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Stephen M. Hepperle

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 308, Phone: (571)272-4913 , Office: P/3700 )

Most Active Art Unit
3407
Art Unit(s)
3407, 3753, 3700
Total Applications
2621
Issued Applications
2150
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/921640
SERVER DELAY CONTROL DEVICE, SERVER DELAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Oct 20, 2024 Pending
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18/897301
Traffic Injection Method and Protection System Sep 25, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19689236 [patent_doc_number] => 20250007781 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-01-02 [patent_title] => SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLUSTER-BASED PARALLEL SPLIT LEARNING [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/884763 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-09-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9918 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -26 [patent_words_short_claim] => 166 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18884763 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/884763
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLUSTER-BASED PARALLEL SPLIT LEARNING Sep 12, 2024 Pending
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18/884850
LOW LATENCY, LOW LOSS, SCALABLE THROUGHPUT SUPPORT AND QUEUING Sep 12, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19635606 [patent_doc_number] => 20240414055 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-12-12 [patent_title] => COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF A FIELD BUS, FIELD BUS SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, TRAINING DATA SET AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A CONFIGURATION AI MODEL [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/808022 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-08-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 10220 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -14 [patent_words_short_claim] => 127 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18808022 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/808022
COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF A FIELD BUS, FIELD BUS SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, TRAINING DATA SET AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A CONFIGURATION AI MODEL Aug 17, 2024 Pending
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18/773086
PROACTIVE HASHING FOR PACKET PROCESSING ENGINE Jul 14, 2024 Issued
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18/764534
IMS Support for Non-Voice Services Jul 4, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19618701 [patent_doc_number] => 20240404381 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-12-05 [patent_title] => METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENROLLING A CAMERA INTO A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/680763 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-05-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 13999 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -21 [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] => 18680763 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/680763
Method and system for enrolling a camera into a video surveillance system May 30, 2024 Issued
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18/657399
CONTENT MATCHING AND VULNERABILITY REMEDIATION May 6, 2024 Pending
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18/432023
SELECTING AND OPERATING AN OPTIMAL VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK AMONG MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS Feb 3, 2024 Pending
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18/415878
SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATION OF NETWORK RESOURCES FOR EXECUTING DEEP LEARNING RECOMMENDATION MODEL (DLRM) TASKS Jan 17, 2024 Pending
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18/401210
Methods and system for distributing information via multiple forms of delivery services Dec 28, 2023 Issued
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18/508286
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ISSUES IN NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Nov 13, 2023 Pending
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18/477712
Systems and methods for detecting and remediating inconsistent tags in cloud-native networks Sep 28, 2023 Pending
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18/374169
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A CLOUD AGNOSTIC DATA MESH MODULE Sep 27, 2023 Pending
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18/243115
REMOTE COLLECTOR-BASED UPDATING OF MONITORED ENDPOINTS Sep 6, 2023 Abandoned
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18/462081
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESS CONTROL FOR SECURE SYSTEMS BASED ON SYSTEM AND USER INPUT Sep 5, 2023 Pending
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18/462372
DYNAMIC GENERATION OF FEATURES BASED ON SOFTWARE TESTING Sep 5, 2023 Pending
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18/457516
SERVERLESS CONTAINERIZATION OF COLLABORATION APPLICATIONS FOR AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION AND VERSION UPDATES Aug 28, 2023 Pending
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18/451903
Control apparatus and control method Aug 17, 2023 Issued
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