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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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17/508265
Methods and apparatuses for radio communication Oct 21, 2021 Issued
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18/032858
Employing paging early indicator for idle mode wireless communication device power savings Oct 21, 2021 Issued
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17/451767
Techniques for measurement reporting and transmit power allocation in power-constrained environment Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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17/507605
Method for supporting handover Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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18/032290
SCG ACTIVATION DURING MOBILITY Oct 20, 2021 Pending
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17/451436
Base station supporting self-configuration and self-optimization and method thereof Oct 18, 2021 Issued
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17/451436
Base station supporting self-configuration and self-optimization and method thereof Oct 18, 2021 Issued
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17/451436
Base station supporting self-configuration and self-optimization and method thereof Oct 18, 2021 Issued
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17/451436
Base station supporting self-configuration and self-optimization and method thereof Oct 18, 2021 Issued
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17/503311
Method and apparatus for receiving a transport block in a transmission occasion Oct 15, 2021 Issued
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17/450226
Four-step random access channel procedure Oct 6, 2021 Issued
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17/449646
Resource reservation indication for mode 2 resource allocation with power saving Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/489962
Paging indication channel for EC-GSM-IoT Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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18/027745
Operation method and device using non-activation period of SL DRX configuration in NR V2X Sep 26, 2021 Issued
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17/485408
Control device, control method, and computer-readable storage medium Sep 24, 2021 Issued
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17/906707
Terminal, base station, and method for transforming a measurement configuration Sep 23, 2021 Issued
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17/477941
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving mode reference signal in wireless communication system Sep 16, 2021 Issued
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17/474313
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING FROM SIDELINK RELAY FAILURE Sep 13, 2021 Abandoned
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17/446034
Sidelink discontinuous reception(SL DRX) for quality of service (QOS) and power saving Aug 25, 2021 Issued
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17/410020
Method and apparatus for mobility procedure regarding MAC reset in a wireless communication system Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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