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Brent C. Thomas

Examiner (ID: 10965, Phone: (571)270-7737 , Office: P/1724 )

Most Active Art Unit
1724
Art Unit(s)
1724, 1795, 1726
Total Applications
507
Issued Applications
245
Pending Applications
51
Abandoned Applications
224

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/553855
5G positioning using simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) tags Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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17/550657
Information processing device, information processing method, and program Dec 13, 2021 Issued
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17/644042
Optimizing transmission of a sidelink synchronization signal by a wireless device Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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17/457876
Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method Dec 5, 2021 Issued
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17/541498
Variable rate sampling in a Bluetooth receiver using connection state Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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17/455732
Personal safety system Nov 18, 2021 Issued
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17/526524
Network computer system to evaluate an operator of a freight vehicle Nov 14, 2021 Issued
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17/525626
Device authentication in a wireless telecommunications network Nov 11, 2021 Issued
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17/525809
Vehicle-passenger assistance facilitation Nov 11, 2021 Issued
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17/523618
Control apparatus, control system, vehicle, and control method Nov 9, 2021 Issued
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17/521490
Hyper-precise positioning and communications system and network Nov 7, 2021 Issued
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17/520540
Base station synchronization in wireless location systems Nov 4, 2021 Issued
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17/507081
Electronic device supporting multiple SIMs and method for operating the same Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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17/506768
Voicemail as a message delivered to the device Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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17/506018
Content service accessibility for unauthenticated users Oct 19, 2021 Issued
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17/505791
Emergency service vehicle notification and acknowledgement Oct 19, 2021 Issued
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17/506011
Systems and methods for protecting bluetooth low energy devices from address tracking Oct 19, 2021 Issued
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17/503099
Method and system for contact tracing using positioning in a venue Oct 14, 2021 Issued
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17/499273
Providing health urgency context for incoming calls Oct 11, 2021 Issued
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17/495680
Apparatus and locale-based method for thwarting deceptions and/or denial of services Oct 5, 2021 Issued
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