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Examiner: Huber, Paul W.


Primary examiner statistics: 1165 patents; average approval time: 1164 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 180 patents; average approval time: 693 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7463565 Method of storing rotating media data in image file
7463571 Optical element, optical pickup, and optical information recordin...
7460445 Apparatus and method for manufacturing optical disks, apparatus a...
7460450 Information recording medium, recording device and recording meth...
7460457 Optical disk recording/playback apparatus and optical disk evalua...
7457212 Defect management in disc reproducing/rewriting system
7457213 Write signal generator with delay calibration
7453787 Optical pickup
7453779 Apparatus for capturing and recording video information
7453775 Method for dynamically adjusting header region RF gain while acce...
7453789 Data recording device with conducting microtips and production me...
7450488 Apparatus and method for manufacturing optical disks, apparatus a...
7450481 Apparatus for reproducing data from information storage medium ha...
7447131 Method for determining optimum recording power through detecting ...
7440388 Information storage medium and information recording apparatus fo...
7440368 Information storage medium
7436741 Optical disc unit, optical disc recording method, and optical dis...
7430156 Information recording medium, recording apparatus and method for ...
7426162 Method of recording and/or reproducing data with respect to multi...
7426169 Optical pickup apparatus and optical pickup method
7423944 Information storage medium having storage layer with optical powe...
7420904 Recording medium for storing version information for maintaining ...
7420910 Optical recording/reproducing method for multiple recording media...
7414955 Optical disc and recording/producing method therefor
7414953 Memory having a layer with electrical conductivity anisotropy
7414931 Information recording medium, recording apparatus and method for ...
7414942 Digital automatic gain control of a multilevel optical disc read ...
7414943 Method and apparatus for extracting information from burst cuttin...
7414949 Semiconductor laser device and optical pickup device
7414937 Information storage medium having multiple storage layers with op...
7414941 Data recording device and data reproducing device
7408864 Information storage medium having optimal power control areas
7408856 Method of recording data on information storage medium having mul...
7408867 Method of aligning an optical fiber, method of manufacturing a se...
7408858 Information storage medium including a system lead-in area, a con...
7406017 Apparatus for reproducing data from information storage medium ha...
7406027 Optical data storage system having combined fluorescent three-dim...
7406016 Optical disk apparatus and control method for controlling distanc...
7403455 Information recording medium, recording apparatus and method for ...
7400566 Method of sequentially recording programs using calculated recept...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5708638 Device for optically scanning a recording medium by focusing the ...
5684773 Information reproduction apparatus compatible with different reco...
5684782 Use of a laser light source as a detector via a dithering modulat...
5640378 Disc recording apparatus for recording data in units of a full cl...
5631892 Optical storage disc scanner with improved scanner positioning
5627805 Methods and apparatus for high speed optical storage device
5615188 Recording method and recording and reproducing apparatus for opti...
5612938 Correcting recorded marks and land lengths taken from an optical ...
5610881 Method for preventing audio data on a scratched portion of a comp...
5608697 Record carrier containing an audio and/or video signal which has ...
5606540 Digital signal reproducing apparatus
5602812 Reproducing rate control apparatus for optical disk
5600621 Laser output control device for an optical information recording ...
5598390 Dual more recording and reproducing apparatus having two recordin...
5598391 Apparatus for recording data and statically storing and recording...
5592457 System for recording digital information in a pulse-length modula...
5590107 Information processing apparatus for adding handwritten data to a...
5587983 System for recording digital information in a pulse-length modula...
5587978 Record/reproduction apparatus for recording/reproducing multi-cha...
5583838 Recording apparatus having data recording rate phase-synchronized...
5583836 Optical recording/reproducing apparatus capable of multi-track ac...
5581530 Digital recorder for processing of parallel data stored in multip...
5579294 Magneto-optical medium and recording and/or reproducing apparatus...
5577011 Method for preventing erroneous recording in compact disc player
5572494 Device for detecting traveling speed of pickup
5568458 Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus in which ...
5566154 Digital signal processing apparatus, digital signal processing me...
5563866 Sound editor for editing audio signals by relating new cuts to ...
5561654 Compact write system for optical tape recording
5561651 System for reducing lead-in time in a laser disk reproducing appa...
5561658 Friction drive for a disc player
5561649 Disk recording medium and reproduction method and apparatus there...
5561647 System for detection of readout signals from optical disc
5559777 Optical recording method employing pit edge recording on recordin...
5559774 Optical disc reproducing apparatus which employs a binary detecto...
5557594 Method and apparatus for recording data on recording medium
5555229 Method and arrangement for recording/reproducing compressed progr...
5555230 Multichannel digital-signal reproducing apparatus for switching a...
5553045 Disk recording method and apparatus for indentifying and skipping...
5553046 Optical recording medium and playback method utilizing pits on tr...
 
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