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Scott E. Sonners

Examiner (ID: 4528, Phone: (571)270-7504 , Office: P/2617 )

Most Active Art Unit
2613
Art Unit(s)
2628, 2617, 4175, 2613, 2678
Total Applications
452
Issued Applications
300
Pending Applications
39
Abandoned Applications
121

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/320904
Contextual-based rendering of virtual avatars May 18, 2023 Issued
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18/312886
Methods and apparatuses for providing input for head-worn image display devices May 4, 2023 Issued
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18/185033
Mesh parameterization with temporally correlated UV atlases Mar 15, 2023 Issued
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18/172716
Electronic device and control method thereof Feb 21, 2023 Issued
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18/155028
Systems and methods for rigging a point cloud for animation Jan 15, 2023 Issued
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18/153020
Method of generating three-dimensional model and data processing device performing the same Jan 10, 2023 Issued
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18/145452
METHOD, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM TO CREATE 3D OBJECT FOR VIRTUAL SPACE Dec 21, 2022 Pending
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18/087805
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTIVELY DEPICTING UNDERWATER ACTIVITY IN MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS Dec 21, 2022 Pending
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18/081591
Determining lighting information for rendering a scene in computer graphics using illumination point sampling Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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18/081623
3-D graphics rendering with implicit geometry Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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17/980754
Neural opacity point cloud Nov 3, 2022 Issued
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18/705101
METHODS, STORAGE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL LINE SEGMENT Oct 24, 2022 Pending
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17/968432
Camera tracking via dynamic perspectives Oct 17, 2022 Issued
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17/961481
Systems and methods of enhancing quality of multiview images using a multimode display Oct 5, 2022 Issued
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17/934735
System for photo-realistic reflections in augmented reality Sep 22, 2022 Issued
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17/934735
System for photo-realistic reflections in augmented reality Sep 22, 2022 Issued
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17/934735
System for photo-realistic reflections in augmented reality Sep 22, 2022 Issued
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17/934735
System for photo-realistic reflections in augmented reality Sep 22, 2022 Issued
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18/690187
METHOD FOR DECODING 3D CONTENT, ENCODER, AND DECODER Sep 8, 2022 Pending
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17/822597
Systems and methods for rigging a point cloud for animation Aug 25, 2022 Issued
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