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2017
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Thomson Licensing
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Dirk Gandolph
DG
Dirk Gandolph
— 4 Patents in 2017
TL
Thomson Licensing
:
4
patents
#27
of
417
Top 7%
Ronnenberg, DE
:
#1
of
3
inventors
Top 35%
Overall
(2017):
#48,644
of
506,227
Top 10%
4
Patents 2017
Issued Patents
2017
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1–4
of
4
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
9749576
Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles
Jobst Hoerentrup
,
Ralf Ostermann
,
Hartmut Peters
,
Harald Schiller
2017-08-29
9635306
Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles
Jobst Hoerentrup
,
Ralf Ostermann
,
Hartmut Peters
,
Harald Schiller
2017-04-25
9626595
Method and apparatus for tracking superpixels between related images
Wolfram Putzke-Roeming
,
Andrej Schewzow
2017-04-18
9595293
Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles
Jobst Hoerentrop
,
Ralf Ostermann
,
Hartmut Peters
,
Harald Schiller
2017-03-14
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