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James D. Ponton

Examiner (ID: 643, Phone: (571)272-1001 , Office: P/3763 )

Most Active Art Unit
3783
Art Unit(s)
3783, 3763
Total Applications
611
Issued Applications
438
Pending Applications
85
Abandoned Applications
112

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/751511
Vehicle lamp system, vehicle lamp control device and vehicle lamp control method Jan 23, 2020 Issued
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17/438949
MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM Jan 16, 2020 Abandoned
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17/421973
IMPROVED INTRA PLANAR PREDICTION USING MERGE MODE MOTION VECTOR CANDIDATES Jan 9, 2020 Pending
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16/739584
Multi-dimensional video transcoding Jan 9, 2020 Issued
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16/736765
Auxiliary information signaling and reference management for projection-based point cloud compression Jan 6, 2020 Issued
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17/420553
Method and apparatus for processing video data Jan 2, 2020 Issued
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16/732591
CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE LIGHTING ARRAY Jan 1, 2020 Abandoned
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16/729985
Real-time deviation in video monitoring Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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17/420084
Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus, and recording medium storing bitstream Dec 26, 2019 Issued
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17/420139
Systems and methods for performing intra prediction coding Dec 25, 2019 Issued
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16/726286
Methods and apparatuses of video data coding with tile grouping Dec 23, 2019 Issued
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17/420080
Combined inter and intra prediction Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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17/312468
Multi-sports simulation apparatus Dec 9, 2019 Issued
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17/783208
Image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus and program Dec 8, 2019 Issued
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16/703651
System for receiving delivery items and method therefor Dec 3, 2019 Issued
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16/701978
Autofocus actuator Dec 2, 2019 Issued
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16/696523
ERROR SMOOTHING THROUGH GLOBAL SOURCE NON-UNIFORMITY CORRECTION Nov 25, 2019 Abandoned
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17/049194
Method for measuring corrosion-expansion force during cracking of concrete due to corrosion and expansion of reinforcing steel Nov 24, 2019 Issued
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17/295987
SMART PHOTO-MICROSCOPE SYSTEM Nov 21, 2019 Abandoned
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16/691679
WIDE-ANGLE LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE Nov 21, 2019 Abandoned
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