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Examiner: Xue, Belinda


Primary examiner statistics: 16 patents; average approval time: N/A
Assistant examiner statistics: 69 patents; average approval time: 93 days

Patents as Primary Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
8190598 Skew-based costing for database queries
8185537 Method for monitoring abnormal state of internet information
8166001 Mapping regulations and frameworks to policies using control stat...
8161022 Efficiently and reliably providing message related data
8156154 Techniques to manage a taxonomy system for heterogeneous resource...
8150848 Geocoding multi-feature addresses
8145657 Identifying broadcast programs that may be of interest to a user
8145681 System and methods for generating manufacturing data objects
8135715 Method and apparatus for discovering and classifying polysemous w...
8131784 Multiple node quota filter
8131763 Age verification and content filtering systems and methods
8131759 Method and apparatus for identifying and resolving conflicting da...
8131742 Method and system for processing fraud notifications
8122053 Method of bibliographic field normalization
8108423 System and method for ontology and rules based segmentation engin...
8082267 Parcel record information system management

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8185559 Method and system for operating a telecommunication device using ...
8041747 Data search device and gateway device in communication apparatus
8032540 Description-based user interface engine for network management ap...
8024370 Method and system for defining a pseudo-world
8010511 Content monitoring and compliance enforcement
7991736 Article of manufacture and system for autonomic data caching and ...
7979424 Dynamic graphical database query interface
7962519 Method, system, and program product for building hierarchies
7953708 Optimizing grace period detection for preemptible read-copy updat...
7949693 Log-structured host data storage
7945583 Technique for data mining using a web service
7945596 Programming model for customized data objects
7930321 Reference architecture framework
7925634 Data recovery method and system of mobile device
7917496 Method and apparatus for discovering and classifying polysemous w...
7912825 Configurable plug-in architecture for manipulating XML-formatted ...
7904442 Method and apparatus for facilitating a collaborative search proc...
7899838 Business rules preprocessing
7873677 Method and apparatus for retrieving and processing data
7873679 Business object document mapper
7865512 Systems and methods for providing victim location information dur...
7836027 Method and apparatus for communicating list orders
7814123 Management of component members using tag attributes
7802052 Methods for processing multi-source data
7797359 Recursive data naming
7783631 Systems and methods for managing multiple user accounts
7783594 System and method for enabling individuals to select desired audi...
7779049 Source level optimization of regular expressions
7779000 Associating conditions to summary table data
7774346 Indexes that are based on bitmap values and that use summary bitm...
7765190 Pseudosnapshot creation and implementation using continuous data ...
7756886 Filtered list assisted element selection
7752178 Method to indicate context synchronization of applications on a c...
7752228 Methods, systems, and software applications for event based data ...
7734625 Method for performing expression-based validation
7734599 Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, inf...
7734605 Dynamic quota policy for queuing mechanism
7725507 Dynamic directories
7716253 Centralized KPI framework systems and methods
7698292 Tag management within a decision, support, and reporting environm...
 
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