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Michael J. Hess

Examiner (ID: 783, Phone: (571)270-7933 , Office: P/2481 )

Most Active Art Unit
2481
Art Unit(s)
2481
Total Applications
530
Issued Applications
212
Pending Applications
98
Abandoned Applications
233

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/796738
IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Oct 26, 2017 Abandoned
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15/796654
METADATA BASED QUALITY ENHANCEMENT POST-VIDEO WARPING Oct 26, 2017 Abandoned
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16/334719
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A LARGE FIELD OF VIEW VIDEO Sep 25, 2017 Abandoned
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15/709101
Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding video data Sep 18, 2017 Issued
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15/708914
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING MISSING OR CORRUPTED VIDEO DATA Sep 18, 2017 Abandoned
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15/708020
DEPTH SENSOR OPTIMIZATION BASED ON DETECTED DISTANCE Sep 17, 2017 Abandoned
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15/707348
Optimized coding method for omnidirectional video, computer readable storage medium and computer device Sep 17, 2017 Issued
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15/705751
Adaptive stochastic entropy coding Sep 14, 2017 Issued
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16/330077
Illuminating system for determining the topography of the cornea of an eye Aug 30, 2017 Issued
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16/321817
Video signal processing method and device for performing intra-prediction for an encoding/decoding target block Aug 2, 2017 Issued
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15/619093
Method of coding and decoding images, coding and decoding device and computer programs corresponding thereto Jun 8, 2017 Issued
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15/603874
Fiber optic connection inspection apparatus and method May 23, 2017 Issued
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15/603852
SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM May 23, 2017 Abandoned
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15/603509
VEHICLE DISPLAY WITH SELECTIVE IMAGE DATA DISPLAY May 23, 2017 Abandoned
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15/603409
Reducing Blur in a Depth Camera System May 22, 2017 Abandoned
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15/603377
Spherical infrared emitter May 22, 2017 Issued
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15/595793
Loop sample processing for high dynamic range and wide color gamut video coding May 14, 2017 Issued
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15/595933
IMAGE ENCODER USING SHARED MEAN VALUE CALCULATION CIRCUIT AND/OR SHARED CLIPPING CIRCUIT AND ASSOCIATED IMAGE ENCODING METHOD May 14, 2017 Abandoned
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16/099909
GUM DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS AND GUM DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING SYSTEM May 9, 2017 Abandoned
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16/300575
Method and device for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding a sequence of binary symbols representing a syntax element related to video data May 4, 2017 Issued
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