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Thomas B. Will

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 13978, Phone: (571)272-6998 , Office: P/3671 )

Most Active Art Unit
2406
Art Unit(s)
3616, 3671, 2856, 2406, 2855, 2859, 3108
Total Applications
1203
Issued Applications
972
Pending Applications
68
Abandoned Applications
163

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/416747
Data transmission method, base station, and wireless communications device May 19, 2019 Issued
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17/609584
Method and network device for link adaptation May 9, 2019 Issued
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16/392454
Method of transmitting scheduling request in a wireless communication system Apr 22, 2019 Issued
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17/046325
Methods, wireless communications networks and infrastructure equipment Apr 11, 2019 Issued
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16/373935
Virtual wireless network Apr 2, 2019 Issued
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16/371446
DL RECEPTION WITH CONSIDERATION OF QCL ASSUMPTION Mar 31, 2019 Abandoned
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16/362608
Method and system for sharing state between network elements Mar 22, 2019 Issued
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16/361590
UE, network node and methods of assisting measurements in mixed signal configuration Mar 21, 2019 Issued
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16/360965
Method and apparatus for forwarding MPLS data packet Mar 20, 2019 Issued
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16/359275
Systems and methods for network slicing Mar 19, 2019 Issued
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16/356888
Method of transmitting and receiving downlink channel and apparatus therefor Mar 17, 2019 Issued
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16/354696
Channel Sounding Using Multiple Sounding Configurations Mar 14, 2019 Abandoned
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16/299697
Deploying a software defined networking (SDN) solution on a host using a single active uplink Mar 11, 2019 Issued
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16/979269
Method of measuring the quality of service in a wireless communications network Mar 7, 2019 Issued
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16/292978
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving system information in a mobile communication system Mar 4, 2019 Issued
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16/274757
Method for canceling interference in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor Feb 12, 2019 Issued
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16/273645
Securing an IMS-based VoIP network with multiple VPNs Feb 11, 2019 Issued
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16/261911
Test system and test method Jan 29, 2019 Issued
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16/259242
Wireless communication device and operation method of the same Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/239189
Method and apparatus for transmitting channel state information Jan 2, 2019 Issued
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