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James T. Boylan

Examiner (ID: 12290, Phone: (571)272-8242 , Office: P/2486 )

Most Active Art Unit
2486
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2486
Total Applications
536
Issued Applications
298
Pending Applications
88
Abandoned Applications
182

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/088479
Method of preparing a microscope for imaging a sample Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/088479
Method of preparing a microscope for imaging a sample Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/083401
Cleaning system to remove debris from a lens Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/066136
Video encoding device, video decoding device, video encoding method, video decoding method, and program restricts inter-prediction unit partitions based on coding unit depth Oct 7, 2020 Issued
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17/060792
Image coding method based on motion vector and apparatus therefor Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/060657
Image coding method based on affine motion prediction, and device for same Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/038532
System and method utilizing multi-point autofocus to align an optical axis of an optical assembly portion to be normal to a workpiece surface Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/038083
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SPHERICAL PANORAMA IMAGE Sep 29, 2020 Abandoned
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17/036239
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING FOR IMPROVED MICROSURGERY VISUALIZATION Sep 28, 2020 Abandoned
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17/031306
Composite sine-trapezoidal fringe structured light 3D measurement method Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/024739
IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT USING A MICROSCOPE Sep 17, 2020 Abandoned
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17/632508
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Sep 3, 2020 Abandoned
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17/638628
IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING BASED ON PALETTE ESCAPE CODING Aug 25, 2020 Abandoned
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16/999945
System and Method for Detecting Bird and Bat Casualties Near Wind Turbines Aug 20, 2020 Abandoned
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16/991720
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING VIDEO DATA Aug 11, 2020 Abandoned
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16/987417
Method of operating intraoral scanner Aug 6, 2020 Issued
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17/771217
Object recognition with removal of event as noise when the event is detected for a group of pixels exceeding a threshold Aug 3, 2020 Issued
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16/936891
Carousel guidance for optical imaging devices Jul 22, 2020 Issued
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16/929693
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and endoscope system for processing images based on surgical scenes Jul 14, 2020 Issued
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16/928427
Camera localization method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium Jul 13, 2020 Issued
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