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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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09/255189
Stereo video data coding apparatus Feb 21, 1999 Issued
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09/252189
Compression system which re-uses prior motion vectors Feb 17, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1504725 [patent_doc_number] => 06487248 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-11-26 [patent_title] => 'Video decoding device of a TV receiver' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/249789 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-02-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3972 [patent_no_of_claims] => 25 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 131 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/487/06487248.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09249789 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/249789
Video decoding device of a TV receiver Feb 15, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1365328 [patent_doc_number] => 06577334 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-06-10 [patent_title] => 'Vehicle control' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/250709 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-02-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 25 [patent_figures_cnt] => 34 [patent_no_of_words] => 19885 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 110 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/577/06577334.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09250709 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/250709
Vehicle control Feb 15, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1506629 [patent_doc_number] => 06466258 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-10-15 [patent_title] => '911 real time information communication' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/249679 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-02-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5901 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 172 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/466/06466258.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09249679 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/249679
911 real time information communication Feb 11, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6604786 [patent_doc_number] => 20020085630 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-07-04 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR VIDEO CODING' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 09/246663 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-02-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3074 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 144 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0085/20020085630.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09246663 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/246663
Method and arrangement for video coding Feb 4, 1999 Issued
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09/238122
Motion vector estimation circuit and method Jan 26, 1999 Issued
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09/239089
Motion estimation using orthogonal transform-domain block matching Jan 26, 1999 Issued
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09/234249
Method and apparatus for resizing image information Jan 19, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1437326 [patent_doc_number] => 06356300 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-03-12 [patent_title] => 'Automatic visual inspection apparatus automatic visual inspection method and recording medium having recorded an automatic visual inspection program' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/232689 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-01-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 39 [patent_no_of_words] => 8192 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 345 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/356/06356300.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09232689 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/232689
Automatic visual inspection apparatus automatic visual inspection method and recording medium having recorded an automatic visual inspection program Jan 18, 1999 Issued
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09/234169
Video transmission device and its method Jan 18, 1999 Issued
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09/228849
Combination head-protective helmet and thermal imaging apparatus Jan 11, 1999 Issued
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09/077429
Sending device, receiving device, sending-receiving device, transmitter, and transmitting method Dec 29, 1998 Issued
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09/223395
TCM decoder and decoding method thereof Dec 29, 1998 Issued
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09/221255
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and providing medium therefor Dec 27, 1998 Issued
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09/216910
Video image decoding method and apparatus Dec 20, 1998 Issued
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09/213173
Method and apparatus for encoding a contour of an object in a video signal by employing a vertex coding technique Dec 16, 1998 Issued
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09/212763
Image information encoding system Dec 15, 1998 Issued
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09/194883
Method and apparatus for producing three-dimensional image Dec 3, 1998 Issued
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09/201279
Motion estimation and block matching pattern Nov 29, 1998 Issued
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