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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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16/775906
Method and system for improving compression ratio by difference between blocks of image file Jan 28, 2020 Issued
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16/774704
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for defect inspection and detection Jan 27, 2020 Issued
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17/795345
Optical communication device Jan 26, 2020 Issued
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16/745468
REFLECTIVE OPTICAL MODULATOR HAVING REDUCED TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY Jan 16, 2020 Abandoned
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16/744786
Optical Module and Network Device Jan 15, 2020 Abandoned
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16/743536
COPPER and/or FIBER OPTIC BASED USB CABLE ADDED WITH INTEGRATED IR INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL WITHOUT REDUCING USB CONNECTIONS & STANDARD SPECS Jan 14, 2020 Abandoned
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16/738387
Methods and apparatus for signaling viewports and regions of interest for point cloud multimedia data Jan 8, 2020 Issued
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16/734270
Communication system and method for an optical local area network Jan 2, 2020 Issued
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16/732023
Dynamically switching queueing schemes for network switches Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/732041
Dynamically switching queueing schemes for network switches Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/731026
IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Dec 29, 2019 Abandoned
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16/730089
System and methods for coherent optical extension Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/728220
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A PRESENCE AND SEVERITY OF A CATARACT IN AMBIENT LIGHTING Dec 26, 2019 Abandoned
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17/788832
Outputting notification information when having decided that independently acting person belongs to group Dec 26, 2019 Issued
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16/728871
Data processing method and device for managing discreet display Dec 26, 2019 Issued
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17/266915
Scene-based image processing method, apparatus, smart terminal and storage medium Dec 25, 2019 Issued
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16/726662
Technologies for automated screen segmentation Dec 23, 2019 Issued
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16/725430
Methods and systems to configure and use neural networks in characterizing physiological systems Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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17/257209
RACK FOR SUPPORTING COLLECTION CONTAINERS Dec 19, 2019 Abandoned
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16/718767
Optical receiving device Dec 17, 2019 Issued
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