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Theodore M. Blum

Examiner (ID: 10391)

Most Active Art Unit
2202
Art Unit(s)
3662, 2604, 2603, 3642, 2202, 2607, 2200
Total Applications
2205
Issued Applications
1954
Pending Applications
86
Abandoned Applications
165

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/492878
OPTICAL RECEIVER AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Oct 23, 2023 Pending
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18/491215
COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMBINING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND POSITIONING FUNCTION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Oct 19, 2023 Pending
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19/119688
Resource-efficient coherent optical frequency transfer for distributed quantum computing and the quantum internet of things Oct 18, 2023 Pending
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18/485741
DCN packet processing method, network device, and system Oct 11, 2023 Issued
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18/477999
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL CONDITIONING OF BURST SIGNAL Sep 28, 2023 Pending
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18/478914
Affecting data communications of fibre optic port connections Sep 28, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19766486 [patent_doc_number] => 12224794 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-02-11 [patent_title] => Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) event detection and light power level measurement-based fiber optic link certification [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/476617 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-09-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 6176 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [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] => 18476617 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/476617
Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) event detection and light power level measurement-based fiber optic link certification Sep 27, 2023 Issued
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18/476982
Coherent detection of subcarrier-multiplexed signals using a frequency comb Sep 27, 2023 Issued
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18/373876
Multiplex conversion for a passive optical network Sep 26, 2023 Issued
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18/475405
Phase shifter architecture for large-element-count optical phased arrays Sep 26, 2023 Issued
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18/459481
OPTICAL TRANSMIT DEVICE Aug 31, 2023 Pending
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18/454776
Optical detection system, vehicle communication system having the same and operating method thereof Aug 22, 2023 Issued
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18/236642
TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM, TERMINAL CONTROL APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD Aug 21, 2023 Pending
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18/447123
Systems and methods for distributed fiber sensing for ultra-long-haul transport networks Aug 8, 2023 Issued
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18/363283
COMPLEX-WAVEFRONT PHOTONIC TRANSCEIVER PROCESSOR Jul 31, 2023 Pending
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18/226577
Systems and methods for providing a wavelength independent passive optical network extender Jul 25, 2023 Issued
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18/359047
Integrated optical transceiver apparatus and optical line terminal Jul 25, 2023 Issued
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18/357237
Determination of optical performance of distributed Raman amplifiers using deep neural networks Jul 23, 2023 Issued
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18/224682
Methods for estimating modal bandwidth spectral dependence Jul 20, 2023 Issued
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18/352380
Tunable dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)-based optical fiber monitoring Jul 13, 2023 Issued
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