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Frank Wei Min Lu

Examiner (ID: 4071, Phone: (571)272-0746 , Office: P/1634 )

Most Active Art Unit
1634
Art Unit(s)
1634, 1655, 1643, 1683
Total Applications
1353
Issued Applications
657
Pending Applications
220
Abandoned Applications
502

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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09/631348
Producing a final modified digital image using a source digital image and a difference digital image Aug 1, 2000 Issued
09/628436 Method and apparatus for processing digital images Jul 27, 2000 Abandoned
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09/613359
Method and apparatus for performing two pass quality video compression through pipelining and buffer management Jul 9, 2000 Issued
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09/591029
Method and apparatus for scanning a fingerprint using a linear sensor within a cursor control device Jun 8, 2000 Issued
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09/577949
Fractal image compression using reinforcement learning May 24, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1356850 [patent_doc_number] => 06587585 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-07-01 [patent_title] => 'Method of parameterizing a threshold curve for a binarization program and an apparatus therefor' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/577741 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-05-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 2507 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 155 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/587/06587585.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09577741 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/577741
Method of parameterizing a threshold curve for a binarization program and an apparatus therefor May 22, 2000 Issued
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09/576678
Transformation of image parts in different domains to obtain resultant image size different from initial image size May 22, 2000 Issued
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08/981811
Segmented video coding and decoding method and system May 18, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1200046 [patent_doc_number] => 06728398 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2004-04-27 [patent_title] => 'Color table inversion using associative data structures' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/574724 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-05-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 1 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 1935 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 159 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/728/06728398.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09574724 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/574724
Color table inversion using associative data structures May 17, 2000 Issued
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09/574041
Dynamic coding with exchanging pixels May 17, 2000 Issued
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09/572870
Device and method for extracting specific region from image and computer-readable recording medium storing region extraction program May 17, 2000 Issued
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09/571519
System and method for optimizing color compression using transparency control bits May 15, 2000 Issued
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09/571918
Method for automatically determining trackers along contour and storage medium storing program for implementing the same May 15, 2000 Issued
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09/572024
Method and apparatus for signal segmentation May 15, 2000 Issued
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09/570819
Tile-based image data decoding method and apparatus May 14, 2000 Issued
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09/557797
Image sequence compression featuring independently coded regions Apr 24, 2000 Issued
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09/545959
Iteratively building displacement maps for image warping Apr 9, 2000 Issued
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09/539786
Image processing method and system Mar 30, 2000 Issued
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09/537230
Method for improving data encoding and decoding efficiency Mar 27, 2000 Issued
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09/533819
Compression of partially-masked image data Mar 23, 2000 Issued
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