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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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17/643051
Rapid ground-plane discrimination in stereoscopic images Dec 6, 2021 Issued
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17/532858
Matching and ranking content items Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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17/523286
Motion vector range based on motion vector precision Nov 9, 2021 Issued
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17/507474
Reducing multicast join latency for IPTV streams Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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17/503898
Parallel scheduling of multilayered media Oct 17, 2021 Issued
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17/502852
Apparatus and methods for video compression Oct 14, 2021 Issued
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17/449943
Steerable positioning element Oct 3, 2021 Issued
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17/449735
Method and system for effective adaptive bitrate streaming Sep 30, 2021 Issued
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17/469997
Systems and methods for applying deblocking filters to reconstructed video data Sep 8, 2021 Issued
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17/405599
Video distribution system for live distributing video containing animation of character object generated based on motion of actors Aug 17, 2021 Issued
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17/391712
Systems and methods for conflict detection based on user preferences Aug 1, 2021 Issued
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17/371041
Prioritizing encoding of video data received by an online system to maximize visual quality while accounting for fixed computing capacity Jul 7, 2021 Issued
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17/358133
Method and system for delivery of content over an electronic book channel Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/353607
Method, device, and recording medium storing bit stream, for encoding/decoding image Jun 20, 2021 Issued
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17/350338
Method for managing the reading of a digital content item within a multimedia content reader terminal connected to a rendering device Jun 16, 2021 Issued
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17/348918
Method of determining video resolution, computing device, and computer-program product Jun 15, 2021 Issued
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17/346662
Display control apparatus Jun 13, 2021 Issued
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17/334274
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify candidates for media asset qualification May 27, 2021 Issued
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17/237807
Method of video transmission and display Apr 21, 2021 Issued
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17/223705
Information processing apparatus and information processing method Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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