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Eric W. Shepperd

Examiner (ID: 16991)

Most Active Art Unit
2492
Art Unit(s)
2492, 2456, 2453
Total Applications
638
Issued Applications
484
Pending Applications
40
Abandoned Applications
123

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/674808
ATTRIBUTE-BASED CREDENTIALS FOR RESOURCE ACCESS May 23, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19408282 [patent_doc_number] => 20240291793 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-08-29 [patent_title] => Electronic Messaging System for Mobile Devices with Reduced Traceability of Electronic Messages [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/657317 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-05-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14937 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 0 [patent_words_short_claim] => 674 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18657317 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/657317
Electronic Messaging System for Mobile Devices with Reduced Traceability of Electronic Messages May 6, 2024 Abandoned
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18/654782
Token processing system and method May 2, 2024 Issued
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18/652281
Decentralized Techniques for Verification of Data in Transport Layer Security and other Contexts Apr 30, 2024 Abandoned
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18/651219
Reducing latency during cryptographic signature verification Apr 29, 2024 Issued
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18/637160
AUTHENTICATION REPETITION PROCEDURE PROTOCOL FOR AMBIENT IOT Apr 15, 2024 Pending
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18/633155
DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES BETWEEN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND AN APPLICATION SERVER Apr 10, 2024 Issued
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18/625809
Method and system for managing peripheral device functions using manifest files Apr 2, 2024 Issued
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18/625154
Provision of a lease for streaming content Apr 1, 2024 Issued
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18/607012
Function execution device and communication terminal Mar 14, 2024 Issued
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18/434537
Quantum phenomenon-based obfuscation of memory Feb 5, 2024 Issued
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18/423867
Email protection using email signatures based on signing tokens Jan 25, 2024 Issued
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18/419320
Methods and apparatus for facilitating NFC transactions Jan 21, 2024 Issued
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18/412353
Configurable network security for networked energy resources, and associated systems and methods Jan 11, 2024 Issued
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18/410505
Temporary Enablement of Functionality of a Secure Device Jan 10, 2024 Pending
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18/390744
Mechanism to provide customer VCN network encryption using customer-managed keys in network virtualization device Dec 19, 2023 Issued
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18/519828
PROVIDING APPLICATION SECURITY USING CAUSAL GRAPH Nov 26, 2023 Pending
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18/511465
Preventing data manipulation and protecting user privacy in telecommunication network measurements Nov 15, 2023 Issued
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18/506960
Management of network intercept portals for network devices with durable and non-durable identifiers Nov 9, 2023 Issued
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18/503753
PACKET WATERMARK WITH DYNAMIC TOKEN VALIDATION Nov 6, 2023 Pending
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