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Christopher D. Birkhimer

Examiner (ID: 2273, Phone: (571)270-1178 , Office: P/2136 )

Most Active Art Unit
2136
Art Unit(s)
2186, 2136, 2138
Total Applications
640
Issued Applications
463
Pending Applications
57
Abandoned Applications
137

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/545630
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW COST DATA INDEXING Dec 18, 2023 Issued
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18/534765
METHOD FOR SHARING A STORAGE DEVICE AMONG MULTIPLE PROCESSORS AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Dec 10, 2023 Pending
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18/529868
Managing trim commands in a memory sub-system Dec 4, 2023 Issued
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18/527301
DEFINING STAGED QUANTUM APPLICATIONS COMPOSED OF GRAPH-BASED WORKFLOWS Dec 2, 2023 Pending
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19/130210
DATA ORGANIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS, AND SERVER AND MEDIUM Nov 26, 2023 Pending
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18/500524
Tracking read voltages in memory devices using deep neural networks Nov 1, 2023 Issued
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18/469063
Storage system and method for predictive rebalancing and controller node management based on load prediction Sep 17, 2023 Issued
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18/463604
Memory controller and method for detecting data similarity for deduplication in a data storage system Sep 7, 2023 Issued
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18/366275
EFFICIENT INGEST TIER REFERENCES VIA VIRTUAL ADDRESSES Aug 6, 2023 Pending
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18/363758
MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT Aug 1, 2023 Pending
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18/358053
BLOCK-LEVEL SINGLE INSTANCING Jul 24, 2023 Abandoned
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18/354767
Computational storage device configured to transfer intermediate data between compute engines and method for operating the device Jul 18, 2023 Issued
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18/223445
System and methods for DRAM-less garbage collection with improved performance Jul 17, 2023 Issued
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18/223133
Data storage device and method for host-assisted efficient handling of multiple versions of data Jul 17, 2023 Issued
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18/353862
Write buffer linking for easy cache reads Jul 16, 2023 Issued
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18/346171
Storage device for determining memory cell type after data input during program operation and operating method thereof Jun 29, 2023 Issued
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18/340853
Method and apparatus for compressing data of storage system, device, and readable storage medium Jun 23, 2023 Issued
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18/212432
System and method for monitoring storage infrastructure configuration drift Jun 20, 2023 Issued
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18/321535
HASH FILTER-BASED SELECTIVE-ROW REFRESH IN MEMORY DEVICE May 21, 2023 Pending
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18/319708
Integrated circuit and method for cleaning valid bits in cache memory of the integrated circuit May 17, 2023 Issued
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