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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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17/198778
Camera assembly for motor vehicles and method for assembling it Mar 10, 2021 Issued
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17/197883
Look-up table for enhanced multiple transform Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/195368
Range detection using machine learning combined with camera focus Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/187667
METHODS OF CODING IMAGES/VIDEOS WITH ALPHA CHANNELS Feb 25, 2021 Pending
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17/178505
Subject tracking device, subject tracking method, and storage medium Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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17/176186
Control apparatus and medical observation system Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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17/172653
Endoscope Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/759550
Method, an apparatus and a computer program product for video encoding and video decoding Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/166119
PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH RETRACTABLE CAMERA MODULE Feb 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/800002
Neural network-based intra prediction for video encoding or decoding Jan 28, 2021 Issued
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17/161573
Image Processing as a Function of Deformable Electronic Device Geometry and Corresponding Devices and Methods Jan 27, 2021 Abandoned
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17/905199
PHOTOGRAPHING PROGRAM Jan 25, 2021 Abandoned
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17/248421
Method for displaying reduced distortion video images via a vehicular vision system Jan 24, 2021 Issued
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17/140612
Window camera Jan 3, 2021 Issued
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17/137448
VEHICLE IMAGING APPARATUS Dec 29, 2020 Abandoned
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17/136261
Lens control method and apparatus and terminal Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/787239
High level syntax for video coding and decoding Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/108661
Optical system, and imaging apparatus and imaging system including the same Nov 30, 2020 Issued
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17/104353
Bandwidth compression for neural network systems Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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17/104775
Image-Acquisition Method and Image-Capturing Device Nov 24, 2020 Abandoned
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