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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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18/073876
Method and device of embedding watermark in software Dec 1, 2022 Issued
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18/715845
Device communication method and apparatus based on MQTT protocol Nov 30, 2022 Issued
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18/713283
3-D PROSTHETIC OR OBJECT MODEL FILE SECURE ENCAPSULATION IN A NON-DISTRIBUTABLE IMAGE RENDERING FILE FORMAT Nov 24, 2022 Pending
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18/710247
METHOD FOR USING AN ORAM DATABASE BY A TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICE Nov 17, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18624920 [patent_doc_number] => 11757985 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-09-12 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for a blockchain interoperability platform [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/055860 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-11-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 10855 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 161 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18055860 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/055860
Systems and methods for a blockchain interoperability platform Nov 15, 2022 Issued
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18/708395
5G SUPPORT FOR AI/ML COMMUNICATIONS Nov 10, 2022 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19680366 [patent_doc_number] => 12192244 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-01-07 [patent_title] => Resource access management based on confidence level in device posture [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/050774 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-10-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 9876 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 121 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18050774 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/050774
Resource access management based on confidence level in device posture Oct 27, 2022 Issued
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18/048304
IOT MULTICAST OUT-OF-BAND CYBERSECURITY MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Oct 19, 2022 Abandoned
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17/966490
Identity anonymization with controlled masking and format preserving encryption Oct 13, 2022 Issued
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17/958139
Data center job scheduling using machine learning Sep 29, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20390005 [patent_doc_number] => 12489746 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-12-02 [patent_title] => App free authentication across channels [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/956740 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 1239 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 195 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17956740 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/956740
App free authentication across channels Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/936662
Bridging Physical and Virtual Spaces Sep 28, 2022 Abandoned
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17/936461
Selecting authentication method based on user constraints Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/935826
PRIVACY-PRESERVING SEARCH USING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION Sep 26, 2022 Pending
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17/953608
Retrieval and playout of media content Sep 26, 2022 Issued
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17/930935
Systems and methods for preventing the caching of rarely requested objects Sep 8, 2022 Issued
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17/940657
System and method for customizing auto-replies to incoming communications Sep 7, 2022 Issued
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17/929614
Systems and methods for message filtering Sep 1, 2022 Issued
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17/896459
Message modification based on device compatability Aug 25, 2022 Issued
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17/892123
System for linking chatbot services and contact center services Aug 21, 2022 Issued
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