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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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17/577785
Method for partitioning block including image and device therefor Jan 17, 2022 Issued
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17/578288
Method and apparatus for transmitting optical transport unit signal Jan 17, 2022 Issued
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17/576759
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT ESTIMATES OBJECT DEPTH, METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HOLDING PROGRAM THEREFOR Jan 13, 2022 Abandoned
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17/574989
Logical cut of an optical fiber due to fiber events Jan 12, 2022 Issued
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17/569601
Information processing apparatus, work management system, and work management method Jan 5, 2022 Issued
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17/569033
Supervised delivery techniques Jan 4, 2022 Issued
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17/567206
Gaze-based control of device operations Jan 2, 2022 Issued
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17/646758
System and method for providing a data network Jan 2, 2022 Issued
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17/565112
Optical transmission device, optical transmission system and method of updating the optical transmission device Dec 28, 2021 Issued
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17/562595
System and methods for coherent optical extension Dec 26, 2021 Issued
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17/560446
HIGH POWER AND DATA DELIVERY IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH SAFETY AND FAULT PROTECTION Dec 22, 2021 Abandoned
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17/558209
Home automation controller and system for optically safely linking AC voltage lines with low voltage DC lines Dec 20, 2021 Issued
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17/554779
PLENOPTIC IMAGE TILE ORGANIZATION FOR SINGLE IMAGE DISPLAY OR CAPTURE Dec 16, 2021 Abandoned
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18/260360
MOIRE PATTERN DETECTION IN DIGITAL IMAGES AND A LIVENESS DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF Dec 16, 2021 Pending
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17/554623
System, non-transitory computer readable storage medium and method for automatically placing virtual advertisements in sports videos Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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17/554777
Systems and methods for utilizing object state distributions for image comparison tasks Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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17/553437
Optical Data Interconnect System Dec 15, 2021 Abandoned
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17/553468
Optical Data Interconnect System Dec 15, 2021 Abandoned
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17/553493
Optical Data Interconnect System Dec 15, 2021 Abandoned
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17/643984
Video super resolution method Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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