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Thomas M. Dougherty

Examiner (ID: 15094, Phone: (571)272-2022 , Office: P/2837 )

Most Active Art Unit
2837
Art Unit(s)
3102, 2102, 2899, 2834, 2837
Total Applications
3722
Issued Applications
3182
Pending Applications
118
Abandoned Applications
430

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/475603
Systems and methods for creating a virtual channel for binge watching Mar 30, 2017 Issued
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15/474368
System and methods for disambiguating an ambiguous entity in a search query based on the gaze of a user Mar 29, 2017 Issued
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15/467302
PARENTAL ACCESS CONTROL OF MEDIA CONTENT Mar 22, 2017 Abandoned
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15/467411
Systems and methods for a television scoring service that learns to reach a target audience Mar 22, 2017 Issued
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15/455005
Reverse Casting from a First Screen Device to a Second Screen Device Mar 8, 2017 Abandoned
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15/438583
Systems and methods that match search queries to television subtitles Feb 20, 2017 Issued
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15/418758
Automatically suggesting faster tiered bandwidth based on prior usage at different hospitality establishment Jan 28, 2017 Issued
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15/409204
Method and apparatus for generating media content Jan 17, 2017 Issued
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15/399404
Computing system with channel-change-based trigger feature Jan 4, 2017 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396475
Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets Dec 30, 2016 Issued
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15/396027
DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING SYSTEM Dec 29, 2016 Abandoned
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15/394767
Smart TV controlling method and smart TV thereof Dec 28, 2016 Issued
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