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Timothy M. Speer

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 9641, Phone: (571)272-8385 , Office: P/3992 )

Most Active Art Unit
1775
Art Unit(s)
1315, 1772, 1774, 1784, 1508, 3991, 1775, 1794, 1773, 3992
Total Applications
1104
Issued Applications
820
Pending Applications
99
Abandoned Applications
193

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/630873
Systems and methods for performing chroma local illumination compensation derivation based on a quantization parameter in video coding Apr 8, 2024 Issued
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18/629366
Systems and methods for deblocking filtering Apr 7, 2024 Issued
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18/624894
Chroma block prediction method and device Apr 1, 2024 Issued
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18/623323
Reducing context coded and bypass coded bins to improve context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) throughput Mar 31, 2024 Issued
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18/619448
Cross-component sample adaptive offset Mar 27, 2024 Issued
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18/620827
METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Mar 27, 2024 Pending
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18/617726
Video coding in relation to subpictures Mar 26, 2024 Issued
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18/616963
Adaptive coding order for intra prediction in video coding Mar 25, 2024 Issued
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18/600315
Coding enhancement in cross-component sample adaptive offset Mar 7, 2024 Issued
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18/589777
PREPROCESSING OF INPUT DATA FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Feb 27, 2024 Pending
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18/585323
Method for encoding/decoding an intra-picture prediction mode using two intra-prediction mode candidate, and apparatus using such a method Feb 22, 2024 Issued
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18/586194
Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium storing bit stream Feb 22, 2024 Issued
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18/444383
Image coding apparatus and image decoding apparatus Feb 15, 2024 Issued
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18/442955
METHODS FOR COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF NEURAL NETWORK BASED VIDEO CODING TOOLS Feb 14, 2024 Pending
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18/443056
EXTENDED QUANTIZER WITH FINER STEP SIZE Feb 14, 2024 Pending
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18/440778
In-loop filtering-based image coding apparatus and method Feb 12, 2024 Issued
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18/436146
Intra-prediction on non-dyadic blocks Feb 7, 2024 Issued
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18/432212
Fusion Mode For Adaptive Loop Filter In Video Coding Feb 4, 2024 Pending
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18/432724
Landmark configuration matcher Feb 4, 2024 Issued
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18/431287
Mode dependent intra smoothing Feb 1, 2024 Issued
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