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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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17/446431
Spectrum management service Aug 29, 2021 Issued
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17/407671
Controlled access of radio map quality information Aug 19, 2021 Issued
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17/383148
ANONYMOUS CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM AND METHOD Jul 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/305777
Sidelink positioning anchor configuration Jul 13, 2021 Issued
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17/337679
Automatic location of access points in a network Jun 2, 2021 Issued
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17/331595
Apparatus, system, and method of monitoring location communication and privileges May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/331064
Systems and methods for network slice attachment and configuration May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/999624
Method and system for distributing, across a territory, data aggregated at a mobile communication network cell level May 17, 2021 Issued
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17/999692
Method and system for estimating the presence of people on a territory exploiting mobile communication network data May 17, 2021 Issued
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17/232855
Active truck tracking and alerts for residential refuse can collection Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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17/225937
Constrained user device location using building topology Apr 7, 2021 Issued
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17/222575
Event prediction through monitoring a mobile device Apr 4, 2021 Issued
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17/219538
Facilitation of customer management for mobile edge computing services for 5G or other next generation network Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/213424
CONCEPT OF DEPLOYING WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS FOR RTT BASED POSITIONING Mar 25, 2021 Abandoned
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17/196260
UE location validation for PUR in LEO networks Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/189325
DISTRIBUTED DATA CACHING FOR HIGHER RATE OF SAVINGS AND CUSTOMER BUY-IN Mar 1, 2021 Abandoned
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17/801341
NETWORK-ASSISTED POSITIONING-SIGNAL PROCESSING Feb 25, 2021 Pending
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17/184694
Positioning system and method based on neural network model Feb 24, 2021 Issued
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17/178962
Emergency Response Communication System Feb 17, 2021 Abandoned
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17/171148
METHOD FOR OBTAINING IDENTIFIER OF TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK ELEMENT Feb 8, 2021 Abandoned
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