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Daniel J. Berns

Examiner (ID: 9387, Phone: (571)270-5839 , Office: P/1736 )

Most Active Art Unit
1736
Art Unit(s)
1793, 1736, 1734
Total Applications
1031
Issued Applications
707
Pending Applications
81
Abandoned Applications
265

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/449522
System and method for implementing a Bluetooth device manager module Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/490125
Device and method for monitoring social distancing and contact tracing Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/483742
Dynamic controller selection for a local area network Sep 22, 2021 Issued
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17/481716
Contextual device pairing Sep 21, 2021 Issued
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17/472874
Base station, terminal device, and communication system Sep 12, 2021 Issued
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17/466172
Control method and information processing apparatus Sep 2, 2021 Issued
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17/465701
Method and apparatus for managing user plane operation in wireless communication system Sep 1, 2021 Issued
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17/411958
Automatic pairing of personal devices with peripheral devices Aug 24, 2021 Issued
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18/015048
RELAY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TO A NETWORK ENTITY BASED ON A REMOTE CONNECTION Aug 19, 2021 Pending
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17/406492
REMOTE CONTROLLER Aug 18, 2021 Abandoned
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18/267265
METHOD AND DATA CARRIER FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA STREAM Aug 10, 2021 Pending
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17/799574
Location prediction method and apparatus, node and storage medium Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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18/020051
SIDELINK DEVICE DISCOVERY Aug 5, 2021 Pending
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17/393169
Discontinuous reception method, terminal device and network device Aug 2, 2021 Issued
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17/391605
System and method for a long-term evolution (LTE)-compatible subframe structure for wideband LTE Aug 1, 2021 Issued
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18/247130
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SIDELINK-BASED SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Jul 14, 2021 Pending
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17/373664
Mobile device underwater communications system and method Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/370963
System and method for matching based on proximity Jul 7, 2021 Issued
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17/369044
Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Jul 6, 2021 Issued
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17/356457
Bluetooth device connection methods and bluetooth devices Jun 22, 2021 Issued
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