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Tom Y. Lu

Examiner (ID: 5132)

Most Active Art Unit
2667
Art Unit(s)
2667, 2624, 2621
Total Applications
1447
Issued Applications
1245
Pending Applications
80
Abandoned Applications
144

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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10/329546
Apparatus and method for embedding and extracting a digital watermark based on a wavelet Dec 26, 2002 Issued
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10/329469
Method and apparatus for color-based object tracking in video sequences Dec 26, 2002 Issued
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10/329703
System and method of measuring fat content in target organ and recording medium of recording fat content measuring program Dec 26, 2002 Issued
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10/319404
Reversible watermarking Dec 11, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6695577 [patent_doc_number] => 20030107771 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-06-12 [patent_title] => 'Image reading apparatus, image reading method and image reading system' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/316112 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-12-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 4528 [patent_no_of_claims] => 25 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 44 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0107/20030107771.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10316112 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/316112
Image reading apparatus, image reading method and image reading system Dec 10, 2002 Issued
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10/315850
Method of providing an indication of quality of a document image and an apparatus therefor Dec 9, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8644606 [patent_doc_number] => 08369601 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-02-05 [patent_title] => 'Method of processing a check in an image-based check processing system and an apparatus therefor' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/315852 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-12-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 3679 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 137 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10315852 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/315852
Method of processing a check in an image-based check processing system and an apparatus therefor Dec 9, 2002 Issued
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10/308456
Endoscope image filing system and endoscope image filing method Dec 2, 2002 Issued
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10/264029
System and method for comparing ultrasound images corresponding to two user-selected data points Oct 2, 2002 Issued
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10/260734
System and method for distributing centrally located pre-processed medical image data to remote terminals Sep 26, 2002 Abandoned
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10/238922
Method of extracting locations of nucleic acid array features Sep 8, 2002 Issued
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10/363634
Information inputting/specifying method and information inputting/specifying device Jul 10, 2002 Issued
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10/193719
Variable message coding protocols for encoding auxiliary data in media signals Jul 9, 2002 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6672508 [patent_doc_number] => 20030058111 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-03-27 [patent_title] => 'Computer vision based elderly care monitoring system' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 10/189272 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-07-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 7490 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 74 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0058/20030058111.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10189272 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/189272
Computer vision based elderly care monitoring system Jul 2, 2002 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 932344 [patent_doc_number] => 06980683 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2005-12-27 [patent_title] => 'On-line correction of patient motion in three-dimensional positron emission tomography' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 10/179060 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2002-06-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 4533 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 113 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/980/06980683.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 10179060 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
10/179060
On-line correction of patient motion in three-dimensional positron emission tomography Jun 24, 2002 Issued
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10/173754
Method and system for transforming an image of a biological surface Jun 18, 2002 Issued
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10/165286
System and method for adapting the ambience of a local environment according to the location and personal preferences of people in the local environment Jun 6, 2002 Issued
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10/164947
System and method for mode-based multi-hypothesis tracking using parametric contours Jun 6, 2002 Issued
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10/163424
Travel road detector Jun 6, 2002 Issued
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10/164005
Conversion and encoding techniques Jun 6, 2002 Issued
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