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Peter P. Chau

Examiner (ID: 2381, Phone: (571)270-7152 , Office: P/2476 )

Most Active Art Unit
2476
Art Unit(s)
2419, 2476
Total Applications
648
Issued Applications
469
Pending Applications
61
Abandoned Applications
130

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/592302
Imaging apparatus, method, and medium Feb 28, 2024 Issued
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18/591030
IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD Feb 28, 2024 Pending
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18/583873
IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING TERMINAL, AND SERVER Feb 21, 2024 Pending
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18/444736
Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing image shortcuts for an assistant application Feb 17, 2024 Issued
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18/437588
Imaging apparatus, drive method of imaging apparatus, and program Feb 8, 2024 Issued
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18/436685
Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof, image processing apparatus and storage medium Feb 7, 2024 Issued
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18/431442
Apparatus and method executed by apparatus Feb 1, 2024 Issued
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18/423106
Region of Interest-Based Phase Detection Autofocus Control for Barcode Decoding Jan 24, 2024 Pending
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18/416543
DEFECTIVE PIXEL CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Jan 17, 2024 Pending
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18/408318
Image sensing device Jan 8, 2024 Issued
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18/406267
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAMERA SYNCHRONIZATION Jan 7, 2024 Pending
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18/406383
Imaging element, imaging device, monitoring device, and method for controlling imaging element Jan 7, 2024 Issued
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18/389970
Camera devices having autofocus pixels Dec 19, 2023 Issued
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18/389970
Camera devices having autofocus pixels Dec 19, 2023 Issued
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18/541932
Light detector Dec 14, 2023 Issued
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18/533215
Automatic focusing method for fluorescence imaging device Dec 7, 2023 Issued
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18/523774
CAMERA INITIALIZATION FOR REDUCED LATENCY Nov 28, 2023 Pending
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18/515569
Image pickup apparatus capable of, when manual focus operation is performed during photographing, performing photographing with subject desired by user in focus while maintaining entire video image in composition intended by user, control method for image pickup apparatus, and storage medium Nov 20, 2023 Issued
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18/504387
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM Nov 7, 2023 Pending
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18/497782
Imaging apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium Oct 29, 2023 Issued
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