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William P. Watkins Iii

Examiner (ID: 14834, Phone: (571)272-1503 , Office: P/1783 )

Most Active Art Unit
1783
Art Unit(s)
1783, 1508, 1794, 1751, 1754, 1315, 1773, 1772, 1723
Total Applications
2063
Issued Applications
1212
Pending Applications
106
Abandoned Applications
752

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/316640
Prevention of subscriber identity module spoofing for mobile user plane May 11, 2023 Issued
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18/196176
PROXIMITY-BASED MESSAGING May 10, 2023 Pending
Array ( [id] => 20306802 [patent_doc_number] => 12452811 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-10-21 [patent_title] => Method and apparatus for sidelink synchronization signal transmission and reception in communication system based on unlicensed band [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/315094 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 12337 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 201 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18315094 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/315094
Method and apparatus for sidelink synchronization signal transmission and reception in communication system based on unlicensed band May 9, 2023 Issued
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18/308650
Location clustering and routing for 5G drive testing Apr 26, 2023 Issued
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18/308655
Location clustering and routing for 5G drive testing Apr 26, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18730630 [patent_doc_number] => 20230344931 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-26 [patent_title] => SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AN ADAPTABLE ELECTRONIC MENU [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/307128 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8215 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 98 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18307128 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/307128
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AN ADAPTABLE ELECTRONIC MENU Apr 25, 2023 Pending
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18/157514
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS Jan 19, 2023 Abandoned
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18/150371
Methods to maintaining network quality of service for in-vehicle applications Jan 4, 2023 Issued
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18/084846
Synchronization/resynchronization of data assets based on entering a wireless dead zone geofence Dec 19, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19254644 [patent_doc_number] => 20240205641 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-06-20 [patent_title] => VERIFICATION OF USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/068961 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-12-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 20270 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -26 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18068961 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/068961
Verification of user equipment location in non-terrestrial network Dec 19, 2022 Issued
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18/074500
Method and apparatus for a region discovery service Dec 3, 2022 Issued
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18/054843
Method and apparatus for improvements in and relating to localisation in a wireless communication system Nov 10, 2022 Issued
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17/985723
Virtual line registration system Nov 10, 2022 Issued
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17/982824
Dynamic wireless local area network configuration in large public venue environments Nov 7, 2022 Issued
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17/980145
Coordination of beacon signal scanning in an object tracking system Nov 2, 2022 Issued
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17/979157
Baby Teether Phone Case Nov 1, 2022 Pending
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18/051614
Systems and methods for location management function analytics Oct 31, 2022 Issued
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17/973882
POSITIONING MEASUREMENT REPORTING METHOD AND CONFIGURATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Oct 25, 2022 Pending
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18/704866
CONFIGURING BUFFERING BASED ON INFORMATION IN A CONTAINER Oct 24, 2022 Pending
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18/047091
System for determining radio access technology type Oct 16, 2022 Issued
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