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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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08/883991
Real-time video production using recursive techniques Jun 26, 1997 Issued
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08/880431
Control apparatus and control method Jun 22, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4189251 [patent_doc_number] => 06037988 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-03-14 [patent_title] => 'Method for generating sprites for object-based coding sytems using masks and rounding average' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/881901 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-06-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 34 [patent_figures_cnt] => 66 [patent_no_of_words] => 27122 [patent_no_of_claims] => 43 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/037/06037988.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 881901 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/881901
Method for generating sprites for object-based coding sytems using masks and rounding average Jun 22, 1997 Issued
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08/878381
Composite digital video decoder and digital compressor Jun 17, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4167051 [patent_doc_number] => 06104434 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-08-15 [patent_title] => 'Video coding apparatus and decoding apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/877508 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-06-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 12663 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 164 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/104/06104434.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 877508 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/877508
Video coding apparatus and decoding apparatus Jun 16, 1997 Issued
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08/877541
Method and apparatus for adaptively switching on and off advanced prediction mode in an H.263 video coder Jun 16, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3789910 [patent_doc_number] => 05774807 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-06-30 [patent_title] => 'Method for searching a control channel in a mobile station' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/873371 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-06-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 9838 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 171 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/774/05774807.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 873371 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/873371
Method for searching a control channel in a mobile station Jun 11, 1997 Issued
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08/869698
Apparatus for parallel decoding of digital video signals Jun 4, 1997 Issued
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08/869861
Method and apparatus for partitioning compressed digital video bitstream for decoding by multiple independent parallel decoders Jun 4, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4142564 [patent_doc_number] => 06147718 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-11-14 [patent_title] => 'Motion vector detection apparatus and predictive coding system for compensating for movement with the apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/869577 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-06-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 49 [patent_figures_cnt] => 161 [patent_no_of_words] => 12758 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 304 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/147/06147718.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 869577 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/869577
Motion vector detection apparatus and predictive coding system for compensating for movement with the apparatus Jun 4, 1997 Issued
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08/867101
Image processing process Jun 1, 1997 Issued
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08/866701
Run level pair buffering for fast variable length decoder circuit May 29, 1997 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3958514 [patent_doc_number] => 05999210 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-12-07 [patent_title] => 'Military range scoring system' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/864851 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1997-05-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 29 [patent_figures_cnt] => 34 [patent_no_of_words] => 3081 [patent_no_of_claims] => 105 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 86 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/999/05999210.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 864851 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/864851
Military range scoring system May 28, 1997 Issued
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08/862051
Method for managing video broadcast May 21, 1997 Issued
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08/858831
Video encoding method, system and computer program product for optimizing center of picture quality May 18, 1997 Issued
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08/858551
Method and apparatus for predictively coding shape information of video signal May 18, 1997 Issued
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08/855211
Band-division signal processing system May 12, 1997 Issued
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08/855071
Method and apparatus for receiving and recording digital packet data May 12, 1997 Issued
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08/852920
Method and apparatus for electronically distributing images from a panoptic camera system May 7, 1997 Issued
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08/841838
Digital video signal encoder and encoding method May 4, 1997 Issued
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