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Eric A. Ward

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

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

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/037772
Sparse LMS Method Combining Zero Attraction Penalty and Attraction Compensation Mar 14, 2022 Pending
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17/692292
Method and apparatus for sensing measurement Mar 10, 2022 Issued
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17/691663
Method and Apparatus for Multi-Dimensional Complex-Valued Sample Encoding and Decoding Mar 9, 2022 Abandoned
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17/690339
Active state power optimization for high-speed serial input/output interfaces Mar 8, 2022 Issued
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18/697029
FULL-DUPLEX DIGITAL SELF-INTERFERENCE CLEAR METHOD AND APPARATUS Mar 1, 2022 Pending
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17/683096
Gain pattern overlap reduction Feb 27, 2022 Issued
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17/677113
Microcontroller circuit, corresponding device, system and method of operation Feb 21, 2022 Issued
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17/676425
Low power edge and data sampling Feb 20, 2022 Issued
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17/673789
Method and device in UE and base station for wireless communication Feb 16, 2022 Issued
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17/589159
Systems and methods for timing recovery with bandwidth extension Jan 30, 2022 Issued
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17/584066
Power-line/communication system Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/578359
Transmission method, transmission device, reception method, and reception device Jan 17, 2022 Issued
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18/261817
CODEBOOK STRUCTURE FOR RECIPROCITY-BASED TYPE-II CODEBOOK Jan 13, 2022 Pending
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17/575596
Method and apparatus for initial access in communication system Jan 12, 2022 Issued
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17/647286
Integrated radio frequency transceiver Jan 5, 2022 Issued
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17/568483
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASSIVE MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA CALIBRATION Jan 3, 2022 Abandoned
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17/561201
Devices and methods related to radio-frequency front-end systems Dec 22, 2021 Issued
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18/568869
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EQUALIZING A DIGITAL INPUT SIGNAL, RECEIVER, BASE STATION AND MOBILE DEVICE Dec 21, 2021 Pending
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17/548666
CAN transmitter with fast CANL loop and switched output cascode Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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18/034606
Method for determining transmission channel, transmission method, apparatus, system, device, and medium Nov 28, 2021 Issued
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