Centurion Patentors as of April 1, 2025

Welcome to April 1, 2025. This week, we aim to celebrate the centurion patentors who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields.

Youn Hyoung Heo

Senior Principal Engineer at Samsung Semiconductor.

Patent №: 12267880 – Allocation of resources for preamble and payload of messages in a 2-step random access (RA) procedure in new radio (NR) systems.

A user device may receive configuration info from a base station for a 2-step random access procedure in unlicensed spectrum. This includes an uplink message with a preamble and payload, and a downlink response.

Patent №: 12267225 – Enhanced service function chaining in next generation cellular networks. A communication system may include functions to select, establish, and expose service chaining: a control function for selecting service functions, an orchestration function to set up the chain, and an exposure function to interface with applications.

Ashwin Sampath

Computer Vision Engineering at Blue River Technology.

Ashwin holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University.

Patent №:  12267198 – Sample-level error-correcting code.

A wireless communication device encodes real data samples by adding time-domain complex samples, where the sum of exponentials of the complex samples is a known value. It then transmits the encoded data to another device.

Mark S Zeiner

Designer at Kaleidoscope Innovation.

25 years in progressive positions in FDA-regulated field of General, Bariatric and Orthopedic Surgery medical product design and development, dedicated to developing new innovations that will help drive the future of Ethicon Endo Surgery.

Patent №: 12262889 – Sliding compression retainers for staple cartridges with implantable adjuncts. Retainers and systems for staple cartridges with implantable adjuncts are disclosed, designed to apply compressive force to secure the adjuncts during surgical stapling procedures.

Michael F Starsinic

Director at InterDigital Communications.

Patent №:  12267774 – Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for supporting network slicing serving area.

Methods and systems are disclosed for a wireless device (WTRU) to determine network slice availability across tracking areas (TAs) within a registration area (RA). The WTRU detects changes in slice access as it moves between TAs and may re-register in a new TA to access a previously unavailable slice.

Patent №:  12267757 – Automated relationship management of service layer entities in a communications network. Systems and methods enable automated management of relationships between IoT entities (e.g., devices, apps, users). A Relationship Management Service (RM Service) autonomously establishes, modifies, and terminates these relationships, reducing user involvement.

Patent №:  12267738 – Handover in integrated small cell and WiFi networks via an extended X2 interface. Systems and methods support inter-system mobility between LTE and trusted WLAN access networks using an X2′ interface for control and user plane communication. This interface enables seamless handover of a UE’s connection between a WLAN and an (H)eNB in both directions.