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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
Array ( [id] => 6536757 [patent_doc_number] => 20020110192 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-08-15 [patent_title] => 'Picture compression apparatus and picture compression method' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/123449 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-04-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 4473 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 91 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0110/20020110192.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10123449 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/123449
Device and method for compressing images Apr 14, 2002 Issued
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10/122682
Natural vision-based video surveillance system Apr 14, 2002 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 365247 [patent_doc_number] => 07483487 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-01-27 [patent_title] => 'Streaming methods and systems' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/121333 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-04-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 21 [patent_figures_cnt] => 41 [patent_no_of_words] => 12255 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 79 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/483/07483487.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10121333 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/121333
Streaming methods and systems Apr 10, 2002 Issued
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10/119852
Apparatus and method for MPEG decoding using dynamic frequency and voltage scaling Apr 10, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 342656 [patent_doc_number] => 07502414 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-03-10 [patent_title] => 'Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/472813 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-03-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 22 [patent_figures_cnt] => 38 [patent_no_of_words] => 12806 [patent_no_of_claims] => 2 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 217 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/502/07502414.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10472813 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/472813
Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium Mar 27, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6729352 [patent_doc_number] => 20030185542 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-10-02 [patent_title] => 'Transcoding apparatus, system, and method' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/112087 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-03-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 5281 [patent_no_of_claims] => 31 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 30 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0185/20030185542.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10112087 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/112087
Transcoding apparatus, system, and method Mar 27, 2002 Issued
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10/096567
Panoramic aerial imaging device Mar 12, 2002 Issued
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10/095258
Reconstructing a compressed still image by transformation to a compressed moving picture image Mar 10, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6710069 [patent_doc_number] => 20030169818 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-09-11 [patent_title] => 'Video transcoder based joint video and still image pipeline with still burst mode' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/090778 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-03-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 4547 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 110 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0169/20030169818.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10090778 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/090778
Video transcoder based joint video and still image pipeline with still burst mode Mar 5, 2002 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 772384 [patent_doc_number] => 07006567 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2006-02-28 [patent_title] => 'System and method for encoding three-dimensional signals using a matching pursuit algorithm' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/092267 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-03-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 2933 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 168 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/006/07006567.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10092267 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/092267
System and method for encoding three-dimensional signals using a matching pursuit algorithm Mar 5, 2002 Issued
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10/081967
Multi-layer composite objective image quality metric Feb 21, 2002 Abandoned
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10/061867
Method, system, device and computer program product for MPEG variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier Jan 31, 2002 Issued
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10/059295
Video encoding device Jan 30, 2002 Issued
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10/058962
Stereoscopic video Jan 27, 2002 Issued
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10/035017
Method and apparatus for selecting macroblock quantization parameters in a video encoder Dec 27, 2001 Issued
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10/028402
Zigzag in-order for image/video encoder and decoder Dec 20, 2001 Issued
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10/024424
System for producing time-independent virtual camera movement in motion pictures and other media Dec 16, 2001 Issued
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10/023069
Shape assisted padding for object-based coding Dec 16, 2001 Abandoned
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10/011997
Combined MPEG-4 FGS and modulation algorithm for wireless video transmission Dec 4, 2001 Issued
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10/005380
360 degree automobile video camera system Dec 2, 2001 Abandoned
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