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Kevin T. Bates

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 5915, Phone: (571)272-3980 , Office: P/2458 )

Most Active Art Unit
2456
Art Unit(s)
2155, 2153, 2472, 2458, 2456, 2403
Total Applications
376
Issued Applications
204
Pending Applications
33
Abandoned Applications
142

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/247351
Feeder Link Switching in Non-terrestrial Networks Jun 23, 2025 Pending
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19/049982
Sidelink Channel Occupancy Time in Unlicensed Band Feb 9, 2025 Pending
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18/761401
FIRST WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SECOND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Jul 1, 2024 Pending
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18/506488
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC TRANSMITTER SWITCHING AMONG MULTIPLE BANDS Nov 9, 2023 Pending
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18/350520
FREQUENCY BAND POWER LIMIT REPORTING IN A USER EQUIPMENT Jul 10, 2023 Pending
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18/335945
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A NETWORK SLICE BASED SERVICE AREA VIA SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS Jun 14, 2023 Pending
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18/202344
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM INDICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM May 25, 2023 Pending
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18/305291
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING RESOURCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Apr 20, 2023 Pending
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18/295507
STEERING OF ROAMING ENHANCEMENT DURING REGISTRATION REJECT Apr 3, 2023 Pending
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18/191350
Method for sending demodulation reference signal, method for receiving demodulation reference signal, and communication apparatus Mar 27, 2023 Issued
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18/727968
MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR PROPAGATION DELAY COMPENSATION Jan 5, 2023 Pending
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18/726962
MANAGING RADIO RESOURCE CONFIGURATIONS FOR SMALL DATA COMMUNICATION Jan 5, 2023 Pending
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18/066702
Methods and systems for update of cell-specific koffset in NTN Dec 14, 2022 Issued
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18/051769
TIME-AVERAGED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) EXPOSURE PER EXPOSURE SCENARIO Oct 31, 2022 Pending
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18/049766
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK SIGNALING OF COVERAGE TYPES Oct 25, 2022 Pending
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17/968031
Methods, systems, and devices for implementing carrier aggregation for unmanned aerial vehicles over mobile networks Oct 17, 2022 Issued
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17/933762
CONTEXT SPECIFIC ALERTS FOR USER EQUIPMENTS Sep 19, 2022 Pending
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17/942925
Retransmission bandwidth reduction Sep 11, 2022 Issued
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17/878752
Channel occupancy sharing conditions for beam-based channel access Jul 31, 2022 Issued
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18/028549
Systems and methods for optimizing supply demand in a telecommunication network Jul 31, 2022 Issued
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