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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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16/517817
Quantization parameter determination method and image capture apparatus Jul 21, 2019 Issued
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16/517717
Simultaneous motion of users to trigger establishment of network communications channel Jul 21, 2019 Issued
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16/516285
Method and device for obtaining popularity of information stream Jul 18, 2019 Issued
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16/513244
Sampled image compression methods and image processing pipeline Jul 15, 2019 Issued
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17/261019
System and method for content-layer based video compression Jul 15, 2019 Issued
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16/510864
USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIMODE SYNCHRONOUS RENDERING OF HEADPHONE AUDIO AND VIDEO Jul 11, 2019 Abandoned
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16/509935
On Demand Digital Streaming for Use of Media Over the Internet Jul 11, 2019 Abandoned
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16/509064
Video fractal cross correlated action bubble transition Jul 10, 2019 Issued
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16/508500
SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED ACCESS TO DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT Jul 10, 2019 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 15037409 [patent_doc_number] => 20190329709 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-10-31 [patent_title] => CMS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSING METHODS FOR VEHICLES [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/507807 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9551 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -15 [patent_words_short_claim] => 75 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16507807 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/507807
CMS systems and processing methods for vehicles Jul 9, 2019 Issued
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16/508270
Programmatic ingestion and STB delivery in ad auction environments Jul 9, 2019 Issued
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16/451181
Information processing system, information processing device and program Jun 24, 2019 Issued
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17/255593
Method and apparatus for tile-relative addressing in video coding Jun 17, 2019 Issued
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16/441924
Media content identification on mobile devices Jun 13, 2019 Issued
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16/433191
METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE, DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Jun 5, 2019 Abandoned
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16/431455
Simultaneous playback for multiple audience members with different visual and audio needs Jun 3, 2019 Issued
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16/413779
Integrating broadcast media streams with user media streams May 15, 2019 Issued
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16/410756
Methods and apparatus for updating media presentation data May 12, 2019 Issued
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16/407733
Video distribution system for live distributing video containing animation of character object generated based on motion of actors May 8, 2019 Issued
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16/407809
Method and system for delivery of immersive content over communication networks May 8, 2019 Issued
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