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James M. Pontius

Examiner (ID: 19667, Phone: (571)270-7687 , Office: P/2488 )

Most Active Art Unit
2488
Art Unit(s)
2615, 2485, 2483, 2488, 2621
Total Applications
728
Issued Applications
573
Pending Applications
45
Abandoned Applications
119

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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14/491128
Flow meter Sep 18, 2014 Issued
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14/491161
Flow meter Sep 18, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9791573 [patent_doc_number] => 20150003517 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-01-01 [patent_title] => 'ENCODING SYSTEM AND ENCODER REALLOCATION METHOD' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/488470 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 10697 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14488470 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/488470
Encoding system and encoder reallocation method Sep 16, 2014 Issued
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14/487220
Moving image distribution server, moving image reproduction apparatus, control method, program, and recording medium Sep 15, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11037560 [patent_doc_number] => 20160234517 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-08-11 [patent_title] => 'HYBRID CODEC SCALABLE VIDEO' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/024553 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 19552 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 11 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15024553 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/024553
Hybrid codec scalable video Sep 11, 2014 Issued
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15/308177
Display system for work vehicle, display control device, work vehicle, and display control method Aug 27, 2014 Issued
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14/460743
Method of removing a blocking artifact using quantization information in a filtering system Aug 14, 2014 Issued
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15/329897
Self-position calculating apparatus and self-position calculating method Aug 3, 2014 Issued
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14/446447
Method and device for generating a prediction block to encode and decode an image Jul 29, 2014 Issued
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14/446447
Method and device for generating a prediction block to encode and decode an image Jul 29, 2014 Issued
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14/339324
Video coding system with search range and method of operation thereof Jul 22, 2014 Issued
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14/339309
Video coding system with intra prediction mechanism and method of operation thereof Jul 22, 2014 Issued
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14/337619
Trailer hitch guidance method Jul 21, 2014 Issued
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14/336824
Fixture for endoscopic inspection Jul 20, 2014 Issued
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14/336784
Blade inspection apparatus and blade inspection method Jul 20, 2014 Issued
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14/336680
Blade inspection system Jul 20, 2014 Issued
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14/295525
Image decoding device and method thereof using inter-coded predictive encoding code Jun 3, 2014 Issued
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14/294616
RAPIDLY DEPLOYABLE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Jun 2, 2014 Abandoned
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14/283131
Moving image encoding device, moving image encoding method, and computer program product May 19, 2014 Issued
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14/263584
Flexible quantization Apr 27, 2014 Issued
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