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Sharon Lee Howard

Examiner (ID: 16636)

Most Active Art Unit
1615
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1615, 1621, 1502
Total Applications
846
Issued Applications
585
Pending Applications
130
Abandoned Applications
131

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 19454124 [patent_doc_number] => 20240314254 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-09-19 [patent_title] => IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/669295 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-05-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14754 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 89 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18669295 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/669295
Image processing device, output system, and output method May 19, 2024 Issued
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18/638271
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 16, 2024 Pending
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18/616532
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mar 25, 2024 Pending
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18/614834
Printing control device, method for controlling printing control device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program Mar 24, 2024 Issued
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18/605752
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Mar 13, 2024 Pending
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18/603354
COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mar 12, 2024 Pending
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18/590979
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TARGET EVENT Feb 28, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 20035699 [patent_doc_number] => 20250173921 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-05-29 [patent_title] => METHOD FOR CONVERTING ENDOSCOPE IMAGES TO NARROW BAND IMAGES [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/590995 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-02-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 3135 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 233 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18590995 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/590995
METHOD FOR CONVERTING ENDOSCOPE IMAGES TO NARROW BAND IMAGES Feb 28, 2024 Issued
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18/591173
METHOD FOR SEMANTIC IMAGE SYNTHESIS USING CONDITION DIFFUSION AND APPARATUS FOR SAME Feb 28, 2024 Pending
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18/406733
MACHINE LEARNING BASED CYCLE TIME TRACKING AND REPORTING FOR VEHICLES Jan 7, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19628072 [patent_doc_number] => 12166938 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-12-10 [patent_title] => Method and apparatus to generate encrypted codes associated with a document [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/395404 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-12-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 4848 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 87 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18395404 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/395404
Method and apparatus to generate encrypted codes associated with a document Dec 21, 2023 Issued
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18/391354
LIGHT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM Dec 19, 2023 Pending
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18/543464
Information processing method, information processing system and information processing apparatus Dec 17, 2023 Issued
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18/528831
Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus Dec 4, 2023 Issued
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18/529186
Service providing apparatus and method for controlling same Dec 4, 2023 Issued
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18/519185
Ink jet system Nov 26, 2023 Issued
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18/510492
Voice control device, printing apparatus, control methods thereof, and storage medium Nov 14, 2023 Issued
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18/504996
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium Nov 7, 2023 Issued
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18/504495
Information processing apparatus and control method Nov 7, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19174902 [patent_doc_number] => 20240160876 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-05-16 [patent_title] => IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SETTING PRINT START POSITION FOR BACK SIDE OF RECORDING PAPER SHEET BASED ON MARGIN FORMED BY REDUCING IMAGE FOR BACK SIDE IN SIZE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/387446 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-11-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7129 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 316 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18387446 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/387446
Image forming apparatus capable of setting print start position for back side of recording paper sheet based on margin formed by reducing image for back side in size Nov 5, 2023 Issued
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