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Robert J. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 7580, Phone: (571)270-1893 , Office: P/3728 )

Most Active Art Unit
3728
Art Unit(s)
3709, 3728, 3736, 3781
Total Applications
1982
Issued Applications
1406
Pending Applications
83
Abandoned Applications
519

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/319243
Device update transmission using a filter May 16, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18630442 [patent_doc_number] => 20230289335 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-09-14 [patent_title] => INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/197972 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5470 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 111 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18197972 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/197972
Information processing system, information processing method and storage medium May 15, 2023 Issued
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18/314991
Dynamic obfuscation of information May 9, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19813454 [patent_doc_number] => 12244878 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-03-04 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for distributing content using a common set of encryption keys [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/315425 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 15151 [patent_no_of_claims] => 36 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 219 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18315425 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/315425
Systems and methods for distributing content using a common set of encryption keys May 9, 2023 Issued
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18/140852
Systems and methods for partially securing data Apr 27, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19547509 [patent_doc_number] => 20240364545 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-10-31 [patent_title] => CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING AT LEAST ONE DATA RECORD ON A LOCAL DATABASE AMONG MULTIPLE PROCESSING NODES, WITHOUT USING A BLOCKCHAIN [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/308238 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 3966 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -15 [patent_words_short_claim] => 100 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18308238 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/308238
Cryptographically secured method and system for sharing at least one data record on a local database among multiple processing nodes, without using a blockchain Apr 26, 2023 Issued
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18/138803
Systems and methods for generating security improvement plans for entities Apr 24, 2023 Issued
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18/301860
Secure public key acceleration Apr 16, 2023 Issued
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18/299582
Reducing cybersecurity risk level of a portfolio of companies using a cybersecurity risk multiplier Apr 11, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18592343 [patent_doc_number] => 11741243 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-08-29 [patent_title] => Method for using redundant encryption to secure data in supervisory control systems [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/129727 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 11873 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 340 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18129727 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/129727
Method for using redundant encryption to secure data in supervisory control systems Mar 30, 2023 Issued
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18/192834
Resource allocation method and apparatus, and storage medium Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/127173
Systems and methods for Smartkey information management Mar 27, 2023 Issued
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18/126126
Methods and apparatus for HyperSecure last mile communication Mar 23, 2023 Issued
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18/186442
Secure key delivery Mar 19, 2023 Issued
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18/121852
System and method for managing data-file transmission and access right to data files Mar 14, 2023 Issued
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18/181686
Systems and methods to advertise SPDM command timing requirements Mar 9, 2023 Issued
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18/179870
Dynamic multi-factor authentication Mar 6, 2023 Issued
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18/178186
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CHILDRENS PRIVACY RISK OF AN APPLICATION Mar 2, 2023 Pending
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18/112145
Apparatus and methods for temporarily sharing non-fungible tokens (NFTS) Feb 20, 2023 Issued
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18/166355
Adaptive asymmetric-key compression for idempotent data stores in computer messaging Feb 7, 2023 Issued
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