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Eric A. Ward

Examiner (ID: 13236, Phone: (571)270-3406 , Office: P/2891 )

Most Active Art Unit
2891
Art Unit(s)
2891
Total Applications
912
Issued Applications
660
Pending Applications
72
Abandoned Applications
202

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/249931
Signalling port information Oct 22, 2020 Issued
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17/069961
Signal receiving device adapting to signal input mode and signal processing method for the same Oct 13, 2020 Issued
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17/062139
Sounding reference signal transmission method, terminal device, and computer-readable storage medium Oct 1, 2020 Issued
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17/037571
Antenna switching on MIMO devices Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/020389
Methods related to radio-frequency front-end systems Sep 13, 2020 Issued
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17/002031
Interference measurements and channel state information feedback for multi-user multiple-in multiple-out Aug 24, 2020 Issued
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17/637303
IMPROVED OFDM RANGING USING POSITION REFERENCE SYMBOL PHASE Aug 23, 2020 Abandoned
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16/999761
Systems and methods for angular direction indication in wireless communication Aug 20, 2020 Issued
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16/996231
Communication device, method for predicting interruption, control circuit, and program recording medium Aug 17, 2020 Issued
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16/985146
Communication device and communication signal generation method Aug 3, 2020 Issued
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17/625097
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Aug 2, 2020 Abandoned
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16/944872
Coverage enhancement for distributed antenna systems and repeaters by time-division beamforming Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/944986
Computer program product and method and apparatus for adjusting equalization Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/941120
Satellite MIMO system Jul 27, 2020 Issued
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16/931267
Zone-based signaling in new radio Jul 15, 2020 Issued
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18/012133
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jul 13, 2020 Pending
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16/928343
Systems and methods for specific emitter identification Jul 13, 2020 Issued
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16/927350
METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURABLE MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Jul 12, 2020 Abandoned
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16/926176
Systems and methods using configurable surfaces for wireless communication Jul 9, 2020 Issued
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16/922586
Reference signal design for cellular broadcast Jul 6, 2020 Issued
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