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Fred O. Ferris Iii

Examiner (ID: 15385, Phone: (571)272-3778 , Office: P/3992 )

Most Active Art Unit
2128
Art Unit(s)
3992, 2128, 2123
Total Applications
331
Issued Applications
255
Pending Applications
19
Abandoned Applications
56

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/172422
Information transmission method and device Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/171932
Wireless communications method and device Feb 8, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16937710 [patent_doc_number] => 20210203599 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-07-01 [patent_title] => MPLS EXTENSION HEADERS IN MIXED NETWORKS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/170318 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-02-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12475 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -23 [patent_words_short_claim] => 113 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17170318 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/170318
MPLS extension headers in mixed networks Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/168976
Method and apparatus for performing initial access in wireless communication system Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/161013
Control channel and data channel transmission/reception method and apparatus for NR system Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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18/274015
APPLICATION AWARE D2D TOPOLOGY SET UP Jan 24, 2021 Pending
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17/151882
Method for implementing a consistent hashing in a communication network Jan 18, 2021 Issued
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17/757040
Method and apparatus for transmitting data unit using random access procedure in wireless communication system Jan 12, 2021 Issued
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17/792752
HARQ RTT timer adjustment for multi-TB scheduling Jan 4, 2021 Issued
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17/140591
Method and device for uplink power control Jan 3, 2021 Issued
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17/140744
Downlink control information and bandwidth part switching in a wireless device Jan 3, 2021 Issued
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17/247955
Micro SID packet processing Dec 30, 2020 Issued
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17/137631
Directionally oriented wireless voice communication with optional telephony or network handoff Dec 29, 2020 Issued
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17/247933
Sharing routes using an in-memory data store in a distributed network system Dec 29, 2020 Issued
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17/118525
Methods for uplink multiuser signaling and transmission Dec 9, 2020 Issued
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17/116894
Service function chaining network services Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/101128
High-availability switchover based on traffic metrics Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/101959
Method and device for receiving PTRS for cancelling phase noise in wireless communication system Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/758322
Selective indications towards user equipment Nov 12, 2020 Issued
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17/094657
Real-time identification of network prefix outage Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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