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Ian Simmons

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 16726, Phone: (571)272-2658 , Office: P/2912 )

Most Active Art Unit
2914
Art Unit(s)
2914, 2912, 2900, 2904, 2916, 2913
Total Applications
2851
Issued Applications
2788
Pending Applications
2
Abandoned Applications
61

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/605048
Method for identifying and highlighting available fibers in a fiber distribution hub Mar 13, 2024 Issued
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18/375199
Method for identifying and highlighting available fibers in a fiber distribution hub Sep 28, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18744253 [patent_doc_number] => 20230353242 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-11-02 [patent_title] => MANY-TO-MANY LASER COMMUNICATION NETWORKING DEVICE AND METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/342115 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-06-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12418 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -14 [patent_words_short_claim] => 377 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18342115 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/342115
Many-to-many laser communication networking device and method Jun 26, 2023 Issued
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18/324433
Wavelength division multiple access for long range optical communications May 25, 2023 Issued
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18/192716
Optical space communications transmission and reception terminal and optical space communications system Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/187863
Optical cable mismatch error detection/remediation Mar 21, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18681067 [patent_doc_number] => 20230318732 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-05 [patent_title] => CONTROL APPARATUS, OAM MODE-MULTIPLEXING TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, OAM MODE-MULTIPLEXING RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/116722 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 18365 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -13 [patent_words_short_claim] => 236 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18116722 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/116722
Control apparatus, OAM mode-multiplexing transmitting apparatus, OAM mode-multiplexing receiving apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium Mar 1, 2023 Issued
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18/168757
Selection and use of backup communication mode for vehicle-to-vehicle messaging Feb 13, 2023 Issued
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18/108712
Clock recovery for subcarriers in optical networks Feb 12, 2023 Issued
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18/164828
TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD Feb 5, 2023 Abandoned
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18/093005
Transmission device, reception device, communication system, transmission method, reception method, and communication method Jan 3, 2023 Issued
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18/092410
Systems and methods for chromatic dispersion pre-compensation Jan 1, 2023 Issued
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18/091870
Digital tone-based apparatus and method for measuring the frequency response of coherent optical transmitters Dec 29, 2022 Issued
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18/068921
Method and system for performing signal analysis using a hybrid photonic-electronic processor Dec 19, 2022 Issued
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18/081366
Optical channel monitor with built-in sensors for dynamic measurements Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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18/076122
System and method for determining launch energy, power and efficiency for a smart channel in a DWDM network using machine learning Dec 5, 2022 Issued
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18/061668
Method and apparatus for downstream transmission Dec 4, 2022 Issued
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18/059094
Optical transmission/reception unit and apparatus for signal transfer Nov 27, 2022 Issued
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17/990331
Filter, optical amplifier, communication system, filtering method, and optical amplification method Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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17/984325
Port detection method and apparatus Nov 9, 2022 Issued
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