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Thomas J. Williams

Examiner (ID: 10217, Phone: (571)272-7128 , Office: P/3657 )

Most Active Art Unit
3657
Art Unit(s)
3657, 3613, 3683, 3616
Total Applications
2313
Issued Applications
1717
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
484

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/593849
NEIGHBOR CELL TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR (TCI) STATE SWITCH Feb 29, 2024 Pending
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18/589310
ACCESS POINT COORDINATION USING DUAL NETWORK ALLOCATION VECTORS Feb 26, 2024 Pending
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18/586695
COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION AND METHOD Feb 25, 2024 Pending
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18/583586
UNUSED TRANSMISSION OCCASION (UTO) ENABLED TRANSMISSION POWER INCREASE Feb 20, 2024 Pending
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18/431555
UPLINK CODEBOOK DESIGN Feb 1, 2024 Pending
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18/416461
Method for acquiring time information about synchronization signal block in unlicensed band, and device for same Jan 17, 2024 Issued
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18/416610
BASE STATION NODE MONITORING AND REBOOTING Jan 17, 2024 Pending
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18/400438
Spatial relation parameter selection method, apparatus, and device Dec 28, 2023 Issued
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18/523467
WIRELESS MEDIA DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Nov 28, 2023 Pending
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18/521867
TECHNIQUES FOR ASSOCIATING MULTI-MODAL DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Nov 27, 2023 Pending
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18/514680
Methods, apparatus and systems for performing multi-radio access technology carrier aggregation Nov 19, 2023 Issued
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18/506238
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING FREQUENCY RESOURCE GROUP BASED SERVICE TRANSMISSIONS Nov 9, 2023 Pending
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18/500580
ENHANCED HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CONFIGURATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INITIAL PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS Nov 1, 2023 Pending
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18/496433
Method for physical uplink control channel transmission, terminal device, and network device Oct 26, 2023 Issued
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18/495051
Efficient bandwidth adaptation for a wideband carrier Oct 25, 2023 Issued
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18/492158
Scheduling Restriction Enhancements for LTE and 5G NR Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Oct 22, 2023 Pending
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18/489502
Distributed antenna system and method of operation thereof Oct 17, 2023 Issued
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18/487021
Detecting and communicating with silent hosts in software-defined networks Oct 12, 2023 Issued
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18/374475
Device-to-device link training Sep 27, 2023 Issued
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18/475583
Vehicle control system and abnormality diagnosis method Sep 26, 2023 Issued
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