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Stephen C. Smith

Examiner (ID: 1092, Phone: (313)446-4914 , Office: P/2896 )

Most Active Art Unit
2896
Art Unit(s)
2896, 2895
Total Applications
248
Issued Applications
202
Pending Applications
0
Abandoned Applications
46

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/065478
ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Feb 26, 2025 Pending
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19/059241
ENTROPY CODING OF RESIDUALS Feb 19, 2025 Pending
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19/056977
USING DIFFERENT SOURCES FOR HADAMARD DOMAIN FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Feb 18, 2025 Pending
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19/031908
Hierarchical Inter-Layer Prediction in Multi-Loop Scalable Video Coding Jan 17, 2025 Pending
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19/017894
OPERATIONS AND PERFORMANCE AREA PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT MONITORING SYSTEM Jan 12, 2025 Pending
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19/015060
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL Jan 8, 2025 Pending
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19/006891
DEVICE FOR ENCODING MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGE Dec 30, 2024 Pending
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18/986762
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Dec 18, 2024 Pending
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18/982604
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGES AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING IMAGES Dec 15, 2024 Pending
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18/981536
Method for picture decoding/encoding, decoder, encoder, and computer program using flag enabled cross-decoding and cross-encoding of color components Dec 13, 2024 Issued
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18/981534
METHOD FOR PICTURE DECODING, METHOD FOR PICTURE ENCODING, DECODER, AND ENCODER Dec 13, 2024 Pending
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18/973690
SYNTHETIC IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM AND REAR IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM Dec 8, 2024 Pending
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18/964930
Three-dimensional-image display device and image generation device Dec 1, 2024 Issued
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18/964187
Colour component prediction method, encoder, decoder and storage medium Nov 28, 2024 Issued
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18/962399
MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION WITH DERIVED MOTION TRAJECTORY Nov 26, 2024 Pending
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18/953414
MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM OBTAINING CHROMINANCE VALUES FROM CORRESPONDING LUMINANCE VALUES Nov 19, 2024 Pending
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18/951139
IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM USING INTERC-COMPONENT PREDICTION Nov 17, 2024 Pending
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18/946757
CROSS-COMPONENT PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Nov 12, 2024 Pending
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18/942138
SIGNALING OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE IN MEDIA FILES Nov 7, 2024 Pending
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18/928813
VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS Oct 27, 2024 Pending
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