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Examiner: Herndon, H. R.


Primary examiner statistics: 14 patents; average approval time: 1586 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 260 patents; average approval time: 983 days

Patents as Primary Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
5402531 Method for producing offset surface and offset solid
5283866 Image processing system
5276778 Image processing system
5274755 Hardware implementation for providing raster offsets in a graphic...
5274754 Method and apparatus for generating anti-aliased vectors, arcs an...
5224207 Improved remote programming using display screen
5204943 Image forming apparatus
5182795 Process and device for graphically drawing point by point a close...
5146551 System for generating a circular or elliptic arc on a digital dis...
5136689 Method and apparatus for incremental computation of a linear func...
5115404 Digital storage oscilloscope with indication of aliased display
5047955 Electronic collation
5001656 Ambient temperature monitoring technique
4967372 Automatic orientation and interactive addressing of display

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5262965 System and method for high speed computer graphics image computat...
5109352 System for encoding a collection of ideographic characters
5038299 Serial/parallel transfer apparatus
5033007 Apparatus for processing continuously inputted picture data strin...
5029105 Programmable pipeline for formatting RGB pixel data into fields o...
5018081 Printer with automatic restart
5010499 Digital data capture for use with TV set or monitor
5003495 Method and apparatus for scanning, storing and reproducing artwor...
5003497 Method for three-dimensional clip checking for computer graphics
5003492 Display apparatus having data reset arrangement for fast changing...
5003496 Page memory control in a raster image processor
4996649 Image processor capable of storing character images and graphic i...
4996652 System for displaying image of extended area
4996653 Line generation in a display system
4991972 Control apparatus for a printer
4992960 Apparatus for processing image data for displaying an image on a ...
4991112 Graphics system with graphics controller and DRAM controller
4989163 Photo printer having a host computer assist function and method o...
4987554 Method of converting continuous three-dimensional geometrical ...
4987552 Automatic video editing system and method
4985848 High speed image processing system using separate data processor ...
4982345 Interactive computer graphics display system processing method fo...
4982343 Method and apparatus for displaying a plurality of graphic images
4980841 Block processing apparatus
4980840 Computerized editing and composing system
4975857 Graphic processing apparatus utilizing improved data transfer to ...
4975861 Color conversion image processing system with modified intensity ...
4975859 Method of controlling photo printer and apparatus therefor
4975858 Controller for a printer for printing data received from an exter...
4974178 Editing apparatus for audio and video information
4974170 Electronic directory for identifying a selected group of subscrib...
4972329 System for creating images, in particular dummies for printing ...
4970664 Critical path analyzer with path context window
4967372 Automatic orientation and interactive addressing of display
4967375 Fast architecture for graphics processor
4965752 Spatial transformation of node points in computer graphics using ...
4965751 Graphics system with programmable tile size and multiplexed pixel...
4962463 Video imaging device with image altering controls and related met...
4962466 Electronic product information display system
4962468 System and method for utilizing fast polygon fill routines in a g...
 
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