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Ricky D. Shafer

Examiner (ID: 6269, Phone: (571)272-2320 , Office: P/2872 )

Most Active Art Unit
2872
Art Unit(s)
2872, 2507
Total Applications
2489
Issued Applications
1822
Pending Applications
155
Abandoned Applications
537

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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11/048948
Audio communication with a computer Feb 1, 2005 Abandoned
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11/049321
Method and apparatus for adjusting a network device configuration change distribution schedule Feb 1, 2005 Issued
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11/049383
Method and apparatus for enabling the detection of transparent defects Feb 1, 2005 Issued
Array ( [id] => 919970 [patent_doc_number] => 07324504 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-01-29 [patent_title] => 'System for automatically upgrading firmware of internet video phones and method of managing the same' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/049214 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2005-02-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 1824 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 120 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/324/07324504.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11049214 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/049214
System for automatically upgrading firmware of internet video phones and method of managing the same Feb 1, 2005 Issued
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11/048839
Method and apparatus for controlling connections in a communication network Feb 1, 2005 Issued
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11/047774
Network switching device and network switching method Feb 1, 2005 Issued
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11/047747
Packet loss concealment for voice over packet networks Feb 1, 2005 Issued
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11/049511
Method and apparatus for providing asynchronous audio messaging Feb 1, 2005 Issued
Array ( [id] => 268036 [patent_doc_number] => 07567565 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-07-28 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for network bandwidth conservation' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/048348 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2005-02-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 18156 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 146 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/567/07567565.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11048348 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/048348
Method and apparatus for network bandwidth conservation Jan 31, 2005 Issued
Array ( [id] => 589974 [patent_doc_number] => 07453817 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-11-18 [patent_title] => 'Central traffic correlation system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/049526 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2005-02-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4281 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 203 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/453/07453817.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11049526 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/049526
Central traffic correlation system Jan 31, 2005 Issued
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11/048522
Automated configuration of point-to-point load balancing between teamed network resources of peer devices Jan 31, 2005 Issued
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11/048126
Network connection control Jan 31, 2005 Issued
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11/049207
Routing emails to a plurality of agents Jan 31, 2005 Issued
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11/048253
Method and apparatus for automatic verification of a zone configuration of a plurality of network switches Jan 30, 2005 Issued
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11/047971
Method for data transfer in a multi-standard network Jan 30, 2005 Issued
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11/048033
Modulation of partition parameters achieving delay-based QoS mechanism Jan 30, 2005 Issued
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11/047999
Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing mutual failover and load-balancing between interfaces in a network Jan 30, 2005 Issued
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11/038206
Apparatus and method for optical communication protection Jan 20, 2005 Issued
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11/020158
Adaptive router architecture using logical internal addressing Dec 26, 2004 Issued
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11/022147
Method and apparatus of using a single channel to provide acknowledgement and assignment messages Dec 21, 2004 Issued
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