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Eric W. Shepperd

Examiner (ID: 11214, Phone: (571)270-5654 , Office: P/2492 )

Most Active Art Unit
2492
Art Unit(s)
2492, 2453, 2456
Total Applications
631
Issued Applications
478
Pending Applications
40
Abandoned Applications
122

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/260944
Terminal device, integrated circuit, and wireless communication method Jan 28, 2019 Issued
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16/246197
Service specific route selection in communication networks Jan 10, 2019 Issued
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16/965887
Method and radio communication system for an industrial automation system Jan 9, 2019 Issued
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16/239320
Method of Distributing Security Key Context, Mobility Management Entity, and Base Station Jan 2, 2019 Abandoned
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16/769292
Communication method, device and computer readable storage medium for relay device Dec 6, 2018 Issued
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16/193697
Apparatus, system, and method for packet switching Nov 15, 2018 Issued
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16/765931
Paging indication channel for EC-GSM-IoT Nov 7, 2018 Issued
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16/181150
Scheduling request transmission for directional beam access Nov 4, 2018 Issued
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16/321871
METHOD OF OPERATING DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD Oct 28, 2018 Abandoned
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16/141380
EXTENDED QUALITY OF SERVICE CLASS IDENTIFIER (QCI) MASKING Sep 24, 2018 Abandoned
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16/139315
Notice of absence support for coexistence Sep 23, 2018 Issued
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16/630770
Method for transmitting uplink data which is robust to collision on shared uplink resource in wireless communication system and a device therefor Sep 20, 2018 Issued
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17/276127
Method and apparatus for integrated access and backhaul node selection Sep 20, 2018 Issued
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17/274478
Admission control in IAB system Sep 19, 2018 Issued
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16/117670
Combining bandwidth from multiple cellular connections into a single WLAN network Aug 29, 2018 Issued
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16/116795
Scheduling method and apparatus for spatial reuse Aug 28, 2018 Issued
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16/101171
Cell change method, terminal, and network device Aug 9, 2018 Issued
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16/035657
WIRELESS RFID NETWORKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Jul 14, 2018 Abandoned
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16/642677
Terminal device, roadside device, communications system, and communications method Jul 12, 2018 Issued
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16/628130
Method for transmitting a power headroom reporting in wireless communication system and a device therefor Jul 3, 2018 Issued
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