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Thomas M. Sember

Examiner (ID: 13814, Phone: (571)272-2381 , Office: P/2875 )

Most Active Art Unit
2875
Art Unit(s)
3406, 3621, 2885, 2215, 2875
Total Applications
3016
Issued Applications
2498
Pending Applications
150
Abandoned Applications
387

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/215427
COMMUNICATION METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Mar 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/214696
System and method for managing central unit-user plane locations Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/206475
Random access method, terminal device, and network device Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/206543
Method to authenticate with a mobile communication network Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/202184
Apparatus and method for wireless network extensibility and enhancement Mar 14, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17087219 [patent_doc_number] => 20210282226 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-09-09 [patent_title] => ASSIGNMENT AND UPDATING OF GEO-COORDINATES FOR HARDWARE WITH KNOWN LOCATIONS IN ACCESS CONTROL, OPERATIONS, AND NODE VALIDATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/196493 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-03-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7094 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -27 [patent_words_short_claim] => 276 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17196493 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/196493
Assignment and updating of geo-coordinates for hardware with known locations in access control, operations, and node validation in organizational communications and risk management systems Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/186510
Communication method and apparatus Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/801931
Radio network node, core network node and methods in a wireless communications network Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/181892
System and method for virtual multi-point transceivers Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/440079
Technologies for relay user equipment reselection Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/904205
UE operation method related to relay UE in wireless communication system Feb 14, 2021 Issued
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17/162407
Positioning system with multi-location beacons Jan 28, 2021 Issued
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17/248523
UE-controlled selection between inter-RAT handover and inter-RAT dual connectivity Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/155822
Personalized management of connected devices Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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18/253366
TECHNIQUES FOR REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT HANDOVER DUE TO RELAY USER EQUIPMENT MOBILITY Jan 13, 2021 Pending
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17/134528
Method for transmitting data in Internet of Vehicles and terminal device Dec 27, 2020 Issued
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17/123904
Infrastructure triggering techniques to facilitate secure ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging Dec 15, 2020 Issued
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17/122058
Systems and methods for detecting user terminal displacement Dec 14, 2020 Issued
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17/107520
Rate adjustment method, apparatus, and system Nov 29, 2020 Issued
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17/105323
Selection of user plane functions and handover of subscriber sessions Nov 24, 2020 Issued
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