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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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17/961320
Determining Beam Correspondence Parameters Oct 5, 2022 Pending
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17/960322
Dynamic closed loop power control using a nominal target value Oct 4, 2022 Issued
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17/959506
Single physical access point based roaming test system Oct 3, 2022 Issued
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18/695764
POSITIONING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR Sep 29, 2022 Pending
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17/954463
Joint timing recovery and decision feedback equalizer adaptation in wireline network receivers Sep 27, 2022 Issued
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17/954156
Interference-resistant wireless localization and ranging Sep 26, 2022 Issued
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17/933467
Peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction techniques Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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17/944833
Computing devices configured for location-aware caller identification and methods/systems of use thereof Sep 13, 2022 Issued
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17/944549
Method for antenna calibration and active antenna system for use in antenna calibration Sep 13, 2022 Issued
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17/944041
Channel extraction digital beamforming Sep 12, 2022 Issued
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17/941863
Channel aggregation digital beamforming Sep 8, 2022 Issued
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17/941054
Method for interacting with a network device Sep 8, 2022 Issued
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17/930577
UE-preferred network slice management Sep 7, 2022 Issued
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17/930644
Wireless receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-based positioning Sep 7, 2022 Issued
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17/901282
Forward and reverse test point circuit with switchable termination for use in an RF amplifier Aug 31, 2022 Issued
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18/008952
Indoor positioning method, computer program and system Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/890255
Beam reporting method and related communication apparatus Aug 16, 2022 Issued
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17/888022
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for avoiding sending of duplicate notifications for overlapping subscriptions at network function (NF) repository function (NRF) Aug 14, 2022 Issued
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17/887315
Random access method, terminal, and network device Aug 11, 2022 Issued
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17/885751
Method for transmitting feedback information, terminal device, and network device Aug 10, 2022 Issued
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