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Gary Lafontant

Examiner (ID: 12091, Phone: (571)272-3037 , Office: P/2646 )

Most Active Art Unit
2646
Art Unit(s)
2646
Total Applications
679
Issued Applications
503
Pending Applications
70
Abandoned Applications
122

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/369205
Method and apparatus for start and stop transmission of sounding reference signal for positioning in mobile wireless communication system Sep 17, 2023 Issued
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18/468661
IMEI binding and dynamic IMEI provisioning for wireless devices Sep 14, 2023 Issued
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18/464527
METHOD TO TRACK VARIOUS ATTACH TYPES ON UDM & UDR Sep 10, 2023 Pending
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18/458993
Primary eSIM activation for wireless device with physical SIM Aug 29, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19774955 [patent_doc_number] => 20250056381 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-02-13 [patent_title] => MULTI-OPERATOR 5G NETWORK SLICING SERVICE SELECTION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/448450 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-08-11 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6395 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 106 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18448450 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/448450
MULTI-OPERATOR 5G NETWORK SLICING SERVICE SELECTION Aug 10, 2023 Pending
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18/363334
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS AND SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION USING CONFIGURED RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Jul 31, 2023 Pending
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18/361628
POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS Jul 27, 2023 Pending
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18/227056
Wireless device authorization by uncrewed aerial system service supplier Jul 26, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20705258 [patent_doc_number] => 12627982 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2026-05-12 [patent_title] => Systems and methods of reducing fraud for SMS OTP authentication [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/223617 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-07-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 11669 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 187 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18223617 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/223617
Systems and methods of reducing fraud for SMS OTP authentication Jul 18, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20177294 [patent_doc_number] => 12396057 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-08-19 [patent_title] => Resource-efficient polling method for delivering messages to 5G/6G users [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/222656 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-07-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 15116 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 81 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18222656 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/222656
Resource-efficient polling method for delivering messages to 5G/6G users Jul 16, 2023 Issued
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18/351001
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED POLICY PROPAGATION Jul 11, 2023 Pending
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18/221257
Method of informing serving cell of uplink interference at neighbor cell caused by unmanned aerial vehicle Jul 11, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18952299 [patent_doc_number] => 11895614 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-02-06 [patent_title] => Method and apparatus for requesting positioning assistance data in mobile wireless communication system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/217621 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-07-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 16284 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 240 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18217621 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/217621
Method and apparatus for requesting positioning assistance data in mobile wireless communication system Jul 2, 2023 Issued
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18/344761
Discovering an embedded subscriber identification module root discovery service endpoint Jun 28, 2023 Issued
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18/216039
Handling of MUSIM gaps collision in mobile communications Jun 28, 2023 Issued
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18/341458
Cellular service management for secondary mobile wireless devices Jun 25, 2023 Issued
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18/339483
Profile and subscriber identity module having profile Jun 21, 2023 Issued
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18/336032
Method, and electronic device for allocating routing resources of WIFI6 router Jun 15, 2023 Issued
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18/333254
EVALUATION OF ACCESS POINT PLACEMENT Jun 11, 2023 Pending
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18/874029
Systems and methods for providing voltage boosting to a time domain duplexing radio Jun 7, 2023 Issued
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