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Examiner: Elisca, Pierre E.


Primary examiner statistics: 162 patents; average approval time: 173 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 304 patents; average approval time: 1096 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8108317 System and method for restricting access to a terminal
7865444 License tracking and management
7860803 Method and system for obtaining feedback for a product
7850516 Payout distributions for games of chance
7853532 Information processing apparatus and method, and data communicati...
7761382 Method and system to protect electronic data objects from unautho...
7523065 Risk transfer supply chain system
7464059 System and method for purchase benefits at a point of sale
7461029 Method for clustered data transmission
7457782 Electronic settlement system, settlement apparatus and terminal
7454385 Transaction signature
7454384 Information distributing method and system
7447663 Method for on-line client set-up and authorization of automatic e...
7440926 Rights establishing system and method
7437330 System and method for categorizing transactions
7428512 Information distribution system, information distribution device,...
7424458 Method and system for generating characterizing information descr...
7418429 Method and system for facilitating a trusted on-line transaction ...
7418398 Stored value cards and methods for their issuance
7415424 System and method for reallocating and/or upgrading and/or sellin...
7415423 Method, algorithm, and computer program for optimizing the perfor...
7412422 Method and system for securing user identities and creating virtu...
7406426 System and method for integrated customer management
7403925 Entitlement security and control
7398251 Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a decoding ke...
7395246 Delegating digital credentials
7395226 Transaction tracking, managing, assessment, and auditing data pro...
7392226 Electronic ticket, electronic wallet, and information terminal
7389269 System and method for activating financial cards via biometric re...
7386517 System and method for determining and/or transmitting and/or esta...
7383231 Performing automatically authorized programmatic transactions
7379920 System and method for facilitating electronic financial transacti...
7379919 Method and system for conducting secure payments over a computer ...
7379918 Method and system for single reactivation of software product lic...
7379891 System and method for reallocating and/or upgrading and/or sellin...
7376629 Method of and system for effecting anonymous credit card purchase...
7376625 System and method for activating individualized software modules ...
7376627 Method of licensing functionality after initial transaction
7373331 Joint subscriber management system and receiving terminal
7373304 System and method for integrated customer management

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6889214 Virtual security device
6829595 MicroTrac internet billing solutions
6820062 Product information system
6795813 System and method for linking an indicium with address informatio...
6785661 System and method a risk based purchase of goods
6757843 Method and apparatus for using ranking to select repair nodes in ...
6748554 Server architecture with detection and recovery of failed out-of-...
6701453 System for clustering software applications
6697963 Method of updating a system environmental setting
6687684 System and method for restrictively authorizing reprinting of mai...
6654888 Installing and controlling trial software
6636967 Electronic-watermark control apparatus and method, information co...
6636966 Digital rights management within an embedded storage device
6631472 Kernel mode protection
6631473 Adaptive countermeasure selection method and apparatus
6625733 Electronic information inquiry method
6606709 Secure system for remote management and wake-up commands
6598167 Secure customer interface for web based data management
6574735 Information signal recording/reproducing system, information sign...
6532450 Financial management system including an offset payment process
6513018 Method and apparatus for scoring the likelihood of a desired perf...
6513017 System and method for household grocery management
6513121 Securing feature activation in a telecommunication system
6513019 Financial consolidation and communication platform
6505176 Workflow management system for an automated credit application sy...
6499020 Method and device for improving the efficiency of a postage meter
6496808 Using smartcards to enable probabilistic transaction on an untrus...
6493675 Apparatus and system for managing work flow, and computer-readabl...
6490673 Processor, compiling apparatus, and compile program recorded on a...
6484144 Method and system for healthcare treatment planning and assessmen...
6480830 Active calendar system
6477508 System and apparatus for broadcasting, capturing, storing, select...
6466920 Method and system for preventing illegal use of digital contents,...
6463467 Method and apparatus of secure server control of local media via ...
6460022 Process for protecting sensitive price information from internet ...
6460140 System for controlling the use of licensed software
6453419 System and method for implementing a security policy
6449601 Distributed live auction
6438527 Method and apparatus for paying bills electronically using machin...
6434535 System for prepayment of electronic content using removable media...
 
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