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Kenneth B. Wells

Examiner (ID: 4478, Phone: (571)272-1757 , Office: P/2842 )

Most Active Art Unit
2842
Art Unit(s)
3621, 2816, 2842, 2504
Total Applications
3120
Issued Applications
2667
Pending Applications
160
Abandoned Applications
337

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/157822
Information processing system and information processing method Jan 24, 2021 Issued
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17/122450
Virtual reality information delivery system Dec 14, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18563747 [patent_doc_number] => 11729007 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-08-15 [patent_title] => Methods and apparatus to manage timing in a blockchain network [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/106417 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-11-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 8648 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 232 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17106417 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/106417
Methods and apparatus to manage timing in a blockchain network Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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17/105247
Protecting polynomial hash functions from external monitoring attacks Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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17/086269
Dynamic shared data object masking Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/632734
Onboard computer, computer program, computer-readable recording medium, and security setting method Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/060834
System and apparatus for secure password recovery and identity verification Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/016031
Threat mitigation system and method Sep 8, 2020 Issued
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17/006608
Systems and methods for improving application analysis Aug 27, 2020 Issued
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16/992371
Use of word embeddings to locate sensitive text in computer programming scripts Aug 12, 2020 Issued
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16/990853
Systems and methods for processing and transmitting sensor data Aug 10, 2020 Issued
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16/986465
Time-based functionality restrictions Aug 5, 2020 Issued
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16/943802
External accessibility for computing devices Jul 29, 2020 Issued
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16/946793
Method and apparatus for key printing Jul 6, 2020 Issued
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16/914800
System and method of retrieving and conveying sensitive information when using voice command devices Jun 28, 2020 Issued
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17/618848
Method for checking the security of a technical unit Jun 8, 2020 Issued
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16/892634
Cybersecurity vulnerability reporting and retesting platform Jun 3, 2020 Issued
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16/878886
Network-based device authentication system May 19, 2020 Issued
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15/930412
Distributed network security using a logical multi-dimensional label-based policy model May 11, 2020 Issued
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16/869378
Cybersecurity vulnerability mitigation framework May 6, 2020 Issued
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