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Howard L. Williams

Examiner (ID: 379, Phone: (571)272-1815 , Office: P/2845 )

Most Active Art Unit
2819
Art Unit(s)
2104, 2107, 2845, 2819
Total Applications
2390
Issued Applications
2093
Pending Applications
82
Abandoned Applications
216

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/588218
Dictionary learning method and means for zero-shot recognition Jan 28, 2022 Issued
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17/586666
Systems and methods for surface modeling using polarization cues Jan 26, 2022 Issued
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17/648936
GANs for latent space visualizations Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/648911
Methods and systems for real-time image 3D segmentation regularization Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/580666
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program Jan 20, 2022 Issued
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17/581758
System and Method for Communicating Between Near Field Communication Devices within a Target Region Using Near Field Communication Jan 20, 2022 Abandoned
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17/577642
Module identification method for expandable gateway applications Jan 17, 2022 Issued
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17/572203
Method, device, and computer program product for video processing Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/646911
Verification of computer vision models Jan 3, 2022 Issued
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17/567147
Face recognition network model with face alignment based on knowledge distillation Jan 1, 2022 Issued
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17/563060
Electronic device and method for determining medical images Dec 27, 2021 Issued
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17/563523
Feature extraction by directional wavelet packets for image processing by neural networks Dec 27, 2021 Issued
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17/564202
System and method for automatic assessment of comparative negligence for one or more vehicles involved in an accident Dec 27, 2021 Issued
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17/562085
Light-emitting device, method for manufacturing the same, and cellular phone Dec 26, 2021 Issued
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17/561789
Tablet and tablet cover with configuration detection Dec 23, 2021 Issued
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17/623560
Display device Dec 23, 2021 Issued
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17/559472
System and methods for augmenting X-ray images for training of deep neural networks Dec 21, 2021 Issued
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17/559912
Fluency map optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy Dec 21, 2021 Issued
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18/274269
Operation management system utilizing a wearable device Dec 20, 2021 Issued
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17/555161
Systems and methods using single antenna for multiple resonant frequency ranges Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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