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Kinfe Michael Negash

Examiner (ID: 8783)

Most Active Art Unit
2733
Art Unit(s)
2612, 2607, 2633, 2733, 2638, 2608, 2606, 2616
Total Applications
1501
Issued Applications
1287
Pending Applications
97
Abandoned Applications
117

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/891820
Media content delivery selection Jun 2, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18534471 [patent_doc_number] => 20230239550 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-07-27 [patent_title] => RELAY SERVER AND DISTRIBUTION IMAGE GENERATION METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/918992 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-05-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5883 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 67 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17918992 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/918992
RELAY SERVER AND DISTRIBUTION IMAGE GENERATION METHOD May 6, 2020 Pending
Array ( [id] => 18264069 [patent_doc_number] => 11611782 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-03-21 [patent_title] => Just in time content conditioning [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/867767 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-05-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 12095 [patent_no_of_claims] => 36 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 145 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16867767 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/867767
Just in time content conditioning May 5, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16365939 [patent_doc_number] => 20200322690 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-10-08 [patent_title] => OPTIMIZING MEDIA FINGERPRINT RETENTION TO IMPROVE SYSTEM RESOURCE UTILIZATION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/854048 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-04-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14991 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [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] => 16854048 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/854048
Optimizing media fingerprint retention to improve system resource utilization Apr 20, 2020 Issued
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16/841835
Personalized, event-driven, and location-based consumption of media content Apr 6, 2020 Issued
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16/818131
RECEPTION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Mar 12, 2020 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 18705767 [patent_doc_number] => 11792292 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-17 [patent_title] => Content storage and processing in network base stations and methods for content delivery in a mesh network [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/736564 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-01-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 8565 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 347 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16736564 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/736564
Content storage and processing in network base stations and methods for content delivery in a mesh network Jan 6, 2020 Issued
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16/697073
Managing deep and shallow buffers in a thin-client device of a digital media distribution network Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/681358
METHOD FOR INSERTING ADVERTISING CONTENT AND OTHER MEDIA ON TO ONE OR MORE SURFACES IN A MOVING 360-DEGREE VIDEO Nov 11, 2019 Abandoned
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16/669769
Transmission method, reception method, transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus Oct 30, 2019 Issued
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16/662706
Television user interface Oct 23, 2019 Issued
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16/660297
Systems and methods for targeted television commercials based on viewer presence Oct 21, 2019 Issued
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16/656153
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CUSTOMIZED MEDIA ACCESS USER EXPERIENCE Oct 16, 2019 Abandoned
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16/656091
Systems and methods for automated extraction of closed captions in real time or near real-time and tagging of streaming data for advertisements Oct 16, 2019 Issued
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16/597452
Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method Oct 8, 2019 Issued
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16/576483
METHODS AND DISPLAYS FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT TELEVISION BADGES Sep 18, 2019 Abandoned
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16/562248
Systems and methods for modifying playback of a media asset in response to a verbal command unrelated to playback of the media asset Sep 4, 2019 Issued
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16/537267
User placement of closed captioning Aug 8, 2019 Issued
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16/528156
Methods and apparatus to classify all other tuning data Jul 30, 2019 Issued
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16/526191
Automated content virality enhancement Jul 29, 2019 Issued
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