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Keith Douglas Macmillan

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Most Active Art Unit
1205
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1205, 1618, 1627, 1614, 1204, 1617
Total Applications
558
Issued Applications
387
Pending Applications
61
Abandoned Applications
110

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/477349
Directional channel access using a narrow beam with multiple spatial streams Sep 15, 2021 Issued
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18/246345
Method and device for performing repetition transmission to improve uplink quality Sep 13, 2021 Issued
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17/471735
Method and apparatus for new data arrival of small data transmission in a wireless communication system Sep 9, 2021 Issued
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17/466564
Cell re-selection measurement window in new radio Sep 2, 2021 Issued
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17/466837
Sensors with enhanced time division multiplexing frames Sep 2, 2021 Issued
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18/549538
Smart Networking Techniques for Portable Playback Devices Aug 24, 2021 Pending
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17/445559
Intelligent radio band reconfiguration for access points of a wireless network Aug 19, 2021 Issued
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17/445279
Sidelink control signaling with transmit beam indications Aug 16, 2021 Issued
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18/020026
Managing sidelink communication Aug 5, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20260380 [patent_doc_number] => 12432749 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-09-30 [patent_title] => Method for processing delay for PDCCH repetitions [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/598158 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 26 [patent_figures_cnt] => 26 [patent_no_of_words] => 6605 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 116 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17598158 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/598158
Method for processing delay for PDCCH repetitions Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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18/040107
Provide data transmission to avoid large transmission delay Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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17/390616
Signal transmission method and apparatus for indicating uplink transmission resource Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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17/390569
Signal transmission method and apparatus for obtaining positioning reference signal Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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18/291304
NETWORK NODE AND METHOD THEREIN Jul 26, 2021 Pending
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18/572627
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CALL SERVICE FALLBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Jul 26, 2021 Pending
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18/009856
Method and apparatus for measurement in idle state or inactive state considering a network slice in a wireless communication system Jul 25, 2021 Issued
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17/384007
Information reporting method, resource assigning method, first terminal and second terminal Jul 22, 2021 Issued
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17/383990
System and mechanism to report usage for offline services with specific trigger requirements Jul 22, 2021 Issued
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17/381868
Communications among cells of different geographic coverage Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/376833
Communication method and communication apparatus to improve flexibility of unicast communication Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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