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Stephen M. Hepperle

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 17055, Phone: (571)272-4913 , Office: P/3700 )

Most Active Art Unit
3407
Art Unit(s)
3407, 3700, 3753
Total Applications
2621
Issued Applications
2150
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/406443
Operation method of network controller using unique identification information of cells and clusters and electronic device for performing the same Jan 7, 2024 Issued
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18/402204
MULTI-BEAM CSI REPORTING Jan 1, 2024 Abandoned
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18/399928
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTER-PLMN HANDOVER OF HOME ROUTED SESSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Dec 28, 2023 Pending
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18/399264
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to idle/inactive mode positioning in NR Dec 27, 2023 Issued
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18/398183
METHOD FOR PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION CONTROL OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CIRCUITS CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, AND ASSOCIATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Dec 27, 2023 Pending
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18/392289
DETERMINING LOCATION USING BLE SIGNALS Dec 20, 2023 Pending
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18/545174
PERSONALIZED REAL-TIME MESSAGING Dec 18, 2023 Issued
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18/531674
MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION BASED CELLULAR WIRELESS SERVICE TRANSFER WITH ACCOUNT OWNER CONSENT Dec 5, 2023 Pending
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18/529456
SPEAKER SELECTION IN CALLING AND CONFERENCING Dec 4, 2023 Pending
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18/502788
Shared data support (SDS) rules selection and enforcement in a wireless communication network Nov 5, 2023 Issued
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18/483988
Channel extraction digital beamforming Oct 9, 2023 Issued
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18/378095
Channel aggregation digital beamforming Oct 8, 2023 Issued
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18/480467
Power reduction techniques for non-transparent uplink-muting Oct 2, 2023 Issued
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18/479016
Routing incoming calls using ultra wide band enabled devices Sep 29, 2023 Issued
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18/374053
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) TESTING USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Sep 27, 2023 Pending
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18/477455
Enhanced feedback for secure mode wireless communications Sep 27, 2023 Issued
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18/476162
Clock syntonization using network effect and/or adaptive stochastic control Sep 26, 2023 Issued
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18/465642
INTERMODULATION DISTORTION MITIGATION Sep 11, 2023 Pending
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18/464349
Next-generation ultra-wideband frame formats Sep 10, 2023 Issued
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18/238806
Using Cross-Channel Analysis to Detect Attacks on Spread-Spectrum Networks Aug 27, 2023 Pending
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