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Gary B. Nickol

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 13603, Phone: (571)272-0835 , Office: P/1645 )

Most Active Art Unit
1642
Art Unit(s)
1642, 1645, OPT, 1643, 1646
Total Applications
505
Issued Applications
160
Pending Applications
167
Abandoned Applications
179

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/496379
PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF VALIDITY TO A SERVICE PROVIDER Oct 6, 2021 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 18840960 [patent_doc_number] => 11849050 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-12-19 [patent_title] => Systems and methods of ring usage certificate extension [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/483516 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-09-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 7982 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 129 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17483516 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/483516
Systems and methods of ring usage certificate extension Sep 22, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18265007 [patent_doc_number] => 20230086249 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-03-23 [patent_title] => Email Verification Using Injected Tokens for Message Authentication [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/481674 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-09-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6822 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 199 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17481674 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/481674
Email verification using injected tokens for message authentication Sep 21, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17537622 [patent_doc_number] => 20220116231 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-04-14 [patent_title] => CHAIN OF AUTHENTICATION USING PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/472068 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-09-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 21195 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -22 [patent_words_short_claim] => 43 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17472068 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/472068
Chain of authentication using public key infrastructure Sep 9, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17487053 [patent_doc_number] => 20220094557 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-03-24 [patent_title] => SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND STORAGE DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/446361 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5805 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -13 [patent_words_short_claim] => 75 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17446361 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/446361
System, server device, and storage device Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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18/571640
AUTHENTICATION Aug 26, 2021 Pending
Array ( [id] => 17432631 [patent_doc_number] => 20220060341 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-02-24 [patent_title] => BINDING OF MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS ROOT CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/404572 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5653 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 124 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17404572 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/404572
Binding of multiple heterogeneous root certificate authorities Aug 16, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18600946 [patent_doc_number] => 20230275749 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-08-31 [patent_title] => ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND AUTHENTICATING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OF HARDWARE DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/029712 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5248 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18029712 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/029712
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND AUTHENTICATING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OF HARDWARE DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Jul 29, 2021 Pending
Array ( [id] => 18839164 [patent_doc_number] => 11847237 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-12-19 [patent_title] => Secure data protection and encryption techniques for computing devices and information storage [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/386336 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 3262 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 217 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17386336 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/386336
Secure data protection and encryption techniques for computing devices and information storage Jul 26, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18481812 [patent_doc_number] => 11695573 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-07-04 [patent_title] => Blockchain controlled cross-domain data transfer [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/384339 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 22 [patent_figures_cnt] => 22 [patent_no_of_words] => 19223 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 117 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17384339 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/384339
Blockchain controlled cross-domain data transfer Jul 22, 2021 Issued
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17/384427
METHOD OF ALLOWING ACCESS TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Jul 22, 2021 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 19595815 [patent_doc_number] => 12153660 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-11-26 [patent_title] => Virtual keyboard CAPTCHA [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/376071 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 6038 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 345 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17376071 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/376071
Virtual keyboard CAPTCHA Jul 13, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18828409 [patent_doc_number] => 11843707 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-12-12 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for authenticating hardware of an information handling system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/372779 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 14719 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 134 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17372779 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/372779
Systems and methods for authenticating hardware of an information handling system Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/359066
Block cipher encryption pipeline Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/304537
Management of digital certificate with repeated rollback Jun 21, 2021 Issued
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17/342123
Method for providing applet service capability, electronic device, and storage medium Jun 7, 2021 Issued
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17/342180
Authentication Methods and Systems Jun 7, 2021 Abandoned
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18/043007
Encryption processing device, encryption processing method, and encryption processing program May 27, 2021 Issued
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17/320371
Authentication Methods and Systems May 13, 2021 Abandoned
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17/308706
Systems and methods for backing up a hardware key May 4, 2021 Issued
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