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Robert J. Hance

Examiner (ID: 4746, Phone: (571)270-5319 , Office: P/2421 )

Most Active Art Unit
2423
Art Unit(s)
3992, 2422, 2421, 2423, 2623
Total Applications
852
Issued Applications
546
Pending Applications
79
Abandoned Applications
250

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/014659
System and method for correcting non-ideal wafer topography Sep 7, 2020 Issued
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17/008110
Domain name determination Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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17/000039
Multimode synchronous rendering of audio and video Aug 20, 2020 Issued
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16/941198
INTELLIGENT CAPTIONING Jul 27, 2020 Abandoned
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16/935491
Systems and methods for mirroring and transcoding media content Jul 21, 2020 Issued
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16/932042
Managing addressable asset campaigns across multiple devices Jul 16, 2020 Issued
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16/926048
Systems and methods for requesting electronic programming content through internet content Jul 9, 2020 Issued
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16/921335
Methods and systems for recommending media content related to a recently completed activity Jul 5, 2020 Issued
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16/912532
System and method for presenting electronic media assets Jun 24, 2020 Issued
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16/911685
Image decoding device and image coding device Jun 24, 2020 Issued
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17/618090
Lossless mode for versatile video coding Jun 15, 2020 Issued
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16/880262
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD May 20, 2020 Abandoned
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17/293619
Method for encoding/decoding image signal and apparatus therefor May 14, 2020 Issued
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16/854816
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED COMPENSATION, PRESENTATION, AND SHARING OF ON-DEMAND, LIVE, SOCIAL OR MARKET CONTENT Apr 20, 2020 Abandoned
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16/853232
Adaptive loop filter set index signaling Apr 19, 2020 Issued
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16/844168
Video encoder with quantization control Apr 8, 2020 Issued
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16/842343
Adaptation parameter sets (APS) for adaptive loop filter (ALF) parameters Apr 6, 2020 Issued
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16/842196
Multi-camera apparatus and image capturing system including the same Apr 6, 2020 Issued
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17/753889
Cause-of-viewer-disengagement estimating apparatus, cause-of-viewer-disengagement estimating method and program Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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16/830060
Audio playback timing adjustment Mar 24, 2020 Issued
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