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Ricky D. Shafer

Examiner (ID: 6269, Phone: (571)272-2320 , Office: P/2872 )

Most Active Art Unit
2872
Art Unit(s)
2872, 2507
Total Applications
2489
Issued Applications
1822
Pending Applications
155
Abandoned Applications
537

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Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/165713
Systems and methods to reduce peak to average power ratio for dual sub-carrier modulated transmissions in a wireless network May 25, 2016 Issued
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15/165796
Uplink resource scheduling method, terminal and base station May 25, 2016 Issued
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15/165649
Device, network, and method for wideband long-term evolution (LTE) uplink transmission May 25, 2016 Issued
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16/301380
Data acknowledgement in a wireless communication system May 12, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11022000 [patent_doc_number] => 20160218956 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-07-28 [patent_title] => 'SERVICE NODE ORIGINATED SERVICE CHAINS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/092117 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-04-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 6494 [patent_no_of_claims] => 21 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15092117 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/092117
Service node originated service chains in a network environment Apr 5, 2016 Issued
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15/766331
User plane resource allocation Mar 24, 2016 Issued
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15/068854
Normalized flow value-based congestion control Mar 13, 2016 Issued
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15/069060
System, method, and receiving device Mar 13, 2016 Issued
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15/068862
Communications apparatus, control method, and storage medium Mar 13, 2016 Issued
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15/068874
Identifying a local congestion control algorithm of a virtual machine Mar 13, 2016 Issued
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15/069160
PACKET CONTROL METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mar 13, 2016 Abandoned
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15/068953
Programmable system architecture for routing data packets in virtual base stations Mar 13, 2016 Issued
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15/059040
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving interface signals of distributed base station Mar 1, 2016 Issued
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15/544068
Radio wave intensity distribution assessment apparatus, radio wave quality distribution assessment apparatus, radio wave intensity distribution assessment method and radio wave quality distribution assessment method Feb 9, 2016 Issued
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16/070264
Base station, terminal, and communication method Feb 4, 2016 Issued
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15/006984
Bypass switch for redundant in-line network switch appliance Jan 25, 2016 Issued
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15/006769
Relay signaling between UE and network Jan 25, 2016 Issued
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15/006583
Numerology and frames for networks in the sub-1GHz (S1G) band Jan 25, 2016 Issued
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15/006362
Method of receiving downlink signal of high speed moving terminal, adaptive communication method and adaptive communication apparatus in mobile wireless backhaul network Jan 25, 2016 Issued
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15/006692
Automatic configuration of a wireless distribution system extended network Jan 25, 2016 Issued
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