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Michael P. Ferguson

Examiner (ID: 13117, Phone: (571)272-7081 , Office: P/3679 )

Most Active Art Unit
3679
Art Unit(s)
3679, 3619, 3629, 3678
Total Applications
1874
Issued Applications
1106
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
655

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/766611
Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus, and recording medium for storing bitstream that involves performing intra prediction using constructed reference sample Nov 21, 2018 Issued
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16/183241
Image encoding apparatus for encoding flags indicating removal time Nov 6, 2018 Issued
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16/151573
Image transmission device, image transmission method, image reception device, and image reception method Oct 3, 2018 Issued
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16/133862
Monitoring systems and methods Sep 17, 2018 Issued
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16/102118
Systems, methods, and apparatus for in vitro single-cell identification and recovery Aug 12, 2018 Issued
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16/058250
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CODING Aug 7, 2018 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 16725137 [patent_doc_number] => 20210092284 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-03-25 [patent_title] => INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/629606 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2018-07-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 13070 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 193 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16629606 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/629606
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Jul 8, 2018 Abandoned
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16/630549
Method and device for encoding a point cloud Jul 8, 2018 Issued
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16/630501
A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A POINT CLOUD REPRESENTING A 3D OBJECT Jul 3, 2018 Abandoned
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16/026678
Surgical camera system with automatic alternation between two depths of field Jul 2, 2018 Issued
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16/628271
Vehicle external recognition apparatus Jun 24, 2018 Issued
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16/001202
Observation device that controls numerical aperture in accordance with specified observation scope Jun 5, 2018 Issued
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15/997708
System and method for image stitching Jun 4, 2018 Issued
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15/975701
Full field visual-mid-infrared imaging system May 8, 2018 Issued
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15/932797
Video alert and secondary verification system and method Apr 26, 2018 Issued
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15/925132
Camera and dual-lens assembly Mar 18, 2018 Issued
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15/922711
Multiplexed place shifting device Mar 14, 2018 Issued
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15/922723
Adaptive parameters for coding of 360-degree video Mar 14, 2018 Issued
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15/918694
SUBJECT TRACKING SYSTEMS FOR A MOVABLE IMAGING SYSTEM Mar 11, 2018 Abandoned
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15/914154
Video data processing system Mar 6, 2018 Issued
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