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Stephen J Ralis

Examiner (ID: 6793, Phone: (571)272-6227 , Office: P/3992 )

Most Active Art Unit
3742
Art Unit(s)
3992, 3742
Total Applications
471
Issued Applications
182
Pending Applications
45
Abandoned Applications
243

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/437676
Performing physical uplink shared channel transmissions with improved reliability Oct 1, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18305659 [patent_doc_number] => 11627579 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-04-11 [patent_title] => Radio resource pooling associated with communication devices [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/038739 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-09-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 25192 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 177 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17038739 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/038739
Radio resource pooling associated with communication devices Sep 29, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18876419 [patent_doc_number] => 11864263 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-01-02 [patent_title] => Wireless connection establishing methods and wireless connection establishing apparatuses [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/031471 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-09-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6960 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 177 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17031471 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/031471
Wireless connection establishing methods and wireless connection establishing apparatuses Sep 23, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17934961 [patent_doc_number] => 20220330087 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-10-13 [patent_title] => TECHNIQUE FOR CONFIGURING PREAMBLE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/753366 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-09-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 24978 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -15 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17753366 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/753366
TECHNIQUE FOR CONFIGURING PREAMBLE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Sep 2, 2020 Pending
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17/008373
IGP topology information and use for BIER-TE Aug 30, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16821146 [patent_doc_number] => 11006000 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-05-11 [patent_title] => System and method for verifying telephone numbers [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/937984 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-07-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 48 [patent_figures_cnt] => 48 [patent_no_of_words] => 37037 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 126 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16937984 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/937984
System and method for verifying telephone numbers Jul 23, 2020 Issued
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17/437650
RESOURCE ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT FOR CO-CHANNEL CO-EXISTENCE IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS Jun 24, 2020 Pending
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17/615409
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING PILOT TONE IN WIDEBAND IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM May 17, 2020 Pending
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17/593720
USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY SIGNALING ENHANCEMENT May 14, 2020 Pending
Array ( [id] => 16212352 [patent_doc_number] => 20200245342 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-07-30 [patent_title] => COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES USING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/847112 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-04-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9587 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 117 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16847112 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/847112
Communication between devices using a wireless communication protocol Apr 12, 2020 Issued
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17/441790
ENHANCED RACH-LESS HANDOVER Mar 26, 2020 Pending
Array ( [id] => 17153718 [patent_doc_number] => 11146822 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-10-12 [patent_title] => Method and apparatus for decoding an enhanced video stream [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/829733 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-03-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 5809 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 322 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16829733 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/829733
Method and apparatus for decoding an enhanced video stream Mar 24, 2020 Issued
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16/812670
ADVANCED SWITCH NODE SELECTION FOR POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Mar 8, 2020 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 19124630 [patent_doc_number] => 11968636 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-23 [patent_title] => Information communication method, and system and devices thereof [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/438686 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-03-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 1 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 4897 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 114 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17438686 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/438686
Information communication method, and system and devices thereof Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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16/795695
Mobile communication system, SGW, terminal, reception method of mobile communication system, reception method of SGW, and reception method of terminal Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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17/309757
LAYER-SPECIFIC COEFFICIENT QUANTITY AND/OR QUANTIZATION SCHEME REPORTING FOR TYPE II CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION COMPRESSION Jan 14, 2020 Pending
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16/742253
Narrowband selection for measurement reporting in random access Jan 13, 2020 Issued
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17/600605
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING TCI, BASE STATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jan 9, 2020 Pending
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16/725105
Method for transmitting information in communication system, base station and user equipment Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/721050
POST-CONFERENCE PLAYBACK SYSTEM HAVING HIGHER PERCEIVED QUALITY THAN ORIGINALLY HEARD IN THE CONFERENCE Dec 18, 2019 Abandoned
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