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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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17/593483
Proximity services path selection and switching May 20, 2021 Issued
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17/999608
Method and system for calculating origin-destination matrices exploiting mobile communication network data May 17, 2021 Issued
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17/321818
Modular capability reporting in wireless communications May 16, 2021 Issued
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18/558918
POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS May 9, 2021 Pending
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18/560226
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY HANDOVER May 9, 2021 Pending
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17/316175
Vehicle occupancy verification utilizing occupancy confirmation May 9, 2021 Issued
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17/245231
Communication method and apparatus Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/244651
Method for identifying pseudo base station, apparatus, and mobile terminal Apr 28, 2021 Issued
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17/239432
Inter-donor cell management in wireless communication network Apr 22, 2021 Issued
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18/011480
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Apr 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/233387
Determining a user equipment position within a coverage sub-area of a cell based on cell identity data Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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17/232151
Method for determining position of base station and associated electronic device Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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18/554516
NETWORK NODE, USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Apr 8, 2021 Issued
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17/226539
Control Resource Configuration Method and Parsing Method and Device Apr 8, 2021 Abandoned
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18/286217
Cell capability indication method and apparatus, cell reselection method and apparatus, and storage medium Apr 8, 2021 Issued
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18/286200
MAC CE FOR SEPARATE INDICATION OF DL TCI AND UL TCI Apr 8, 2021 Pending
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17/917253
Emergency call handling in a telecommunications network Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/441247
Multiplexing uplink control information (UCI) with mixed priorities for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) Apr 1, 2021 Issued
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17/221168
Location management component and method for a mobile communication network Apr 1, 2021 Issued
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17/217859
Information determining method and apparatus Mar 29, 2021 Issued
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