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Examiner: Tran, Thang V.


Primary examiner statistics: 1748 patents; average approval time: 1747 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 851 patents; average approval time: 851 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7502293 Information recording apparatus for controlling recording power o...
7471607 Mixed mode data slicer with auto calibration and method thereof
7463570 Multi-focus objective lens, optical pickup apparatus and optical ...
7460172 Frame interpolating method and apparatus thereof at frame rate co...
7460181 Blue stretch using restricted color range and soft transition bou...
7460175 Supersampling of digital video output for multiple analog display...
7456907 Method and apparatus for sharing control signals in a television ...
7457216 Method for recording/reproducing dye-based recordable DVD medium ...
7457215 Method for reproducing data and an apparatus for recording and re...
7453776 Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus and a method for det...
7453523 Noise reduction apparatus
7453520 Method and apparatus for processing a plurality of input video si...
7453522 Video data processing apparatus
7453783 Information storage apparatus
7453780 Information recording medium, information recording/reproducing a...
7453785 Method for generating a holograrm on a disc surface
7450181 Bit-depth extension with models of equivalent input visual noise
7450628 Processor, modulators and transceivers for spread spectrum, CDMA,...
7450484 Reproducing and/or recording apparatus and method determining whe...
7450482 Method for optimizing write parameters of optical storage medium ...
7450184 Circuits and methods for detecting 2:2 encoded video and systems ...
7447280 Iterative decoding
7447139 Light-receiving element, optical head, optical recording/reproduc...
7447123 Optical pickup device
7446815 Image conversion device and image conversion method
7447140 Ferroelectric probe storage apparatus
7443448 Apparatus to suppress artifacts of an image signal and method the...
7440030 Method and apparatus for interlaced display of progressive video ...
7440528 Timing recovery apparatus and method
7440390 Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparat...
7440386 Optical device and method of manufacturing the same
7440006 System for gracefully aging inactive areas of a video display
7440370 Method for determining a reproducing power of a laser beam and an...
7440363 Method and apparatus for slip protection of DVD-RAM drive's seek ...
7440362 Optical disc drive which uses a train of pulses to shift the focu...
7440038 Liquid crystal television and liquid crystal display apparatus
7436751 Optical pickup head and information recording and/or reproducing ...
7436455 De-interlacing device having a pattern recognizing unit and metho...
7436460 Easy-to-find remote control for television or other devices
7436752 Method and apparatus for signal equalization in a light storage s...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7463590 System and method for threat detection and response
7459732 Gas-sensitive field-effect transistor with air gap
7459741 Semiconductor memory device
7457237 Shared risk group handling within a media gateway
7456478 MOS transistor circuit
7456462 Fabricated U-shaped capacitor for a digital-to-analog converter
7453117 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device
7453091 Gallium nitride-based semiconductor device
7453089 Light-emitting device and display device
7453098 Vertical electrode structure of gallium nitride based light emitt...
7453119 Shielded gate trench (SGT) MOSFET cells implemented with a schott...
7450601 Method and communication apparatus for controlling a jitter buffe...
7449764 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
7450553 System and method for selecting beacon transmission starting poin...
7449752 Post passivation interconnection schemes on top of the IC chips
7450615 Apparatus and method for automatically bypassing a load coil in a...
7446365 Fabricated layered capacitor for a digital-to-analog converter
7447225 Multiple multicast forwarder prevention during NSF recovery of co...
7442977 Gated field effect devices
7442988 Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same
7442973 Solid-state imaging device and production method therefor
7436859 Demultiplexing device
7436038 Visible/near infrared image sensor array
7436023 High blocking semiconductor component comprising a drift section
7432576 Grid metal design for large density CMOS image sensor
7432538 Field-effect transistor
7432561 Non-volatile semiconductor memory and method for manufacturing a ...
7429775 Method of fabricating strain-silicon CMOS
7423319 LDPMOS structure with enhanced breakdown voltage
7423316 Semiconductor devices
7423305 Solid-state image sensing device having high sensitivity and came...
7423314 Semiconductor memory device and method for the same
7420927 Method and apparatus for determining troubleshooting information ...
7420928 Testing of transmission quality in packet-based networks
7420218 Nitride based LED with a p-type injection region
7420246 Vertical type semiconductor device and method for manufacturing t...
7417272 Image sensor with improved dynamic range and method of formation
7414285 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
7414280 Systems and methods for memory structure comprising embedded flas...
7411260 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
 
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