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Matthew Smithers

Examiner (ID: 3663, Phone: (571)272-3876 , Office: P/2437 )

Most Active Art Unit
2437
Art Unit(s)
2767, 2132, 2137, 2134, 2437, 2764
Total Applications
1835
Issued Applications
1586
Pending Applications
126
Abandoned Applications
144

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 4796649 [patent_doc_number] => 20080008235 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-01-10 [patent_title] => 'Methods and Systems for Conditional Transform-Domain Residual Accumulation' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/694955 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 10107 [patent_no_of_claims] => 31 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 7 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0008/20080008235.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11694955 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/694955
Methods and systems for conditional transform-domain residual accumulation Mar 30, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 96920 [patent_doc_number] => 07734923 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-06-08 [patent_title] => 'Key transformation unit for a tamper resistant module' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/729509 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 8945 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 110 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/734/07734923.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11729509 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/729509
Key transformation unit for a tamper resistant module Mar 28, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8192325 [patent_doc_number] => 08184687 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-05-22 [patent_title] => 'System and method for generating a mosaic image stream' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/692934 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 3191 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 122 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/184/08184687.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11692934 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/692934
System and method for generating a mosaic image stream Mar 28, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5062187 [patent_doc_number] => 20070223826 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-09-27 [patent_title] => 'FINE GRAINED SCALABILITY ORDERING FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/689444 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 4769 [patent_no_of_claims] => 93 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0223/20070223826.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11689444 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/689444
FINE GRAINED SCALABILITY ORDERING FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING Mar 20, 2007 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 5006424 [patent_doc_number] => 20070203997 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-08-30 [patent_title] => 'CATEGORIZING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES BASED ON TRUST BETWEEN ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ENTITIES' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/688109 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 10913 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0203/20070203997.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11688109 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/688109
Categorizing electronic messages based on trust between electronic messaging entities Mar 18, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4844888 [patent_doc_number] => 20080181296 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-07-31 [patent_title] => 'PER MULTI-BLOCK PARTITION BREAKPOINT DETERMINING FOR HYBRID VARIABLE LENGTH CODING' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/686860 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 15518 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0181/20080181296.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11686860 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/686860
Per multi-block partition breakpoint determining for hybrid variable length coding Mar 14, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7517862 [patent_doc_number] => 08041944 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-10-18 [patent_title] => 'Group signature system and information processing method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/225124 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 28 [patent_figures_cnt] => 35 [patent_no_of_words] => 9803 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 434 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/041/08041944.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12225124 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/225124
Group signature system and information processing method Mar 13, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5218903 [patent_doc_number] => 20070160214 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-07-12 [patent_title] => 'Secure transmission system for a digital trunked radio system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/714030 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-03-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3950 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0160/20070160214.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11714030 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/714030
Secure transmission system for a digital trunked radio system Mar 4, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4898452 [patent_doc_number] => 20080118065 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-05-22 [patent_title] => 'Hardware acceleration for large volumes of channels' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/713572 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-02-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 23 [patent_figures_cnt] => 23 [patent_no_of_words] => 9967 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0118/20080118065.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11713572 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/713572
Hardware acceleration for large volumes of channels Feb 27, 2007 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 7598095 [patent_doc_number] => 07584358 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-09-01 [patent_title] => 'Tamper resistant module certification authority' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/707824 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-02-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 9456 [patent_no_of_claims] => 4 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 65 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/584/07584358.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11707824 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/707824
Tamper resistant module certification authority Feb 15, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 87700 [patent_doc_number] => 07743249 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-06-22 [patent_title] => 'Method of securing a document in a system and controlling access to the document and a seal for use in the method' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/706571 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-02-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5867 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 69 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/743/07743249.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11706571 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/706571
Method of securing a document in a system and controlling access to the document and a seal for use in the method Feb 13, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 339244 [patent_doc_number] => 07505592 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-03-17 [patent_title] => 'Apparatus for entitling and transmitting service instances to remote client devices' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/671506 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-02-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 19260 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 126 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/505/07505592.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11671506 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/671506
Apparatus for entitling and transmitting service instances to remote client devices Feb 5, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7780454 [patent_doc_number] => 08122493 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-02-21 [patent_title] => 'Firewall based on domain names' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/657863 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-01-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 2601 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 86 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/122/08122493.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11657863 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/657863
Firewall based on domain names Jan 24, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5121901 [patent_doc_number] => 20070143616 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2007-06-21 [patent_title] => 'Flexibly loading a tamper resistant module' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/655497 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-01-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 5262 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0143/20070143616.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11655497 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/655497
Flexibly loading a tamper resistant module Jan 18, 2007 Issued
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11/654949
Provisional administrator privileges Jan 17, 2007 Issued
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11/651595
Apparatus and method for playing content based on the last-watched-point of series content Jan 9, 2007 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7589544 [patent_doc_number] => 07665131 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-02-16 [patent_title] => 'Origination/destination features and lists for spam prevention' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/621363 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-01-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 13114 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 128 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/665/07665131.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11621363 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/621363
Origination/destination features and lists for spam prevention Jan 8, 2007 Issued
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11/648686
Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and computer readable medium Jan 2, 2007 Issued
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11/639711
Information processing system and method Dec 14, 2006 Issued
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12/088667
Centralized Identity Verification and/or Password Validation Dec 14, 2006 Abandoned
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