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Gary Lafontant

Examiner (ID: 14884, Phone: (571)272-3037 , Office: P/2646 )

Most Active Art Unit
2646
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2646
Total Applications
642
Issued Applications
470
Pending Applications
86
Abandoned Applications
121

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/892381
OpenRAN Intelligent Dynamic CU-UP Scaling Solution Aug 21, 2022 Issued
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17/891791
Registration with accessibility and mobility management function re-allocation Aug 18, 2022 Issued
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17/890460
Access Method and Apparatus Aug 17, 2022 Pending
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17/888476
Method and apparatus for terminal to determine reference paging cycle in mobile wireless communication system Aug 15, 2022 Issued
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17/819494
Machine learning for improved power source longevity for a device Aug 11, 2022 Issued
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17/819494
Machine learning for improved power source longevity for a device Aug 11, 2022 Issued
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17/819494
Machine learning for improved power source longevity for a device Aug 11, 2022 Issued
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17/886344
Mapping subscribers to operators in shared radio unit architecture using RAN slicing Aug 10, 2022 Issued
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17/881870
Procedures to inform users of incoming 5G/6G messages Aug 4, 2022 Issued
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17/816877
Restricted target wait time interference detection and management Aug 1, 2022 Issued
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17/877217
Power saving methods for a mobile station Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/816032
Intelligent and dynamic gateway Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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18/578071
COMMUNICATION AND RADAR TARGET DETECTION METHOD BASED ON INTELLIGENT OMNI-SURFACE Jul 27, 2022 Pending
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17/872849
Multiple SIM card operation of an electronic device Jul 24, 2022 Issued
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17/872411
Multi-active electronic subscriber identity module profiles for multi-service user equipment Jul 24, 2022 Issued
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17/861451
Method and apparatus for supporting access control and mobility management Jul 10, 2022 Issued
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17/848428
Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/836964
User equipment context transfer over radio access network paging Jun 8, 2022 Issued
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17/805417
Methods and apparatus to support access to services for multiple subscriber identity modules Jun 2, 2022 Issued
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17/826551
End to end slicing in wireless communications systems May 26, 2022 Issued
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