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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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17/944332
Gradual decoding refresh access unit in scalable video coding Sep 13, 2022 Issued
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17/902935
Encoding Device and Method for Utility-Driven Video Compression Sep 4, 2022 Pending
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18/689820
VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Aug 25, 2022 Pending
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17/892010
Image signal encoding/decoding method and apparatus therefor Aug 18, 2022 Issued
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17/815745
Hyperspectral and fluorescence imaging and topology laser mapping with minimal area monolithic image sensor Jul 27, 2022 Issued
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17/865974
CROSS-CODEC ENCODING OPTIMIZATIONS FOR VIDEO TRANSCODING Jul 14, 2022 Abandoned
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17/857789
Methods for intra prediction, and encoder Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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17/853549
Per-title encoding using spatial and temporal resolution downscaling Jun 28, 2022 Issued
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17/840126
Video compression technique using a machine learning system Jun 13, 2022 Issued
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17/825061
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/748619
Sub-pictures for pixel rate balancing on multi-core platforms May 18, 2022 Issued
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18/561423
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE May 18, 2022 Pending
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17/744889
Wide area imaging system and method May 15, 2022 Issued
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17/725187
Unequal weight planar motion vector derivation Apr 19, 2022 Issued
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17/723857
Video data processing Apr 18, 2022 Issued
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18/286706
Image coding method and apparatus therefor Apr 11, 2022 Issued
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17/716665
Image coding method, action recognition method, and action recognition apparatus Apr 7, 2022 Issued
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18/286637
METHOD TO DETERMINE ENCODER PARAMETERS Apr 7, 2022 Pending
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18/557174
Method for transmitting streaming media data and related device Mar 31, 2022 Issued
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17/657636
Encoding apparatus, encoding device, encoding method, computer program, and corresponding computer system Mar 31, 2022 Issued
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