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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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09/560409
Method and systems for dynamic hybrid packet loss recovery for video transmission over lossy packet-based network Apr 26, 2000 Issued
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09/559896
Video encoding method and system Apr 25, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1373906 [patent_doc_number] => 06570609 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-05-27 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for monitoring operation of a motor vehicle' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/556186 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-04-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 2777 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 91 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/570/06570609.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09556186 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/556186
Method and apparatus for monitoring operation of a motor vehicle Apr 20, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1539196 [patent_doc_number] => 06490320 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-12-03 [patent_title] => 'Adaptable bitstream video delivery system' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/546717 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-04-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 13812 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 61 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/490/06490320.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09546717 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/546717
Adaptable bitstream video delivery system Apr 10, 2000 Issued
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09/529026
Image encoding method, image encoder, image decoding method, and image decoder Apr 5, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1578759 [patent_doc_number] => 06470050 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-10-22 [patent_title] => 'Image coding apparatus and its motion vector detection method' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/544546 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-04-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 8490 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 90 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/470/06470050.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09544546 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/544546
Image coding apparatus and its motion vector detection method Apr 5, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1454906 [patent_doc_number] => 06456663 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-09-24 [patent_title] => 'DCT domain down conversion system that compensates for IDCT mismatch' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/537346 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-03-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4473 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 179 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/456/06456663.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09537346 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/537346
DCT domain down conversion system that compensates for IDCT mismatch Mar 28, 2000 Issued
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09/534158
Video coder/decoder Mar 23, 2000 Issued
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09/532066
Still-picture acquisition method and apparatus applied to microscope Mar 20, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4344469 [patent_doc_number] => 06333757 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-12-25 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for producing and displaying spectrally-multiplexed images of three-dimensional imagery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/522760 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-03-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 40 [patent_figures_cnt] => 63 [patent_no_of_words] => 22505 [patent_no_of_claims] => 83 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 132 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/333/06333757.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 522760 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/522760
Method and apparatus for producing and displaying spectrally-multiplexed images of three-dimensional imagery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof Mar 9, 2000 Issued
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09/485718
Medical video endoscopy monitoring device Mar 1, 2000 Issued
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09/505506
Moving picture transforming system Feb 16, 2000 Issued
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09/505933
Reduced cost methods and apparatus for decoding bi-directionally coded image data Feb 13, 2000 Issued
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09/504323
Object based bitstream transcoder Feb 13, 2000 Issued
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09/496706
Adaptable compressed bitstream transcoder Feb 1, 2000 Issued
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09/487484
Scene-change-point detecting method and moving-picture editing/displaying method Jan 18, 2000 Issued
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09/478127
Latency-based statistical multiplexing Jan 4, 2000 Issued
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09/474133
Video coding apparatus and decoding apparatus Dec 28, 1999 Issued
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09/451048
Processing of redundant fields in a moving picture to achieve synchronized system operation Nov 29, 1999 Issued
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09/447638
Stereoscopic CG image generating apparatus and stereoscopic TV apparatus Nov 22, 1999 Issued
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