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Michael J. Felton

Examiner (ID: 9408, Phone: (571)272-4805 , Office: P/1747 )

Most Active Art Unit
1747
Art Unit(s)
1747, 1731, 1791
Total Applications
756
Issued Applications
403
Pending Applications
86
Abandoned Applications
283

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/692779
Image data enhancement method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/752747
Frequency specific compression and compensation technique in image processing May 23, 2022 Issued
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17/751981
Image processing including noise reduction May 23, 2022 Issued
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18/563739
TEACHING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TEACHING DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE May 19, 2022 Pending
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17/747361
Device and method to adapt a pretrained machine learning system to target data that has different distribution than the training data without the necessity of human annotations on target data May 17, 2022 Issued
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18/289246
Integrated coherent receiver having a single MMI coupler optical hybrid, non-intersecting optical paths and uniform electrical paths May 12, 2022 Issued
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17/663317
Object class inpainting in digital images utilizing class-specific inpainting neural networks May 12, 2022 Issued
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17/663317
Object class inpainting in digital images utilizing class-specific inpainting neural networks May 12, 2022 Issued
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17/663317
Object class inpainting in digital images utilizing class-specific inpainting neural networks May 12, 2022 Issued
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17/663317
Object class inpainting in digital images utilizing class-specific inpainting neural networks May 12, 2022 Issued
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17/742005
Method for determining actual values of one or more characteristics of a phase-modulated optical signal May 10, 2022 Issued
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17/741119
Methods and systems of utilizing image processing systems to measure objects May 9, 2022 Issued
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17/739417
Method and apparatus for leveraging infrastructure camera for vehicle positioning May 8, 2022 Issued
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17/733199
Path protection method and network node Apr 28, 2022 Issued
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17/733257
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus Apr 28, 2022 Issued
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17/732979
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM Apr 28, 2022 Abandoned
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17/731909
Method for determining optical signal power change and power calculation apparatus Apr 27, 2022 Issued
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17/729266
Chromatic dispersion equalizer adaption systems and methods Apr 25, 2022 Issued
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17/726879
Systems and methods for mapping optical connections in a fiber distribution hub of a passive optical network Apr 21, 2022 Issued
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17/726504
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK Apr 20, 2022 Pending
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