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Nam D. Pham

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Most Active Art Unit
2487
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2487, 2482
Total Applications
976
Issued Applications
853
Pending Applications
79
Abandoned Applications
65

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/854732
BLOCK PARTITIONING IMAGE AND VIDEO DATA Apr 11, 2023 Pending
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18/132328
JVET quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure with multiple asymmetrical partitioning Apr 6, 2023 Issued
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18/845196
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Apr 4, 2023 Pending
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18/181151
Video region partition based on color format Mar 8, 2023 Issued
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18/112234
Hybrid cubemap projection for 360-degree video coding Feb 20, 2023 Issued
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18/169532
Enhanced depth of focus cameras using variable apertures and pixel binning Feb 14, 2023 Issued
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18/109250
System and method for visually tracking persons and imputing demographic and sentiment data Feb 12, 2023 Issued
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18/160767
Image data encoding and decoding Jan 26, 2023 Issued
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18/150249
Synchronized spinning LIDAR and rolling shutter camera system Jan 4, 2023 Issued
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18/150742
Inter prediction method and apparatus Jan 4, 2023 Issued
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18/721354
CROSS-COMPONENT LINEAR MODEL PREDICTION Dec 28, 2022 Pending
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18/723192
GDR interaction with template based tools in intra slice Dec 20, 2022 Issued
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19/129392
DC Only Transform Coefficient Mode For Image And Video Coding Dec 18, 2022 Pending
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18/064831
Methods and apparatus of video coding in 4:4:4 color format Dec 11, 2022 Issued
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18/070173
Beam scanning apparatus and optical apparatus including the same Nov 27, 2022 Issued
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17/989409
Constraints on reference picture information Nov 16, 2022 Issued
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18/709105
Video encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses Nov 8, 2022 Issued
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17/977892
Image encoding/decoding method and device using adaptive size limiting of chroma block and bitstream transmission method Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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17/977630
Entropy coding for partition syntax Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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17/977630
Entropy coding for partition syntax Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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