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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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15/246638
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and image processing method for reflecting features of one image to another image Aug 24, 2016 Issued
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15/246273
Method for inverse tone mapping of a sequence of images Aug 23, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11540603 [patent_doc_number] => 09615034 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-04-04 [patent_title] => 'Selective brightness control in photography' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/240181 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-08-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 4122 [patent_no_of_claims] => 1 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 253 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15240181 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/240181
Selective brightness control in photography Aug 17, 2016 Issued
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15/238416
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and recording medium Aug 15, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 13004707 [patent_doc_number] => 10026023 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-07-17 [patent_title] => Sentiment based social media comment overlay on image posts [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/234159 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-08-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 8827 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 191 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15234159 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/234159
Sentiment based social media comment overlay on image posts Aug 10, 2016 Issued
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15/234418
Image processing apparatus Aug 10, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12153985 [patent_doc_number] => 20180025249 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-01-25 [patent_title] => 'Object Detection System and Object Detection Method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/218182 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-07-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6294 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15218182 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/218182
Object detection system and object detection method Jul 24, 2016 Issued
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15/218071
Performance enhancement for two-dimensional array processor Jul 23, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11752687 [patent_doc_number] => 09710703 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-07-18 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for detecting texts included in a specific image' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/211127 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-07-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 5511 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 146 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15211127 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/211127
Method and apparatus for detecting texts included in a specific image Jul 14, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12993979 [patent_doc_number] => 20170347139 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-11-30 [patent_title] => Monitoring Quality of Experience (QoE) at Audio/Video (AV) Endpoints Using a No-Reference (NR) Method [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/192839 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-06-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7946 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 117 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15192839 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/192839
Monitoring quality of experience (QoE) at audio/video (AV) endpoints using a no-reference (NR) method Jun 23, 2016 Issued
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15/176579
Image processing device for adjusting computational complexity of interpolation filter, image interpolation method, and image encoding method Jun 7, 2016 Issued
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15/176133
IMAGE PROCESSOR COMPRISING LOCAL COLOR PROCESSING CIRCUITS AND ASSOCIATED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BLUE LIGHT STRENGTH OF IMAGE Jun 6, 2016 Abandoned
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15/175876
Coding apparatus and method for encoding image data Jun 6, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 13285327 [patent_doc_number] => 10154262 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-12-11 [patent_title] => Image processing apparatus and image processing method using improved predictive encoding techniques [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/138639 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-04-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 13118 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 456 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15138639 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/138639
Image processing apparatus and image processing method using improved predictive encoding techniques Apr 25, 2016 Issued
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15/132670
Automatic gain control filter in a video analysis system Apr 18, 2016 Issued
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15/092404
Background replacement based on attribute of remote user or endpoint Apr 5, 2016 Issued
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15/088452
Compact, clustering-based indexes for large-scale real-time lookups on streaming videos Mar 31, 2016 Issued
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15/088474
Navigation using planned robot travel paths Mar 31, 2016 Issued
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15/088347
System and method for textual near-duplicate grouping of documents Mar 31, 2016 Issued
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15/088101
Image processing method and apparatus and system for dynamically adjusting frame rate Mar 30, 2016 Issued
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