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Eret C. Mcnichols

Examiner (ID: 17038, Phone: (571)270-7363 , Office: P/3632 )

Most Active Art Unit
3632
Art Unit(s)
3632
Total Applications
1010
Issued Applications
711
Pending Applications
86
Abandoned Applications
238

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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10/371087
Method for transcoding fine-granular-scalability enhancement layer of video to minimized spatial variations Feb 20, 2003 Abandoned
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10/371897
Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium Feb 19, 2003 Issued
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10/248757
Hand held surface to underwater video system Feb 13, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 164995 [patent_doc_number] => 07672369 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-03-02 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for acquisition, compression, and characterization of spatiotemporal signals' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/366756 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-02-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 25866 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 78 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/672/07672369.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10366756 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/366756
Method and apparatus for acquisition, compression, and characterization of spatiotemporal signals Feb 12, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7247944 [patent_doc_number] => 20040158878 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-08-12 [patent_title] => 'Power scalable digital video decoding' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/360977 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-02-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 8573 [patent_no_of_claims] => 35 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 22 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0158/20040158878.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10360977 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/360977
Power scalable digital video decoding Feb 6, 2003 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 7258382 [patent_doc_number] => 20040240542 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-12-02 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for video frame sequence-based object tracking' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/480365 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-12-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 9201 [patent_no_of_claims] => 36 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 46 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0240/20040240542.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10480365 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/480365
Method and apparatus for video frame sequence-based object tracking Feb 5, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6704328 [patent_doc_number] => 20030151062 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-08-14 [patent_title] => 'Apparatus detecting motion of image data and detecting method thereof' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/355292 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-01-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 4681 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 43 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0151/20030151062.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10355292 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/355292
Apparatus detecting motion of image data and detecting method thereof Jan 30, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 508075 [patent_doc_number] => 07206346 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-04-17 [patent_title] => 'Motion vector predictive encoding method, motion vector decoding method, predictive encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus, and storage media storing motion vector predictive encoding and decoding programs' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/354663 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 13631 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [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/07/206/07206346.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10354663 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/354663
Motion vector predictive encoding method, motion vector decoding method, predictive encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus, and storage media storing motion vector predictive encoding and decoding programs Jan 29, 2003 Issued
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10/350537
Method and apparatus for accomplishing multiple description coding for video Jan 22, 2003 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7331663 [patent_doc_number] => 20040131118 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-07-08 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for reverse play' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/337857 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2003-01-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 5642 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 85 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0131/20040131118.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10337857 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/337857
Method and apparatus for reverse play Jan 7, 2003 Issued
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10/334174
Image encoder, image encoding method, image decoder, image decoding method, and distribution media Dec 29, 2002 Issued
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10/329002
Digital broadcast delivery method, digital broadcast delivery system, and accounting method using the same Dec 25, 2002 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 6850547 [patent_doc_number] => 20030142749 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-07-31 [patent_title] => 'Adaptive decision method of motion vector search range' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/328882 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-12-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 2900 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 49 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0142/20030142749.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10328882 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/328882
Adaptive decision method of motion vector search range Dec 23, 2002 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 759249 [patent_doc_number] => 07020203 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2006-03-28 [patent_title] => 'Dynamic intra-coded macroblock refresh interval for video error concealment' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/328513 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-12-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6034 [patent_no_of_claims] => 27 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 98 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/020/07020203.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10328513 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/328513
Dynamic intra-coded macroblock refresh interval for video error concealment Dec 22, 2002 Issued
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10/324487
Method and/or apparatus for motion estimation using a hierarchical search followed by a computation split for different block sizes Dec 19, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6739279 [patent_doc_number] => 20030156648 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-08-21 [patent_title] => 'Sub-block transform coding of prediction residuals' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/322352 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-12-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 26 [patent_figures_cnt] => 26 [patent_no_of_words] => 13439 [patent_no_of_claims] => 67 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 11 [patent_words_short_claim] => 56 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0156/20030156648.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10322352 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/322352
Sub-block transform coding of prediction residuals Dec 16, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6795335 [patent_doc_number] => 20030174208 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-09-18 [patent_title] => 'Device, system and method for capturing in-vivo images with three-dimensional aspects' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/320722 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-12-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 6661 [patent_no_of_claims] => 49 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 16 [patent_words_short_claim] => 41 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0174/20030174208.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10320722 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/320722
Device, system and method for capturing in-vivo images with three-dimensional aspects Dec 16, 2002 Abandoned
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10/320132
Microscopic image capture apparatus Dec 15, 2002 Issued
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10/318802
Wavelet based multiresolution video representation with spatially scalable motion vectors Dec 12, 2002 Issued
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10/317642
System and method for enhancing performance of personal video recording (PVR) functions on hits digital video streams Dec 10, 2002 Issued
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