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Gregory A Blankenship

Examiner (ID: 14940, Phone: (571)272-6656 , Office: P/3612 )

Most Active Art Unit
3612
Art Unit(s)
3612
Total Applications
2532
Issued Applications
2095
Pending Applications
126
Abandoned Applications
310

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 4275734 [patent_doc_number] => 06205255 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-03-20 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for run-length encoding of multi-colored images' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/002872 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1998-01-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 5905 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 126 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/205/06205255.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 002872 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/002872
Method and apparatus for run-length encoding of multi-colored images Jan 5, 1998 Issued
09/003273 PICTURE MASKING AND COMPOSITING IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN Jan 5, 1998 Abandoned
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08/998946
Color transformation method under two different conditions Dec 28, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4148198 [patent_doc_number] => 06148100 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-11-14 [patent_title] => '3-dimensional telepresence system for a robotic environment' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/996015 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4706 [patent_no_of_claims] => 29 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 145 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/148/06148100.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 996015 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/996015
3-dimensional telepresence system for a robotic environment Dec 21, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4097868 [patent_doc_number] => 06163622 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-12-19 [patent_title] => 'Image retrieval system' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/993130 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 5006 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 129 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/163/06163622.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 993130 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/993130
Image retrieval system Dec 17, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1547792 [patent_doc_number] => 06373972 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-04-16 [patent_title] => 'Microbe and cell function control device, a microbial ecology detector device, and a method of controlling a microbe and cell function control device' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 08/993713 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 13012 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 69 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/373/06373972.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 08993713 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/993713
Microbe and cell function control device, a microbial ecology detector device, and a method of controlling a microbe and cell function control device Dec 17, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4300894 [patent_doc_number] => 06269186 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-07-31 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and method' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/993143 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 4915 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 196 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/269/06269186.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 993143 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/993143
Image processing apparatus and method Dec 17, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1360981 [patent_doc_number] => 06580834 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-06-17 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding signals' [patent_app_type] => B2 [patent_app_number] => 08/989388 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 23 [patent_no_of_words] => 8196 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 104 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/580/06580834.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 08989388 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/989388
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding signals Dec 11, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1500037 [patent_doc_number] => 06404936 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-06-11 [patent_title] => 'Subject image extraction method and apparatus' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 08/989976 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 30 [patent_figures_cnt] => 36 [patent_no_of_words] => 8422 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 10 [patent_words_short_claim] => 123 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/404/06404936.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 08989976 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/989976
Subject image extraction method and apparatus Dec 11, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4080894 [patent_doc_number] => 06009211 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-12-28 [patent_title] => 'Hadamard transform coefficient predictor' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/989074 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 4938 [patent_no_of_claims] => 1 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 107 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/009/06009211.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 989074 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/989074
Hadamard transform coefficient predictor Dec 10, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4117792 [patent_doc_number] => 06052492 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-04-18 [patent_title] => 'System and method for automatically generating an image to represent a video sequence' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/987327 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-12-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 5831 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 113 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/052/06052492.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 987327 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/987327
System and method for automatically generating an image to represent a video sequence Dec 8, 1997 Issued
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08/986322
Image forming device Dec 4, 1997 Issued
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08/985097
Method and apparatus for reformatting a high resolution image file for printing on a lower resolution printer Dec 3, 1997 Issued
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08/985176
Apparatus and method of compressing still image at regular compression rate Dec 3, 1997 Issued
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08/985309
Image processing method and apparatus Dec 3, 1997 Issued
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08/972166
Method of extracting image from input image using reference image Nov 16, 1997 Issued
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08/971438
Compression/decompression engine for enhanced memory storage in MPEG decoder Nov 16, 1997 Issued
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08/961404
Warping of focal images to correct correspondence error Oct 29, 1997 Issued
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08/958137
System and method of additive interpolation for affine transformations Oct 27, 1997 Issued
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08/959619
Image data adjusting device and method Oct 27, 1997 Issued
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