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Thomas E. Denion

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 5389, Phone: (571)272-4859 , Office: P/3748 )

Most Active Art Unit
3401
Art Unit(s)
3727, 3748, 3401, 3745
Total Applications
1565
Issued Applications
1326
Pending Applications
55
Abandoned Applications
184

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/859029
Method and apparatus for obtaining ODN logical topology information, device, and storage medium Jul 6, 2022 Issued
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17/808731
Systems and methods for preventing service interruption when troubleshooting a passive optical network Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/848948
Dual-output coherent optical technology Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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18/571343
OPTICAL SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM, OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Jun 15, 2022 Pending
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17/840965
Fiber link detection method and apparatus Jun 14, 2022 Issued
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17/806892
Dual-direction OTDR system for inter-node communications Jun 13, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18062676 [patent_doc_number] => 20220393763 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-12-08 [patent_title] => Optical Cable for Transmission of Audio and Video Signals [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/834570 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-06-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 23342 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17834570 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/834570
Optical cable for transmission of audio and video signals Jun 6, 2022 Issued
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17/828662
Optical switching method and apparatus, liquid crystal on silicon, and wavelength selective switch May 30, 2022 Issued
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18/561005
Sectorizatiion technique for high-speed optical wireless communication May 15, 2022 Issued
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17/735596
Small form-factor pluggable transceiver May 2, 2022 Issued
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18/288907
Data transmission method and apparatus, network device, system, and storage medium Apr 17, 2022 Issued
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17/714959
System and method for multimodulation in a passive optical network Apr 5, 2022 Issued
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17/707166
Master station device, slave station device, and wireless communication system Mar 28, 2022 Issued
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17/703589
FIBER OPTIC LINK EQUALIZATION IN DATA CENTERS AND OTHER TIME SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS Mar 23, 2022 Abandoned
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17/698260
Integrated coherent receiver with off PLL bandwidth demodulation Mar 17, 2022 Issued
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18/567794
Relay system, communication device, and delay period determination method Mar 9, 2022 Issued
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17/689100
Edge-wavelength-switching system, associated optical network, and failover recovery method thereof Mar 7, 2022 Issued
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18/280407
Locating disturbances in optical fibres Mar 3, 2022 Issued
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17/583357
Methods for estimating modal bandwidth spectral dependence Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/581111
Enhanced line monitoring and parameter reporting for high fiber count undersea fiber optic transmission systems with multiple switchable branches Jan 20, 2022 Issued
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