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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
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17/237791
Authentication of a gateway device in a sensor network Apr 21, 2021 Issued
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17/227147
Virtual transponder utilizing inband commanding Apr 8, 2021 Issued
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17/224199
Service processing method, apparatus and server Apr 6, 2021 Issued
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17/218788
Space-and-wave-division de-multiplexing of a quantum key distribution and classical channels into a single receiving optical fiber Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/218842
Secure end-to-end transport through intermediary nodes Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/213932
NUTS: flexible hierarchy object graphs Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/214588
Circuit, apparatus and method for calculating multiplicative inverse Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/205386
Method and system for auditing smart contracts Mar 17, 2021 Issued
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17/203553
Apparatus and method to detect power supply security attack and risk mitigation Mar 15, 2021 Issued
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17/249810
System and method for optimizing the routing of quantum key distribution (QKD) key material in a network Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/249813
System and method for proactively buffering quantum key distribution (QKD) key material Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/190556
Container management for cryptanalysis attack protection Mar 2, 2021 Issued
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17/191637
Methods and systems to manage data objects in a cloud computing environment Mar 2, 2021 Issued
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17/181506
Trusted updates Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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18/276591
Appending data on a replaceable supply component Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/172987
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for searching polymorphically encrypted data Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/164559
System for account restrictions Jan 31, 2021 Issued
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17/154116
Efficient masked polynomial comparison Jan 20, 2021 Issued
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17/151481
Secure transfer using media access control security (MACsec) key agreement (MKA) Jan 17, 2021 Issued
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17/617370
Cross-domain frequency filters for fraud detection Jan 14, 2021 Issued
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