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James M. Pontius

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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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18/726825
Object recognition device and object recognition method Jan 23, 2023 Issued
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18/092354
Line-powered non-visible spectrum camera Jan 1, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18381211 [patent_doc_number] => 20230156302 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-05-18 [patent_title] => ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/092350 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-01-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 16483 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -52 [patent_words_short_claim] => 107 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18092350 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/092350
ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY Jan 1, 2023 Pending
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18/092352
Electric shaver with imaging capability Jan 1, 2023 Issued
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18/075748
Image decoding method and apparatus using same Dec 5, 2022 Issued
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18/060468
Vehicle proximity sensor for positioning a vehicle at a dock Nov 29, 2022 Issued
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17/987067
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WITH VISUALIZATION OF AN AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT Nov 14, 2022 Pending
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18/052633
METHOD FOR REFERENCE PICTURE PROCESSING IN VIDEO CODING Nov 3, 2022 Abandoned
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17/971893
Camera system using stabilizing gimbal Oct 23, 2022 Issued
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17/954233
Retina imaging apparatus Sep 26, 2022 Issued
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18/874568
Method and module for controlling code rate of encoder, and chip, electronic device and storage medium Aug 29, 2022 Issued
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17/892246
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALING VIDEO STREAMS Aug 21, 2022 Abandoned
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17/857558
Reduced complexity transforms for high bitdepth video coding Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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17/850608
SUBPICTURE PARTITIONING AND SCALING WINDOW INFORMATION Jun 26, 2022 Abandoned
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18/875595
NEURAL NETWORK CODEC WITH HYBRID ENTROPY MODEL AND FLEXIBLE QUANTIZATION Jun 20, 2022 Pending
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17/836309
Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding Jun 8, 2022 Issued
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18/855102
System and method for operating a vehicle access point Apr 7, 2022 Issued
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17/706912
Surgery 3D visualization apparatus Mar 28, 2022 Issued
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17/677935
Methods and apparatus on prediction refinement with optical flow Feb 21, 2022 Issued
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18/709083
Image display system, image display method, and image display device Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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