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Howard W. Britton

Examiner (ID: 10693)

Most Active Art Unit
2602
Art Unit(s)
2603, 2713, 2615, 2602, 2613, 2301, 2787
Total Applications
2279
Issued Applications
2107
Pending Applications
63
Abandoned Applications
108

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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08/904947
Workstation for video security system Jul 31, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4107198 [patent_doc_number] => 06097429 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-08-01 [patent_title] => 'Site control unit for video security system' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/904510 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-08-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 8780 [patent_no_of_claims] => 49 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 82 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/097/06097429.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 904510 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/904510
Site control unit for video security system Jul 31, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4043855 [patent_doc_number] => 05995149 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-11-30 [patent_title] => 'Image data compression' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/903571 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 30 [patent_no_of_words] => 6975 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 135 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/995/05995149.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 903571 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/903571
Image data compression Jul 30, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4118361 [patent_doc_number] => 06101221 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-08-08 [patent_title] => 'Video bitstream symbol extractor for use in decoding MPEG compliant video bitstreams meeting 2-frame and letterboxing requirements' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/904088 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 10355 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 94 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/101/06101221.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 904088 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/904088
Video bitstream symbol extractor for use in decoding MPEG compliant video bitstreams meeting 2-frame and letterboxing requirements Jul 30, 1997 Issued
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08/902141
Apparatus and method for removing error data decoding delay in a DTV Jul 29, 1997 Issued
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08/898470
Abnormality detection and surveillance system Jul 21, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3850123 [patent_doc_number] => 05745163 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-04-28 [patent_title] => 'Ocular fundus camera' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/893188 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 18 [patent_figures_cnt] => 25 [patent_no_of_words] => 10745 [patent_no_of_claims] => 36 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 73 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/745/05745163.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 893188 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/893188
Ocular fundus camera Jul 14, 1997 Issued
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08/893298
Frame combining apparatus Jul 14, 1997 Issued
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08/893018
Rapid high resolution image capture system Jul 14, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4142294 [patent_doc_number] => 06147701 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-11-14 [patent_title] => 'Image sensing apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/892678 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 7255 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 192 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/147/06147701.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 892678 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/892678
Image sensing apparatus Jul 13, 1997 Issued
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08/890510
Video coding device Jul 8, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3990525 [patent_doc_number] => 05949490 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-09-07 [patent_title] => 'Distributing video buffer rate control over a parallel compression architecture' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/889561 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-07-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 2131 [patent_no_of_claims] => 2 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 141 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/949/05949490.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 889561 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/889561
Distributing video buffer rate control over a parallel compression architecture Jul 7, 1997 Issued
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08/887748
Hypervideo system and method with object tracking in a compressed digital video environment Jul 2, 1997 Issued
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09/736441
Method for display time stamping and synchronization of multiple video object planes Jul 2, 1997 Issued
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08/886871
Object-based video processing using forward-tracking 2-D mesh layers Jul 1, 1997 Issued
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08/884751
Method and apparatus for processing a compressed input bitstream representing an information signal Jun 29, 1997 Issued
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08/885011
Multimedia compression system with adaptive block sizes Jun 29, 1997 Issued
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08/884746
Drift reduction methods and apparatus Jun 29, 1997 Issued
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08/885271
System, device, and method for streaming a multimedia file encoded at a variable bitrate Jun 29, 1997 Issued
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08/884784
Constrained motion estimation and compensation for packet loss resiliency in standard based codec Jun 29, 1997 Issued
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