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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
Array ( [id] => 11339121 [patent_doc_number] => 20160364877 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-12-15 [patent_title] => 'APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OBJECT OF INTEREST FROM IMAGE USING IMAGE MATTING BASED ON GLOBAL CONTRAST' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/855827 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-09-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 7633 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [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] => 14855827 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/855827
Apparatus and method for extracting object of interest from image using image matting based on global contrast Sep 15, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11509707 [patent_doc_number] => 09600868 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-03-21 [patent_title] => 'Image upsampling using local adaptive weighting' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/847604 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-09-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 8027 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 132 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14847604 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/847604
Image upsampling using local adaptive weighting Sep 7, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10732481 [patent_doc_number] => 20160078631 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-03-17 [patent_title] => 'INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE MODIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/845589 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-09-04 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 9234 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [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] => 14845589 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/845589
Information processing device, image modification method, and computer program product Sep 3, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11222936 [patent_doc_number] => 09451291 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-09-20 [patent_title] => 'Fast DWT-based intermediate video codec optimized for massively parallel architecture' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/840519 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6348 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 145 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14840519 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/840519
Fast DWT-based intermediate video codec optimized for massively parallel architecture Aug 30, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11614974 [patent_doc_number] => 09652832 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-05-16 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which perform image restoration processing' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/840454 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 5322 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 184 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14840454 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/840454
Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which perform image restoration processing Aug 30, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11220913 [patent_doc_number] => 09449252 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-09-20 [patent_title] => 'System and method for color and brightness adjustment of an object in target image' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/837111 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 9013 [patent_no_of_claims] => 25 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 184 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14837111 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/837111
System and method for color and brightness adjustment of an object in target image Aug 26, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10719834 [patent_doc_number] => 20160065981 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-03-03 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/838272 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 8511 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [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] => 14838272 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/838272
Method and system for generating and displaying thumbnail images from original images Aug 26, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11861438 [patent_doc_number] => 09741123 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-08-22 [patent_title] => 'Transformation of 3-D object for object segmentation in 3-D medical image' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/836821 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 10406 [patent_no_of_claims] => 49 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 79 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14836821 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/836821
Transformation of 3-D object for object segmentation in 3-D medical image Aug 25, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 10717204 [patent_doc_number] => 20160063351 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-03-03 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATED PIXEL-RECURSIVE PROCESSING OF AN IMAGE SIGNAL' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/836884 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 2831 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [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] => 14836884 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/836884
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATED PIXEL-RECURSIVE PROCESSING OF AN IMAGE SIGNAL Aug 25, 2015 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 11739642 [patent_doc_number] => 09704228 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-07-11 [patent_title] => 'System and method for fractional pixel dilation and erosion' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/836263 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-08-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 12714 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 203 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14836263 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/836263
System and method for fractional pixel dilation and erosion Aug 25, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11214278 [patent_doc_number] => 09443316 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-09-13 [patent_title] => 'Semi-automatic image segmentation' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/804433 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-07-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 7021 [patent_no_of_claims] => 28 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 243 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14804433 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/804433
Semi-automatic image segmentation Jul 20, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11207380 [patent_doc_number] => 09437008 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-09-06 [patent_title] => 'Image segmentation using bayes risk estimation of scene foreground and background' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/804444 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-07-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 5885 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 299 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14804444 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/804444
Image segmentation using bayes risk estimation of scene foreground and background Jul 20, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12108554 [patent_doc_number] => 09865042 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-01-09 [patent_title] => 'Image semantic segmentation' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/801839 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-07-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 7592 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 83 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14801839 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/801839
Image semantic segmentation Jul 16, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11614802 [patent_doc_number] => 09652659 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-05-16 [patent_title] => 'Mobile device, image reproducing device and server for providing relevant information about image captured by image reproducing device, and method thereof' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/801452 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-07-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 12120 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 127 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14801452 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/801452
Mobile device, image reproducing device and server for providing relevant information about image captured by image reproducing device, and method thereof Jul 15, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11801875 [patent_doc_number] => 09542758 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-01-10 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and light source identification method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/800321 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-07-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 23 [patent_figures_cnt] => 23 [patent_no_of_words] => 18070 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 122 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14800321 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/800321
Image processing apparatus and light source identification method Jul 14, 2015 Issued
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14/799268
Haze image discriminating apparatus and discriminating method Jul 13, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11433419 [patent_doc_number] => 09571751 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-02-14 [patent_title] => 'Selective brightness control in photography' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/797229 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-07-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 4124 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 275 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14797229 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/797229
Selective brightness control in photography Jul 12, 2015 Issued
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14/795926
Method and apparatus for image filtering Jul 9, 2015 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11417105 [patent_doc_number] => 09563934 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-02-07 [patent_title] => 'Image guided surgery with dynamic image reconstruction' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/788455 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2015-06-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 40 [patent_figures_cnt] => 40 [patent_no_of_words] => 17670 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14788455 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/788455
Image guided surgery with dynamic image reconstruction Jun 29, 2015 Issued
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14/729695
System and method of compressing data in font files Jun 2, 2015 Issued
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