403 [patent_no_of_claims] => 33 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0100/20080100636.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11554769 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/554769
Systems and Methods for Low-Power Computer Operation Oct 30, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4732054 [patent_doc_number] => 20080049033 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-02-28 [patent_title] => 'Computer Graphics System and Method Thereof' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/554545 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 2463 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0049/20080049033.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11554545 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/554545
Computer Graphics System and Method Thereof Oct 29, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4541596 [patent_doc_number] => 07889205 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-02-15 [patent_title] => 'Frame buffer based transparency group computation on a GPU without context switching' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/586117 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 9528 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 135 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/889/07889205.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11586117 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/586117
Frame buffer based transparency group computation on a GPU without context switching Oct 23, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8819336 [patent_doc_number] => 20130120381 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-05-16 [patent_title] => 'Fast rendering of knockout groups using a depth buffer of a graphics processing unit' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/586251 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 5725 [patent_no_of_claims] => 27 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11586251 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/586251
Fast rendering of knockout groups using a depth buffer of a graphics processing unit Oct 23, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5067398 [patent_doc_number] => 20070188499 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-08-16 [patent_title] => 'Course grid aligned counters' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/541219 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 6422 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0188/20070188499.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11541219 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/541219
Course grid aligned counters Sep 28, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4942391 [patent_doc_number] => 20080079714 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-04-03 [patent_title] => 'Workload Distribution Through Frame Division in a Ray Tracing Image Processing System' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/536074 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 15639 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0079/20080079714.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11536074 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/536074
Workload Distribution Through Frame Division in a Ray Tracing Image Processing System Sep 27, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4942392 [patent_doc_number] => 20080079715 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-04-03 [patent_title] => 'Updating Spatial Index Partitions Based on Ray Tracing Image Processing System Performance' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/536081 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 16106 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0079/20080079715.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11536081 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/536081
Updating Spatial Index Partitions Based on Ray Tracing Image Processing System Performance Sep 27, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 7547084 [patent_doc_number] => 08055063 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-11-08 [patent_title] => 'Methods and systems for improving robustness of color balance correction' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/529088 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 28 [patent_no_of_words] => 4523 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 118 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/055/08055063.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11529088 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/529088
Methods and systems for improving robustness of color balance correction Sep 27, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4986665 [patent_doc_number] => 20070153003 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-07-05 [patent_title] => 'Font-size changing and printing method, and host and printer therefor' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/528248 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3303 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0153/20070153003.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11528248 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/528248
Font-size changing and printing method, and host and printer therefor Sep 27, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 5169639 [patent_doc_number] => 20070070070 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-03-29 [patent_title] => 'Method for cache-optimized processing of a digital image data set' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/528195 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 5125 [patent_no_of_claims] => 7 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0070/20070070070.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11528195 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/528195
Method for cache-optimized processing of a digital image data set Sep 26, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 5137614 [patent_doc_number] => 20070079243 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-04-05 [patent_title] => 'Monitoring performance of a computer system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/524374 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 6192 [patent_no_of_claims] => 35 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0079/20070079243.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11524374 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/524374
Monitoring performance of a computer system Sep 20, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4611374 [patent_doc_number] => 07995074 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-08-09 [patent_title] => 'Information presentation method and information presentation apparatus' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/524331 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 5181 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 215 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/995/07995074.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11524331 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/524331
Information presentation method and information presentation apparatus Sep 20, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5257395 [patent_doc_number] => 20070211027 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-09-13 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing program' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/522997 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 24 [patent_figures_cnt] => 24 [patent_no_of_words] => 17416 [patent_no_of_claims] => 30 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0211/20070211027.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11522997 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/522997
Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing program Sep 18, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4535306 [patent_doc_number] => 07924283 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-04-12 [patent_title] => 'Time relevance-based visualization of data' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/523240 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 4523 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 204 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/924/07924283.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11523240 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/523240
Time relevance-based visualization of data Sep 18, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8019131 [patent_doc_number] => 08139073 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-03-20 [patent_title] => 'Early compression tag lookup for memory accesses' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/532854 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 8501 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 178 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/139/08139073.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11532854 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/532854
Early compression tag lookup for memory accesses Sep 17, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7796781 [patent_doc_number] => 08125489 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-02-28 [patent_title] => 'Processing pipeline with latency bypass' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/532760 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 3145 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 340 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/125/08125489.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11532760 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/532760
Processing pipeline with latency bypass Sep 17, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 143576 [patent_doc_number] => 07688329 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-03-30 [patent_title] => 'Pixel color conversion method and system applied to output device' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/521581 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 5739 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 359 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/688/07688329.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11521581 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/521581
Pixel color conversion method and system applied to output device Sep 14, 2006 Issued
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11/522022
Virtual memory based noise textures Sep 14, 2006 Issued
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11/532395
Method and apparatus for preserving font structure Sep 14, 2006 Issued
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11/532358
System and method for improved keystone correction Sep 14, 2006 Issued
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