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Norman Drew Richards

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 16768, Phone: (571)272-1736 , Office: P/2800 )

Most Active Art Unit
2815
Art Unit(s)
2816, 2815, 2892, 2895
Total Applications
465
Issued Applications
346
Pending Applications
22
Abandoned Applications
101

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/382024
Techniques for configuring endpoints within a USB extension environment Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/381738
System and method for multi-node buffer transfer Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/343704
Integrated circuit having lanes interchangeable between clock and data lanes in clock forward interface receiver Jun 8, 2021 Issued
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17/335012
Interface Bus for Inter-Die Communication in a Multi-Chip Package Over High Density Interconnects May 30, 2021 Abandoned
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17/335051
Dynamic switching method May 30, 2021 Issued
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17/316596
Multi-mode and/or multi-speed non-volatile memory (NVM) express (NVMe) over fabrics (NVMe-oF) device May 9, 2021 Issued
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17/306487
WIRELESS ADAPTER AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO WIRELESSLY CONTROL THE WIRELESS ADAPTER May 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/240240
System and method for multi-node communication Apr 25, 2021 Issued
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17/222760
HUB CIRCUIT FOR A DIMM HAVING MULTIPLE COMPONENTS THAT COMMUNICATE WITH A HOST Apr 4, 2021 Abandoned
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17/301344
Data replication for accelerator Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/208354
Communication device and communication method Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/182816
Dynamic allocation of storage resources based on connection type Feb 22, 2021 Issued
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17/179953
Memory card operable with multiple host interfaces Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/144472
Systems and methods for communication and/or control of scalable, modular network nodes Jan 7, 2021 Issued
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17/136618
Address translation services buffer Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/103421
Asymmetric high-speed interconnect routing interposer Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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16/951723
Techniques to support multiple interconnect protocols for a common set of interconnect connectors Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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17/089467
Intelligent Bluetooth(r) beacon I/O expansion system Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/089215
INTELLIGENT BLUETOOTH BEACON I/O EXPANSION SYSTEM Nov 3, 2020 Abandoned
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17/082487
Configurable input/output device and operation method thereof Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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