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Scott E. Sonners

Examiner (ID: 11150, Phone: (571)270-7504 , Office: P/2617 )

Most Active Art Unit
2613
Art Unit(s)
2678, 4175, 2628, 2613, 2617
Total Applications
448
Issued Applications
298
Pending Applications
38
Abandoned Applications
120

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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11/556657
Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system Nov 2, 2006 Issued
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11/556660
Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system Nov 2, 2006 Issued
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11/553199
Extracting Feature Information From Mesh Oct 25, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 5038834 [patent_doc_number] => 20070091116 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-04-26 [patent_title] => 'System and method for creating an ICC profile of an LCD' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/584886 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 1978 [patent_no_of_claims] => 7 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0091/20070091116.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11584886 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/584886
System and method for creating an ICC profile of an LCD Oct 22, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 5020302 [patent_doc_number] => 20070146268 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-06-28 [patent_title] => 'Method of realizing images in a portable display apparatus' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/584685 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 2411 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0146/20070146268.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11584685 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/584685
Method of realizing images in a portable display apparatus Oct 19, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 5117705 [patent_doc_number] => 20070139419 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-06-21 [patent_title] => 'METHOD OF CAUSING FIRST OBJECT TO TAKE MOTION ACCORDING TO POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SECOND OBJECT' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/538573 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-04 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 19601 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 10 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0139/20070139419.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11538573 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/538573
Method of causing first object to take motion according to positional relationship with second object Oct 3, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 143835 [patent_doc_number] => 07692649 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-04-06 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for virtual reality presentation of civil engineering, land planning and infrastructure' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/538103 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 11338 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 230 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/692/07692649.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11538103 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/538103
Method and apparatus for virtual reality presentation of civil engineering, land planning and infrastructure Oct 2, 2006 Issued
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11/542341
Layer structure providing method for converting and displaying background screen based on data storage information and background screen converting method therefor, and mobile terminal for the same Oct 2, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 174513 [patent_doc_number] => 07659893 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-02-09 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus to ensure consistency of depth values computed in different sections of a graphics processor' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/538002 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-10-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 11773 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 191 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/659/07659893.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11538002 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/538002
Method and apparatus to ensure consistency of depth values computed in different sections of a graphics processor Oct 1, 2006 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4942649 [patent_doc_number] => 20080079972 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-04-03 [patent_title] => 'Image-based document display' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/540116 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 6506 [patent_no_of_claims] => 33 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0079/20080079972.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11540116 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/540116
Image-based document display Sep 28, 2006 Issued
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11/537588
Apparatus and method for visualizing the relationship between a plurality of sets Sep 28, 2006 Issued
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11/536078
WHITE BALANCE METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING Sep 27, 2006 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 196947 [patent_doc_number] => 07636098 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-12-22 [patent_title] => 'Salience preserving image fusion' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/536513 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2006-09-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3461 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 109 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/636/07636098.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11536513 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/536513
Salience preserving image fusion Sep 27, 2006 Issued
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11/536169
Integrated acceleration data structure for physics and ray tracing workload Sep 27, 2006 Issued
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11/536179
Updating frame divisions based on ray tracing image processing system performance Sep 27, 2006 Issued
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11/535768
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL BLENDING Sep 26, 2006 Abandoned
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11/535809
Graphics processing unit with unified vertex cache and shader register file Sep 26, 2006 Issued
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11/535277
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program Sep 25, 2006 Issued
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11/534345
METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING USER-CUSTOMIZABLE STANDARDIZED ANATOMICAL VIEWING PROTOCOLS FOR VOLUMETRIC DATA Sep 21, 2006 Abandoned
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11/534559
Sampling methods suited for graphics hardware acceleration Sep 21, 2006 Issued
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