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Thomas G. Black

Examiner (ID: 16939)

Most Active Art Unit
2304
Art Unit(s)
2307, 3663, 2171, 2771, 3661, 2304
Total Applications
686
Issued Applications
577
Pending Applications
10
Abandoned Applications
99

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/793836
Techniques for control resource set (CORESET) configuration for shared radio frequency spectrum Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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17/428833
Downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) bandwidth part (BWP) configuration reference signal design and user equipment (UE) based positioning enhancements for new radio (NR) positioning Feb 13, 2020 Issued
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17/792055
Time-of-arrival determination of a PRACH preamble Feb 11, 2020 Issued
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17/428962
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION Feb 2, 2020 Abandoned
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16/752746
Communication system, communication method, and communication program Jan 26, 2020 Issued
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16/773453
Channel resource allocation method and apparatus Jan 26, 2020 Issued
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16/749790
Preconfigured uplink resource techniques in wireless communications Jan 21, 2020 Issued
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17/428634
COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS Jan 16, 2020 Pending
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16/741509
Methods and apparatus for radio configuration in a wireless system Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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17/758325
TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Jan 9, 2020 Pending
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16/737775
RESOURCE RESERVATION TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Jan 7, 2020 Abandoned
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17/420458
Performance measurements related to quality of service flow and service request Jan 6, 2020 Issued
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17/421595
NR user equipment (UE) power savings reporting and configuration Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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17/416909
Method and device for performing BWP switching in wireless communication system Dec 16, 2019 Issued
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16/707686
Local IMS selection for trusted network operators Dec 8, 2019 Issued
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17/292830
NETWORK NODE, RADIO NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS FOR VOICE MATCH SUPPORT Nov 14, 2019 Abandoned
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17/309120
Signal transmission method, apparatus, electronic device and computer readable storage medium Oct 31, 2019 Issued
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16/666285
Proximity pairing techniques for an accessory device Oct 27, 2019 Issued
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17/290236
Direct communication resource allocation method and apparatus Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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16/662470
System and method for IMS PDN recovery Oct 23, 2019 Issued
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