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Richard T. Elms

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 50, Phone: (571)272-1869 , Office: P/2824 )

Most Active Art Unit
2836
Art Unit(s)
3652, 2836, 2104, 2824, 2107
Total Applications
633
Issued Applications
538
Pending Applications
17
Abandoned Applications
78

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/132249
METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR EVENT RESPONSE Dec 22, 2020 Pending
Array ( [id] => 16921891 [patent_doc_number] => 20210194983 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-06-24 [patent_title] => FEATURE ACTIVATION CONTROL AND DATA PREFETCHING WITH NETWORK-CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/127858 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-12-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 13285 [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] => 17127858 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/127858
Feature activation control and data prefetching with network-connected mobile devices Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/125374
Automatic action responses Dec 16, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17153499 [patent_doc_number] => 11146602 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-10-12 [patent_title] => User status detection and interface [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/112057 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-12-04 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 8829 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 177 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17112057 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/112057
User status detection and interface Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/097654
Real-time distributed MPEG transport stream system Nov 12, 2020 Issued
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17/091395
System and method enabled devices enabled with syndicated data enhanced functionality Nov 5, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17182367 [patent_doc_number] => 11159623 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-10-26 [patent_title] => Syndicated data system and method enabling enhanced supplier and application independent device information receipt, functionality and services [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/087832 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-11-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 23386 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 215 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17087832 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/087832
Syndicated data system and method enabling enhanced supplier and application independent device information receipt, functionality and services Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/079981
Systems and methods for dynamic load balancing based on server utilization and content popularity Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/075558
Automatically handling messages of a non-operational mail transfer agent within a virtualization container Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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17/074166
Communication session participation using prerecorded messages Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/061850
Intermediate check points and controllable parameters for addressing process deficiencies Oct 1, 2020 Issued
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17/026131
Message processing system with business email compromise detection Sep 17, 2020 Issued
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17/023638
System and method for promoting user engagement Sep 16, 2020 Issued
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17/009813
Conversational support for user journey Sep 1, 2020 Issued
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17/007934
Media stream monitor with heartbeat timer Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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17/002048
Determining server utilization using upper bound values Aug 24, 2020 Issued
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16/994008
Methods and apparatuses for managing limited engagement by external email resource entity within a group-based communication system Aug 13, 2020 Issued
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16/990830
Control network planning Aug 10, 2020 Issued
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18/015280
Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program for controlling processing loads of updated programs Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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17/635024
Method for creating an electronic message the integrity of which is guaranteed and verifiable according to the mime standard Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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