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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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18/037519
Receiving apparatus and receiving method Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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17/104630
Object oriented image normalization Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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17/104162
Temporospatial software-defined networking for NGSO satellite networks Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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17/102493
Avoiding fiber damage on non-supervisory optical fiber links Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/102735
System for achieving multiple bits per symbol in optical communications systems by combining spatial domain multiplexing and pulse amplitude modulation Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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16/951653
Circuit for multi-path interference mitigation in an optical communication system Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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18/035900
Optical communication device, optical access system and optical communication method Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/794110
Hardware environment-based data quantization method and apparatus, and readable storage medium Nov 15, 2020 Issued
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16/949734
Optical alignment systems and methods Nov 11, 2020 Issued
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17/093681
Video object detection Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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17/094501
Method, apparatus, and system using a machine learning model to segment planar regions Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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17/089916
Image processing apparatus for generating a combined image from plural captured images having been subjected to position alignment, and image processing method Nov 4, 2020 Issued
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17/088791
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Nov 3, 2020 Abandoned
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17/089698
Nonlinearity cancellation in fiber optic transmission based on frequency-mutually-referenced carriers Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/089350
Enhanced video processor Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/084114
Training a neural network to track viewer engagement with non-interactive displays Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/079948
Optical networking with hybrid optical vortices Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/078650
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for decoding raw image data encoded with lossy encoding scheme Oct 22, 2020 Issued
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17/077837
Apparatus and method for white balance editing Oct 21, 2020 Issued
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17/077837
Apparatus and method for white balance editing Oct 21, 2020 Issued
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