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William J Royer

Examiner (ID: 16936, Phone: (571)272-2140 , Office: P/2852 )

Most Active Art Unit
2852
Art Unit(s)
2105, 2899, 2852
Total Applications
2466
Issued Applications
2346
Pending Applications
13
Abandoned Applications
107

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/340746
Method and apparatus for thumbnail generation for a video device Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/337926
Apparatus and methods for determining state of visibility for a road object in real time Jun 2, 2021 Issued
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17/329751
Method and apparatus for inter-picture prediction with virtual reference picture for video coding May 24, 2021 Issued
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17/324605
Sensor for access control reader for anti-tailgating applications May 18, 2021 Issued
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17/240827
Systems and methods for performing adaptive bitrate streaming Apr 25, 2021 Issued
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17/232296
DIGITAL VIDEO ALARM LOITERING MONITORING COMPUTER SYSTEM Apr 15, 2021 Pending
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17/229290
Systems and methods for an improved camera system using filters and machine learning to estimate depth Apr 12, 2021 Issued
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17/228903
Extensions of inter prediction with geometric partitioning Apr 12, 2021 Issued
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17/228269
Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus Apr 11, 2021 Issued
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17/228234
Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus Apr 11, 2021 Issued
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17/228308
Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus Apr 11, 2021 Issued
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17/228197
Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus Apr 11, 2021 Issued
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17/223697
Electric shaver with imaging capability Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/223623
Electric shaver with imaging capability Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/223646
Electric shaver with imaging capability Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/223670
Electric shaver with imaging capability Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/215451
Casino system with camera-based human full body sensing and player action prediction Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/911423
Measuring device and imaging control method Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/207267
Sphere projected motion estimation/compensation and mode decision Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/198710
LAYERED SCENE DECOMPOSITION CODEC WITH HIGHER ORDER LIGHTING Mar 10, 2021 Abandoned
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