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Alan B. Waits

Examiner (ID: 17129, Phone: (571)270-3664 , Office: P/3656 )

Most Active Art Unit
3656
Art Unit(s)
3656, 3682, 3617
Total Applications
1530
Issued Applications
1007
Pending Applications
112
Abandoned Applications
441

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/384255
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Jul 22, 2021 Abandoned
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17/377303
Set up and distribution of post-quantum secure pre-shared keys using extendible authentication protocol Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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18/005554
Payload assurance at multiple network boundaries Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/371077
Methods and apparatus for encrypting camera media Jul 7, 2021 Issued
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17/334624
Embedded device for control of data exposure May 27, 2021 Issued
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17/307870
Systems and methods for data access control of personal user data using a short-range transceiver May 3, 2021 Issued
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17/238340
APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) CALL SECURITY Apr 22, 2021 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 19245244 [patent_doc_number] => 12015705 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-06-18 [patent_title] => Verified quantum random number generation for cryptographic applications [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/221291 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-04-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 12552 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 199 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17221291 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/221291
Verified quantum random number generation for cryptographic applications Apr 1, 2021 Issued
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17/216099
Router firewall Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/907378
Method for securely processing digital information in a secure element Mar 24, 2021 Issued
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18/281230
ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM Mar 18, 2021 Pending
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17/797003
Authentication device, authentication method, and recording medium Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/156931
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHORIZING A USER BASED ON A MINI-GAME LOGIN Jan 24, 2021 Abandoned
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17/154764
Techniques for securing computing interfaces Jan 20, 2021 Issued
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17/154026
Apparatus and methods for securely delivering digital content Jan 20, 2021 Issued
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17/109035
SECURE PASSWORD STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD Nov 30, 2020 Abandoned
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17/107827
Systems and methods for biometric electronic signature agreement and intention Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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16/950314
Protecting cloud application secret key with multi-party computation algorithm Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/789143
Device sharing method and electronic device Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/770157
Computer-implemented method for the secure preparation of a property transfer document Oct 28, 2020 Pending
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