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Donald L. Mills

Examiner (ID: 17367, Phone: (571)272-3094 , Office: P/2462 )

Most Active Art Unit
2462
Art Unit(s)
2462, 2416, 2662, 2616
Total Applications
1181
Issued Applications
922
Pending Applications
99
Abandoned Applications
175

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/087173
BUFFER STATUS REPORTING Mar 20, 2025 Issued
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18/929608
Classification engine with field reduction for ethernet routing Oct 27, 2024 Issued
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18/896562
CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE Sep 24, 2024 Pending
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18/793578
ON-DEMAND SS/PBCH BLOCK Aug 1, 2024 Pending
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18/786064
Configuration and Design of CQI and MCS Tables for 5G Communications Jul 25, 2024 Pending
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18/766296
MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL SCHEDULERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Jul 7, 2024 Pending
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18/757756
IAB-NODE DEVICE, IAB-DONOR DEVICE AND TOPOLOGY REVOKING METHOD Jun 27, 2024 Pending
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18/756342
System and method for distribution of routes in a telecommunications network Jun 26, 2024 Issued
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18/744162
Radio link monitoring and radio resource management measurement procedures for NR-U Jun 13, 2024 Issued
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18/667412
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SEGMENTED RRC MESSAGE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM May 16, 2024 Pending
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18/664561
EVALUATION PERIOD, DETECTION PERIOD WITH ALLOWED DROPPING RATE AND MEASUREMENT PERIOD DETERMINATION May 14, 2024 Pending
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18/646442
COMMUNICATION METHOD Apr 24, 2024 Pending
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18/643453
TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION AND BEAM MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Apr 22, 2024 Pending
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18/630677
Edge synchronization platform Apr 8, 2024 Issued
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18/442215
Wireless communications apparatus and methods Feb 14, 2024 Issued
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18/440802
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Feb 12, 2024 Pending
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18/437758
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Feb 8, 2024 Pending
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18/436981
DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF NETWORK RESOURCES TO RESOURCE POOLS IN PODS Feb 7, 2024 Pending
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18/437149
INTELLIGENT CONTROL FOR CELLULAR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS Feb 7, 2024 Pending
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18/435534
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Feb 6, 2024 Pending
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