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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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17/225067
Optical frequency comb based coherent phase recovery simplification Apr 6, 2021 Issued
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17/224923
Infrared-based spoof detection Apr 6, 2021 Issued
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17/917573
Apparatus for generating an augmented image of an object Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/220616
Systems and methods for tuning a power characteristic of an optical frequency comb Mar 31, 2021 Issued
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17/214380
System, device, method and program product to provide healthcare at a remote location Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/214338
Image processing apparatus to enhance contrast of image, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/213712
Free-space optical communication system using a backchannel for power optimization Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/212978
Method and apparatus for generating background-free image, device, and medium Mar 24, 2021 Issued
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17/210100
Method for merging multiple images and post-processing of panorama Mar 22, 2021 Issued
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17/205594
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for obtaining image evaluation value distribution corresponding to an image Mar 17, 2021 Issued
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17/201032
LDPC encoder and decoder for multi-mode higher speed passive optical networks Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/198400
Analyzing performance of fibers and fiber connections using long-term historical data Mar 10, 2021 Issued
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17/917237
Image inspection device, image inspection method, and prelearned model generation device Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/764075
Method for nonlinear compensation of coherent high-capacity high-order qam system Mar 4, 2021 Issued
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17/911422
Estimation device, learning device, teaching data creation device, estimation method, learning method, teaching data creation method, and recording medium for estimating skeleton information of subject based on image thereof Mar 4, 2021 Issued
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17/192698
Tone management using tone gain functions for high dynamic range imaging applications Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/912432
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for determining color information of an image Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/190597
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING AN ANOMALY IN AN IMAGE TO BE DETECTED, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING RECONSTRUCTION MODEL THEREOF Mar 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/187860
Interference suppression with mitigation of intermodulation distortion Feb 27, 2021 Issued
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17/187473
Method and apparatus for training neural network model used for image processing, and storage medium Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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