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William E. Rankins

Examiner (ID: 18716, Phone: (571)270-3465 , Office: P/3694 )

Most Active Art Unit
3694
Art Unit(s)
3696, 3684, 3694
Total Applications
945
Issued Applications
568
Pending Applications
63
Abandoned Applications
325

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 4162001 [patent_doc_number] => 06064765 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-05-16 [patent_title] => 'Handwritten information input apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/229058 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-04-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 22 [patent_no_of_words] => 5153 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 188 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/064/06064765.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 229058 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/229058
Handwritten information input apparatus Apr 17, 1994 Issued
08/224587 METHOD FOR GENERATING SMOOTH COLOR CORRECTIONS IN A COLOR SPACE, PARTICULARLY A CIELAB COLOR SPACE Apr 6, 1994 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 3430910 [patent_doc_number] => 05479533 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1995-12-26 [patent_title] => 'Pattern recognition apparatus and method using fuzzy logic' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/223139 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-04-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 5035 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 247 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/479/05479533.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 223139 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/223139
Pattern recognition apparatus and method using fuzzy logic Apr 4, 1994 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3899766 [patent_doc_number] => 05715335 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-02-03 [patent_title] => 'Noise reduction' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/223389 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-04-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 3700 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 84 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/715/05715335.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 223389 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/223389
Noise reduction Apr 4, 1994 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3870495 [patent_doc_number] => 05768435 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-06-16 [patent_title] => 'Method and system for transferring a bit-mapped image using vertical and horizontal rules' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/220456 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-03-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 5534 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 160 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/768/05768435.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 220456 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/220456
Method and system for transferring a bit-mapped image using vertical and horizontal rules Mar 30, 1994 Issued
08/217785 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE COLOR TRANSFORMATION OF COLOR VALUES BETWEEN COLOR SPACES Mar 23, 1994 Abandoned
08/216982 X-RAY EXAMINATION APPARATUS WITH AN IMAGING ARRANGEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE SENSORS Mar 22, 1994 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 3794050 [patent_doc_number] => 05757962 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-05-26 [patent_title] => 'Character recognition' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/216574 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-03-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 6448 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 403 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/757/05757962.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 216574 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/216574
Character recognition Mar 21, 1994 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3453802 [patent_doc_number] => 05467402 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1995-11-14 [patent_title] => 'Distributed image recognizing system and traffic flow instrumentation system and crime/disaster preventing system using such image recognizing system' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/212378 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 9405 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 230 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/467/05467402.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 212378 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/212378
Distributed image recognizing system and traffic flow instrumentation system and crime/disaster preventing system using such image recognizing system Mar 13, 1994 Issued
08/204086 NEAR BLACK UNDER COLOUR REMOVAL Mar 1, 1994 Abandoned
08/204085 COLOUR CONVERSION APPARATUS Mar 1, 1994 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 3964388 [patent_doc_number] => 05956417 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1999-09-21 [patent_title] => 'Robot vision using target holes, corners and other object features' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/203603 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-02-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6060 [patent_no_of_claims] => 29 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 142 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/956/05956417.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 203603 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/203603
Robot vision using target holes, corners and other object features Feb 27, 1994 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3518239 [patent_doc_number] => 05570434 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1996-10-29 [patent_title] => 'Circuit arrangement for recognizing a human face' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/202843 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-02-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6994 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 356 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/570/05570434.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 202843 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/202843
Circuit arrangement for recognizing a human face Feb 24, 1994 Issued
08/200839 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OF AN IMAGE Feb 21, 1994 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 3754619 [patent_doc_number] => 05787202 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1998-07-28 [patent_title] => 'Character recognition apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/191158 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1994-02-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 2007 [patent_no_of_claims] => 55 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 162 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/787/05787202.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 191158 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/191158
Character recognition apparatus Feb 2, 1994 Issued
08/175725 CHARACTER PATTERN GENERATION Dec 29, 1993 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 3660829 [patent_doc_number] => 05606630 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1997-02-25 [patent_title] => 'Photographed image reproducing apparatus' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/174354 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1993-12-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 26 [patent_figures_cnt] => 40 [patent_no_of_words] => 16719 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 100 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/606/05606630.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 174354 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/174354
Photographed image reproducing apparatus Dec 27, 1993 Issued
Array ( [id] => 3424134 [patent_doc_number] => 05444798 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 1995-08-22 [patent_title] => 'System for detecting an edge of an image' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 8/174627 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1993-12-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 6007 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 157 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/05/444/05444798.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 174627 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
08/174627
System for detecting an edge of an image Dec 27, 1993 Issued
08/174460 CHARACTER RECOGNIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS Dec 27, 1993 Abandoned
08/172095 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS Dec 22, 1993 Abandoned
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