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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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16/214027
Multimodal foreground background segmentation Dec 6, 2018 Issued
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16/206672
Method and apparatus for motion compensation prediction Nov 29, 2018 Issued
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16/769868
Electronic device Nov 29, 2018 Issued
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16/206664
Method and apparatus for motion compensation prediction Nov 29, 2018 Issued
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16/766294
Imaging device balancing depth of field and resolution Nov 26, 2018 Issued
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16/762330
MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM Nov 7, 2018 Pending
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16/754228
Driving video recorder for automotive and having a fan Oct 7, 2018 Issued
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16/652645
Method and device for transmitting stereo media content Oct 3, 2018 Issued
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16/642387
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sep 2, 2018 Abandoned
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17/257869
IMAGING UNIT FOR VEHICLE Aug 27, 2018 Abandoned
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16/634284
OPTIMIZING PERCEPTION OF STEREOSCOPIC VISUAL CONTENT Aug 15, 2018 Abandoned
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16/040334
System and method to obtain a moving endoscopic image Jul 18, 2018 Issued
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16/038358
Image processing apparatus, camera apparatus, and image processing method Jul 17, 2018 Issued
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16/037734
Methods and Apparatus for Determining the Position of a Spot of Radiation, Inspection Apparatus, Device Manufacturing Method Jul 16, 2018 Abandoned
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16/619648
Visual display with time multiplexing for stereoscopic view Jun 21, 2018 Issued
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16/626853
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING OR DECODING A FLAG DURING VIDEO DATA ENCODING Jun 21, 2018 Abandoned
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16/008595
Fault tolerant display Jun 13, 2018 Issued
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16/610647
State estimation and localization for ROV-based structural inspection May 2, 2018 Issued
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15/947157
Neural network combining visible and thermal images for inferring environmental data of an area of a building Apr 5, 2018 Issued
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15/923144
Detection and Warning Assembly Mar 15, 2018 Abandoned
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