US 7,193,986 C1 (13,267th)
Wireless network medium access control protocol
WilliamGiles Scanlon, Larne (GB); and Tze-Yeung Chui, Belfast (GB)
Filed by WilliamGiles Scanlon, Larne (GB); and Tze-Yeung Chui, Belfast (GB)
Assigned to ARLINGTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Allen, TX (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,412, Jul. 28, 2025.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,193,986, issued Mar. 20, 2007, Appl. No. 10/158,680, May 30, 2002.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jun. 1, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04W 74/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/04 (2013.01) [H04W 84/18 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 4 and 7 is confirmed.
Claims 1-3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 are cancelled.
4. A master wireless network device according to claim 3 wherein at least some of the packets of information transmitted by said master wireless network device include a further pointer indicating to a slave device which is to transmit a packet next, when said master wireless network device is to transmit a packet for said slave device next.