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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

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18/744515
SIGNALING OF INTER LAYER PREDICTION IN VIDEO BITSTREAM Jun 13, 2024 Pending
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18/742428
Reference picture resampling Jun 12, 2024 Issued
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18/680303
Method for encoding and method for decoding a lut and corresponding devices May 30, 2024 Issued
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18/676272
CROSS-COMPONENT SAMPLE OFFSET May 27, 2024 Pending
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18/675843
CHROMA DEBLOCKING HARMONIZATION FOR VIDEO CODING May 27, 2024 Pending
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18/675121
CROSS-COMPONENT SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET May 26, 2024 Pending
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18/672634
Information transmission method and apparatus, terminal, and network-side device May 22, 2024 Issued
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18/666734
Integrated image reshaping and video coding May 15, 2024 Issued
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18/659354
Image decoding method using chroma quantization parameter table, and device therefor May 8, 2024 Issued
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18/649341
Device and method for encoding video data using maximum bit-depth constraint information Apr 28, 2024 Issued
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18/641273
Apparatus for recognizing object and method thereof Apr 18, 2024 Issued
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18/636785
Factional sample interpolation for reference picture resampling Apr 15, 2024 Issued
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18/633867
Motion Candidates Derivation Apr 11, 2024 Issued
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18/625275
Video signal processing method and device using intra prediction filtering Apr 2, 2024 Issued
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18/625315
Video signal processing method and device using intra prediction filtering Apr 2, 2024 Issued
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18/625299
Video signal processing method and device using intra prediction filtering Apr 2, 2024 Issued
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18/625286
Video signal processing method and device using intra prediction filtering Apr 2, 2024 Issued
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18/624636
Object mask information for supplemental enhancement information message Apr 1, 2024 Issued
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18/610994
Apparatuses and methods for encoding and decoding based on syntax element values Mar 19, 2024 Issued
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18/604975
Multi-module imaging system and image-synchronization method Mar 13, 2024 Issued
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