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Examiner: Burwell, Joseph R.


Primary examiner statistics: 72 patents; average approval time: 933 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 82 patents; average approval time: 972 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5960448 System and method for displaying a graphically enhanced view of a...
5950214 System, method, and computer program product for accessing a note...
5923337 Systems and methods for communicating through computer animated i...
5915256 Multimedia method and apparatus for presenting a story using a bi...
5909213 Remote highlighting of objects in conferencing system by logicall...
5905992 Document display system for organizing and displaying documents a...
5900002 Method and apparatus for manipulating page layouts in a desktop ...
5898429 System and method for labeling elements in animated movies using ...
5895473 System for extracting text from CAD files
5893127 Generator for document with HTML tagged table having data element...
5893134 Aligning source texts of different natural languages to produce o...
5893126 Method and apparatus for annotating a computer document incorpora...
5890183 Method, apparatus, electronic dictionary and recording medium for...
5890176 Object-oriented document version tracking method and apparatus
5890177 Method and apparatus for consolidating edits made by multiple edi...
5870766 Efficient imposition of arbitrary postscript files without prepro...
5870770 Document research system and method for displaying citing documen...
5867174 Character/symbol generating device for generating character/symbo...
5860073 Style sheets for publishing system
5857209 Efficient imposition of arbitrary postscript.RTM. files without ...
5857212 System and method for horizontal alignment of tokens in a structu...
5857211 System for automatically detecting cyclical and recursive links b...
5854634 Computer-assisted animation construction system using source pose...
5852447 Character and figure transforming system
5847710 Method and apparatus for creating three dimensional drawings
5845301 System, method, and computer program product for displaying and ...
5835922 Document processing apparatus and method for inputting the requir...
5832528 Method and system for selecting text with a mouse input device in...
5832531 Method and apparatus for identifying words described in a page ...
5832530 Method and apparatus for identifying words described in a portabl...
5831615 Method and apparatus for redrawing transparent windows
5828369 Method and system for displaying an animation sequence for in a ...
5819302 Method and apparatus for automatic generaton of documents with ...
5813019 Token-based computer program editor with program comment manageme...
5813021 Tape printing and editing assembly
5809318 Method and apparatus for synchronizing, displaying and manipulati...
5805846 System and method for dynamically sharing an application program ...
5806079 System, method, and computer program product for using intelligen...
5805134 Method and apparatus of detecting and displaying abnormal conditi...
5802531 Method and system for embedding parts of documents and synchroniz...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5701424 Palladian menus and methods relating thereto
5696982 Apparatus and method for page-retrieval using electronic-book dis...
5692205 Method and system for integration of multimedia presentations wit...
5689628 Coupling a display object to a viewpoint in a navigable workspace
5689724 Generic font specification leading to specific font selection
5680531 Animation system which employs scattered data interpolation and ...
5680534 Video game/videographics program fabricating system and method wi...
5680528 Digital dressing room
5680533 Videographics program/video game fabricating system and method
5671428 Collaborative document processing system with version and comment...
5671427 Document editing apparatus using a table to link document portion...
5669006 Method for automatically obtaining spatial layout for multimedia ...
5666553 Method for mapping, translating, and dynamically reconciling data...
5666500 Workstation user interface for use in conjunction with a host dat...
5659792 Storyboard system for the simultaneous timing of multiple indepen...
5657462 Method and apparatus for displaying animated characters upon a co...
5651107 Method and apparatus for presenting information in a display syst...
5649234 Method and apparatus for encoding graphical cues on a compact dis...
5649220 System and method for artwork design and production
5634020 Apparatus and method for displaying audio data as a discrete wave...
5633996 Device and method for layout of a structured document using multi...
5632022 Encyclopedia of software components
5630150 Automatic editing device for an english letter
5630035 Method of sampling a terrain data base
5627978 Graphical user interface for multimedia call set-up and call hand...
5625769 Apparatus for and method of generating a straight line and select...
5625772 Gray-scale font generating apparatus utilizing a blend ratio
5623681 Method and apparatus for synchronizing, displaying and manipulati...
5623679 System and method for creating and manipulating notes each contai...
5621874 Three dimensional document representation using strands
5619708 System and method for generating database input forms
5613055 Method of and apparatus for producing an animation having a serie...
5613134 Document display system using documents having ephemeral attribut...
5611039 Information processing apparatus and method for combining differe...
5608850 Transporting a display object coupled to a viewpoint within or be...
5600775 Method and apparatus for annotating full motion video and other i...
5600761 Resolution enhancement system for combined binary and gray scale ...
5598518 Text editing apparatus for rearranging sentences
5596694 Method and apparatus for indicating a change in status of an obje...
5594858 Uniform control template generating system and method for process...
 
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