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Nathan K. Ford

Examiner (ID: 5844, Phone: (571)270-1880 , Office: P/1716 )

Most Active Art Unit
1716
Art Unit(s)
1712, 1792, 1716
Total Applications
758
Issued Applications
215
Pending Applications
97
Abandoned Applications
458

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/154603
Inter-cluster intensity variation correction and base calling Jan 12, 2023 Issued
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18/149638
Multi-AP association identifiers management Jan 2, 2023 Issued
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18/147284
Determination of inactive EDRX configurations for user equipment Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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18/146399
Product Photo Booth Dec 25, 2022 Abandoned
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18/145396
Wireless signal propagation prediction method and apparatus Dec 21, 2022 Issued
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18/083081
System and method for providing dominant scene classification by semantic segmentation Dec 15, 2022 Issued
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18/064608
MULTI-OPERATOR CORE NETWORK (MOCN) INTELLIGENT CBRS RADIO CONTROL Dec 11, 2022 Pending
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18/062102
Granularity of coordination groups (CGs) using sectorization Dec 5, 2022 Issued
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18/074381
Wireless device cradles Dec 1, 2022 Issued
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18/013452
Load balancing of performance management and fault management microservices Nov 28, 2022 Issued
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18/071255
Adaptive image classification Nov 28, 2022 Issued
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18/013730
Apparatus and method for implementing R1-O1 data models for O1 related services within a telecommunications network Nov 28, 2022 Issued
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17/992220
Apparatus and method for controlling operation cycle of electronic device in wireless communication system Nov 21, 2022 Issued
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17/991249
Machine learning prediction and document rendering improvement based on content order Nov 20, 2022 Issued
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17/990392
Segmentation generation for image-related functions Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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17/990420
Method and apparatus for computer-vision-based object motion detection Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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18/055781
Loading operation monitoring apparatus and method of using the same Nov 14, 2022 Issued
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17/985255
Position estimation system, position estimation method, and vehicle communication device Nov 10, 2022 Issued
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17/984588
Event subscription management method and apparatus Nov 9, 2022 Issued
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17/982212
TERMINATING ACCESS DOMAIN SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Nov 6, 2022 Abandoned
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