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Robert A Hopkins

Examiner (ID: 13815, Phone: (571)272-1159 , Office: P/1776 )

Most Active Art Unit
1776
Art Unit(s)
1776, 1724, 1797, 1305
Total Applications
3312
Issued Applications
2752
Pending Applications
196
Abandoned Applications
364

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/302883
Systems and methods for managing group service plan transactions May 13, 2021 Issued
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17/302834
Systems and methods for dynamically switching a proximity detection point between two devices May 12, 2021 Issued
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17/442076
CELL GLOBAL IDENTIFIER READING ENHANCEMENT May 3, 2021 Pending
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17/307301
System and method for selecting alternate global positioning system coordinates May 3, 2021 Issued
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17/242336
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD USED IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 27, 2021 Abandoned
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17/242174
Methods and apparatus for determining and using enclosure state information Apr 26, 2021 Issued
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17/239160
Scanning optimization in 5G NR multi-RAT environments Apr 22, 2021 Issued
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17/237914
GEO Fencing Enterprise Network with Macro Pilot Signature Apr 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/219533
Systems and methods for beam group reporting for new radio positioning Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/219565
Adjustable and dynamic thresholds in wireless networks Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/215937
Handover method and base station Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/216408
Handover method, apparatus, and system Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/214457
POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS Mar 25, 2021 Pending
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17/213646
Positioning device and method for calculating a position of a mobile device Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/208714
Location based wireless pet containment system using single base unit Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/203086
Wireless communication handovers for non-third generation partnership project (non-3GPP) access nodes Mar 15, 2021 Issued
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17/201075
Methods of enabling flexible charging in M2M IoT service layer Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/195942
SIM router device, communication terminal device, method of routing, and method of manufacturing SIM Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/190866
Channel configuration in device-to-device communications Mar 2, 2021 Issued
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17/178761
Differentiated mobility schemes and neighbor lists Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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