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Michael Rafa

Examiner (ID: 7734)

Most Active Art Unit
3309
Art Unit(s)
3309, 3306
Total Applications
310
Issued Applications
253
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
56

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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12/427293
COLOR-SATURATION CONTROL METHOD Apr 20, 2009 Abandoned
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12/426557
Pixel input-output method, image compressing method, pixel input-output apparatus, image compressing apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, computer program and recording medium Apr 19, 2009 Issued
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12/426916
Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program for extracting information usable for a search Apr 19, 2009 Issued
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12/426593
ENTROPY ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT Apr 19, 2009 Abandoned
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12/426289
Image noise reduction method and image processing apparatus using the same Apr 19, 2009 Issued
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12/425478
Image processing method and image processing apparatus using least significant bits Apr 16, 2009 Issued
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12/355567
Systems and methods for analyzing image data using adaptive neighborhooding Jan 15, 2009 Issued
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12/318491
Image decoding apparatus and method for handling intra-image predictive decoding with various color spaces and color signal resolutions Dec 29, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6069020 [patent_doc_number] => 20110043869 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-02-24 [patent_title] => 'INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ITS METHOD AND PROGRAM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/809256 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-12-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 10982 [patent_no_of_claims] => 39 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0043/20110043869.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12809256 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/809256
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ITS METHOD AND PROGRAM Dec 15, 2008 Abandoned
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12/199263
Tone correcting apparatus providing improved tone correction on image Aug 26, 2008 Issued
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12/131482
Image processing apparatus and image processing method to correct color misregistration near a boundary Jun 1, 2008 Issued
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12/126262
System and method for adaptively separating foreground from arbitrary background in presentations May 22, 2008 Issued
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12/122729
Detecting text using stroke width based text detection May 18, 2008 Issued
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12/154002
Method and system for measuring human response to visual stimulus based on changes in facial expression May 18, 2008 Issued
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12/122698
Method, device and computer program product for performing a color based white balance of a digital image May 17, 2008 Issued
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12/122699
Method, device and computer program product for performing a gamut based white balance of a digital image May 17, 2008 Issued
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12/122684
Preference color adjusting system and method based on adjustment coefficient pairs from hue lookup tables May 16, 2008 Issued
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12/153297
Method for detecting facial expression and repairing smile face of portrait photo May 15, 2008 Issued
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12/152890
Image pickup device, face detection method, and computer-readable recording medium May 15, 2008 Issued
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12/119079
Apparatus and method for adjusting inputted color concerning total and specific colors May 11, 2008 Issued
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