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Christopher D. Birkhimer

Examiner (ID: 7365)

Most Active Art Unit
2136
Art Unit(s)
2136, 2138, 2186
Total Applications
648
Issued Applications
465
Pending Applications
55
Abandoned Applications
140

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/751088
Intelligent, Predictive Memory Management System and Method Jun 20, 2024 Pending
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18/731676
In-memory computation device for performing a signed MAC operation Jun 2, 2024 Issued
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18/731019
ADAPTIVE SEGMENT HEIGHT CALCULATION TO MINIMIZE PINNED SPACE May 30, 2024 Pending
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18/677790
HOST CONTROLLED ENABLEMENT OF AUTOMATIC BACKGROUND OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS May 28, 2024 Pending
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18/674776
System and method using metadata to directly read target data in storage nodes May 23, 2024 Issued
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18/671846
Concurrent page cache resource access in a multi-plane memory device May 21, 2024 Issued
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18/657448
COMPRESSED MEMORY DUMPS May 6, 2024 Pending
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18/652155
Method and device for managing vehicle data for performing autonomous driving control Apr 30, 2024 Issued
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18/650171
TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Apr 29, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19719245 [patent_doc_number] => 12204784 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-01-21 [patent_title] => Zero-copy volume move within a distributed storage system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/649906 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-04-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 24749 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 154 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18649906 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/649906
Zero-copy volume move within a distributed storage system Apr 28, 2024 Issued
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18/646447
OPERATING METHOD OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Apr 24, 2024 Pending
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18/644641
METHOD FOR DATA DEDUPLICATION OF STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE APPARATUS Apr 23, 2024 Pending
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18/644558
Memory device, memory system, and operating method of compression using position values Apr 23, 2024 Issued
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18/639468
METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM EMPLOYING METHOD Apr 17, 2024 Abandoned
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18/607651
Garbage collection and bin synchronization for distributed storage architecture Mar 17, 2024 Issued
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18/595769
MEMORY DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM Mar 4, 2024 Pending
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18/591777
Controlling variation of valid data counts in garbage collection source blocks Feb 28, 2024 Issued
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18/588475
IMPROVING SOFTWARE COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY FOR MEMORY-RESTRICTED DEVICES USING A SCRATCH BUFFER Feb 26, 2024 Pending
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18/588599
Semiconductor memory device including a cyclic redundancy check engine and memory system including the same Feb 26, 2024 Issued
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18/584779
Selecting garbage collection processes Feb 21, 2024 Issued
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