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Steven A. Macdonald

Examiner (ID: 4448, Phone: (571)272-8763 , Office: P/3676 )

Most Active Art Unit
3674
Art Unit(s)
3674, 3676
Total Applications
794
Issued Applications
607
Pending Applications
62
Abandoned Applications
144

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/678078
Communication control apparatus, communication control system, and communication control method Feb 22, 2022 Issued
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18/282716
A Method of Processing an Incoming Service Request by a First Network Function, NF, Instance, as well as the Corresponding Network Functions Feb 21, 2022 Pending
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17/666662
Feedback information transmission method and apparatus Feb 7, 2022 Issued
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17/592215
Initiator-based data-plane validation for segment routed, multiprotocol label switched (MPLS) networks Feb 2, 2022 Issued
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17/584765
Systems and methods for optimal routing in sites with multiple routers for high availability wide area networks Jan 25, 2022 Issued
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17/572256
Method and apparatus for monitoring radio link in wireless communication system Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/565672
Method and apparatus for receiving wake-up signal in wireless communication system Dec 29, 2021 Issued
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17/563402
Inter-Cell Fractional Frequency Reuse Scheduler Dec 27, 2021 Abandoned
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18/556102
CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, AND DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD Dec 26, 2021 Pending
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17/561854
Methods and arrangements for reverse synchronization on a wireless medium Dec 23, 2021 Issued
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17/549183
Network routing method and apparatus Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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17/544744
Enhanced SD-WAN path quality measurement and selection Dec 6, 2021 Issued
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17/541437
Load sharing method and network device Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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17/538091
Systems and methods for data plane validation of multiple paths in a network Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/539048
Inter-cell fractional frequency reuse scheduler Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/538374
System and method for distribution of routes in a telecommunications network Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/532201
Medium access control schedulers for wireless communication Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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17/533050
Systems and methods for synchronous control of HARQ configurations Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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17/518679
Network routing computation for completing partially-configured route Nov 3, 2021 Issued
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17/517365
Method and apparatus for controlling transmission for lossless packet forwarding Nov 1, 2021 Issued
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