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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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18/319069
Short and long training fields May 16, 2023 Issued
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18/196236
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DEFERING A TRANSMISSION OFA MESSAGE May 10, 2023 Abandoned
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18/141243
Automated VPN load balancer Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/859583
Techniques to reduce latency spikes in multipath communication systems Apr 26, 2023 Issued
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18/306279
Maintaining a set of links associated with a link aggregation group to facilitate provisioning or updating of a customer edge device Apr 24, 2023 Issued
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18/138024
METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SYNCHRONOUS NETWORK, SHELF LABEL SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE Apr 20, 2023 Pending
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18/136969
PACKET FORWARDING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Apr 19, 2023 Pending
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18/301750
Software-defined network statistics extension Apr 16, 2023 Issued
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18/134158
Multi-path layer configured for performing root cause analysis of path anomalies Apr 12, 2023 Issued
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18/132599
Methods and apparatuses for reference signal transmission Apr 9, 2023 Issued
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18/131132
Bitmap signaling of services using segment routing Apr 4, 2023 Issued
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18/191853
Coordinating selection of a path between a source node and a destination node in a network Mar 27, 2023 Issued
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18/190849
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Mar 26, 2023 Pending
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18/160823
Customized tuple definition for hashing at a network appliance routing service Jan 26, 2023 Issued
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18/157894
Network gateways with redundant communication capability, and associated methods Jan 22, 2023 Issued
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18/157243
Communication system and method for integrating a data distribution service into a time sensitive network Jan 19, 2023 Issued
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18/096749
PREDICTIVE FAST REROUTE Jan 12, 2023 Pending
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18/154094
Resource optimization in multicast network environments Jan 12, 2023 Issued
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18/152620
Vehicle control device, system, and vehicle control method Jan 9, 2023 Issued
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18/151823
Method and device for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system Jan 8, 2023 Issued
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