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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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14/518205
Method, medium, and apparatus encoding and/or decoding an image using the same coding mode across components Oct 19, 2014 Issued
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14/518205
Method, medium, and apparatus encoding and/or decoding an image using the same coding mode across components Oct 19, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10619044 [patent_doc_number] => 09338503 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-05-10 [patent_title] => 'Decoding apparatus for a set top box' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/508620 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-10-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4656 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 210 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14508620 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/508620
Decoding apparatus for a set top box Oct 6, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10260960 [patent_doc_number] => 20150145957 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-05-28 [patent_title] => 'THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNER AND THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING METHOD THEREOF' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/492399 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 6546 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [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] => 14492399 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/492399
THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNER AND THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING METHOD THEREOF Sep 21, 2014 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 11247703 [patent_doc_number] => 09473762 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-10-18 [patent_title] => '3D camera in accordance with the stereoscopic principle and method of detecting depth maps' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/492447 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 4581 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 98 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14492447 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/492447
3D camera in accordance with the stereoscopic principle and method of detecting depth maps Sep 21, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10200109 [patent_doc_number] => 20150085095 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-03-26 [patent_title] => 'SURGICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/491827 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 21 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 15807 [patent_no_of_claims] => 51 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 35 [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] => 14491827 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/491827
Surgical visualization systems and displays Sep 18, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10740185 [patent_doc_number] => 20160086336 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-03-24 [patent_title] => 'SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POSE ESTIMATION' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/491857 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 14841 [patent_no_of_claims] => 30 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [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] => 14491857 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/491857
System and method of pose estimation Sep 18, 2014 Issued
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14/487318
Method and/or apparatus for frame accurate hot failover Sep 15, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9916157 [patent_doc_number] => 20150071361 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-03-12 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLOR DIFFERENCE TRANSFORM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/485640 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-09-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 8765 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [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] => 14485640 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/485640
Method and apparatus for color difference transform Sep 11, 2014 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10924764 [patent_doc_number] => 20140327784 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-11-06 [patent_title] => 'COMPUTER VISION-BASED OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/334846 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2014-07-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 2272 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [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] => 14334846 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/334846
Computer vision-based object tracking system Jul 17, 2014 Issued
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14/903920
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL Jul 17, 2014 Abandoned
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14/324425
Quality scalable coding with mapping different ranges of bit depths Jul 6, 2014 Issued
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14/322711
Late-stage mode conversions in pipelined video encoders Jul 1, 2014 Issued
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14/904404
Image encoding apparatus, image encoding method, recording medium and program, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and recording medium and program Jun 30, 2014 Issued
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14/314251
INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR Jun 24, 2014 Abandoned
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14/315135
Bit rate modification based on an ambient interference level Jun 24, 2014 Issued
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14/313078
Lifelog camera and method of controlling same using voice triggers Jun 23, 2014 Issued
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14/312820
VIDEO ACQUISITION WITH ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE Jun 23, 2014 Abandoned
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14/313379
Safety monitoring system capable of proactively detecting locations of terminal devices Jun 23, 2014 Issued
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14/312586
Disparity estimation for multiview imaging systems Jun 22, 2014 Issued
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