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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
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14/488682
IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Sep 16, 2014 Abandoned
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14/481055
MULTI-VIEW IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD Sep 8, 2014 Abandoned
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14/456163
HEAD UNIT WITH UNIFORM VISION PROCESSING UNIT INTERFACE Aug 10, 2014 Abandoned
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14/196685
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVING IMAGE ENCODING AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVING IMAGE DECODING Mar 3, 2014 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 9002393 [patent_doc_number] => 20130223518 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-08-29 [patent_title] => 'IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/760381 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-02-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 52 [patent_figures_cnt] => 52 [patent_no_of_words] => 22588 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13760381 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/760381
IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS Feb 5, 2013 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8790975 [patent_doc_number] => 20130107944 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-05-02 [patent_title] => 'MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/725242 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-12-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 16 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 7157 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13725242 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/725242
MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD Dec 20, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8514668 [patent_doc_number] => 20120314076 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-12-13 [patent_title] => 'SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/488663 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-06-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3615 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13488663 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/488663
SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL Jun 4, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8514672 [patent_doc_number] => 20120314080 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-12-13 [patent_title] => 'GAS LEAKAGE DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/489256 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-06-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 7236 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13489256 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/489256
GAS LEAKAGE DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD Jun 4, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8610884 [patent_doc_number] => 20130016196 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-01-17 [patent_title] => 'DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE THEREOF' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/488979 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-06-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 8831 [patent_no_of_claims] => 25 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13488979 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/488979
DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE THEREOF Jun 4, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8346294 [patent_doc_number] => 20120207219 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-08-16 [patent_title] => 'PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/363981 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-02-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 10029 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13363981 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/363981
PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Jan 31, 2012 Abandoned
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13/337632
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Dec 26, 2011 Abandoned
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13/267120
ENCODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Oct 5, 2011 Abandoned
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13/151311
MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD Jun 1, 2011 Abandoned
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13/108222
COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM PRODUCT May 15, 2011 Abandoned
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13/042997
Adaptive Control of Encoders for Continuous Data Streaming Mar 7, 2011 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 6109044 [patent_doc_number] => 20110188571 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-08-04 [patent_title] => 'RECURSIVE ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION FILTERS (RAIF)' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/018587 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2011-02-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 6350 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0188/20110188571.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13018587 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/018587
RECURSIVE ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION FILTERS (RAIF) Jan 31, 2011 Abandoned
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12/983691
MOVING-PICTURE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Jan 2, 2011 Abandoned
12/970808 FRAME INTERPOLATION DOUBLE CONFIRMATION AND MOTION VECTOR RECONSTRUCTION Dec 15, 2010 Abandoned
12/970822 FRAME INTERPOLATION USING PIXEL ADAPTIVE BLENDING Dec 15, 2010 Abandoned
12/970760 USING DOUBLE CONFIRMATION OF MOTION VECTORS TO DETERMINE OCCLUDED REGIONS IN IMAGES Dec 15, 2010 Abandoned
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