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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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18/033003
METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING CHROMA CLIPPING IN A TONE MAPPER WHILE MAINTAINING SATURATION AND PRESERVING HUE Oct 13, 2021 Pending
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17/497257
Device and method for hearing device customization Oct 7, 2021 Issued
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17/492824
Optical networking with hybrid optical vortices Oct 3, 2021 Issued
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17/493535
Surgical systems with intraluminal and extraluminal cooperative instruments Oct 3, 2021 Issued
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17/488204
Transimpedance amplifier for receiving burst optical signal Sep 27, 2021 Issued
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18/022932
Communication system and method for controlling communication system Sep 26, 2021 Issued
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17/485037
Free space optical communication terminal with chromatic Risley prism pair Sep 23, 2021 Issued
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17/482433
Method and apparatus for inverse tone mapping Sep 22, 2021 Issued
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18/028130
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING, LOCALIZING, ASSESSING, AND VISUALIZING BLEEDING IN A SURGICAL FIELD Sep 21, 2021 Pending
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18/019245
Onboard communication system and communication method Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/476375
Optically enabled RF phased-arrays for data transmission Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/471908
Light shaping assembly having a two-dimensional array of light sources and a Fresnel lens Sep 9, 2021 Issued
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17/468543
DISTANCE-ROUTE RESOURCE SHARING FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSORS Sep 6, 2021 Abandoned
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17/465647
High-density switch Sep 1, 2021 Issued
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17/462901
Data compression for multidimensional time series data Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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17/408936
Tracking a reference picture on an electronic device Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/409390
Coefficient context modeling in video coding Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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18/022442
Disarranged-image processing method, device and storage medium Aug 12, 2021 Issued
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17/399001
Apparatus and a method for optically linking AC power line with dc low voltage power line Aug 9, 2021 Issued
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17/444097
Method And System For A Low-Voltage Integrated Silicon High-Speed Modulator Jul 29, 2021 Abandoned
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