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Karl D. Frech

Examiner (ID: 16857, Phone: (571)272-2390 , Office: P/2887 )

Most Active Art Unit
2887
Art Unit(s)
2887, 2876, 2505, 2514
Total Applications
2278
Issued Applications
1870
Pending Applications
125
Abandoned Applications
285

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/950668
IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM Nov 16, 2020 Abandoned
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16/950616
Image encoding apparatus, image encoding method, recording medium and program, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and recording medium and program Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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16/949766
Pixel array including octagon pixel sensors Nov 12, 2020 Issued
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17/097312
Unequal weight planar motion vector derivation Nov 12, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16938071 [patent_doc_number] => 20210203960 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-07-01 [patent_title] => METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIALIZING PREDICTOR PALETTE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/095302 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-11-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14518 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 66 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17095302 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/095302
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIALIZING PREDICTOR PALETTE Nov 10, 2020 Abandoned
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18/252158
Encoding a video frame using different compression ratios for text blocks and non-text blocks Nov 8, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17471129 [patent_doc_number] => 11277620 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-03-15 [patent_title] => Adaptive transcoding of profile ladder for videos [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/085589 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-10-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 11216 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 190 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17085589 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/085589
Adaptive transcoding of profile ladder for videos Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/084031
Fast encoding parameter selection for convex hull video encoding Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/081267
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method Oct 26, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18332756 [patent_doc_number] => 11638021 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-04-25 [patent_title] => Saving minimum macroblock data for subsequent encoding of other macroblocks [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/080486 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-10-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 3904 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 84 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17080486 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/080486
Saving minimum macroblock data for subsequent encoding of other macroblocks Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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18/250059
SENDER-SIDE GEOMETRIC FUSION OF DEPTH DATA Oct 22, 2020 Pending
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17/769591
FLEXIBLE ENCODING OF COMPONENTS IN TIERED HIERARCHICAL CODING Oct 15, 2020 Pending
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17/067118
Wide area imaging system and method Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/039526
Processing image data Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/031782
Dynamic point cloud compression using inter-prediction Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/025227
Video encoding method and method for reducing file size of encoded video Sep 17, 2020 Issued
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17/020708
Selectable transcode engine systems and methods Sep 13, 2020 Issued
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17/019247
Automated mapping information generation from inter-connected images Sep 11, 2020 Issued
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17/012336
SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF FABRICS Sep 3, 2020 Abandoned
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17/988383
Split Rendering To Improve Tolerance To Delay Variation In Extended Reality Applications With Remote Rendering Sep 3, 2020 Pending
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