USPTO Examiner QIN ZHIREN - Art Unit 2411

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18828764SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS ON CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18402304METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18517184SELECTIVE RETRANSMISSION METHOD FOR UPLINK OVERHEAD REDUCTIONNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18370879ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18468477METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SPECIFIC DATA WHOSE DATA FORMAT IS UNKNOWN AT RELAY FROM FIRST BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK TO SECOND BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK AND RELAY USING THE SAMESeptember 2023March 2024Allow610NoNo
18233106SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS ON CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKAugust 2023January 2024Allow510NoNo
18233174SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS ON CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18348980DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF MEASUREMENT GAPSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18326333PROVIDING CONFIGURATION UPDATES TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKSMay 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18324018SOUNDING FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) SENSINGMay 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18139712SELF-LEARNING NETWORK GEOFENCESApril 2023August 2024Allow1501NoNo
18299685SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR USING ALTERNATIVE NUMBERS FOR ROUTING VOICE CALLS AND SHORT MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKApril 2023September 2024Allow1810NoNo
18126626SRS LAYER AND PORT ESTIMATION FOR UPLINK AND DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18025096CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18023111METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DEVICE AND RADIOFREQUENCY SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING INTERFERENCE ON A RADIOFREQUENCY SYSTEM USING A SET OF CHANNELSFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2400YesNo
18168754SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE AND NOISE RATIO ESTIMATIONFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18166619METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILTER FREQUENCY RESPONSE SHIFT COMPENSATION FOR WLAN TRAFFICFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1100YesNo
18040875COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18160691INTERFERENCE PREDICTION WITH NETWORK CONFIGURATION INFORMATIONJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18161020MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR FAST FADING DETECTION ERRORJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18159605SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANNEL SELECTION USING MEASUREMENTS BY USER EQUIPMENTJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18153618PACKET PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND RELATED DEVICEJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1610NoNo
18069211PER-RESOURCE TYPE CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONDecember 2022April 2025Allow2700YesNo
18083980ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL BASED ON FADING CHANNEL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022January 2025Allow2500NoNo
18011163METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING IS-IS FOR SPB IN THE CONTEXT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKDecember 2022July 2023Allow700YesNo
18001402CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENTS FOR CELL DORMANCYDecember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
18061351BUILDING A PLATFORM TO SCALE CONTROL AND DATA PLANE FOR VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18052184INTER-NETWORK ENTITY SUBBAND-BASED CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTINGNovember 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
17922341PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL RECEPTION METHOD AND DEVICE, PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, APPARATUS AND MEDIUMOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17823504COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17802383Network Infrastructure Device, Communication Terminal and Method for Synchronizing Control Applications via a Communication Network for Transferring Time-Critical DataAugust 2022December 2024Allow2720NoYes
17893012Frequency planning for Wi-Fi access points with cellular connectionAugust 2022July 2025Allow3420NoNo
17886120FOUNTAIN HARQ FOR RELIABLE LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATIONAugust 2022May 2024Allow2210NoNo
17883901MOBILE IOT EDGE DEVICE USING 3D-DIE STACKING RE-CONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR MODULE WITH 5G PROCESSOR-INDEPENDENT MODEMAugust 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17798178METHOD FOR DELIVERING AN AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO CONTENT IN A MOBILE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTUREAugust 2022October 2024Allow2600NoNo
17877734SIDELINK CHANNEL ACCESS VIA A FLOATING CHANNEL OCCUPANCYJuly 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17877341INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2022April 2024Allow2020NoNo
17871583COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2022August 2024Allow2500NoNo
17868611SUBBAND CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTINGJuly 2022October 2024Allow2700NoNo
17858354DCI FORMAT RECEPTION METHOD AND CONFIGURED GRANT DOWNLINK CHANNEL RECEPTION METHODJuly 2022December 2024Allow3010YesNo
17758260BINDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION, AND MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17789377METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TO SWITCH BETWEEN UNICAST AND MULTICAST IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17849787ENHANCED RACH (RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL) DESIGN FOR 5G CIOT (CELLULAR INTERNET OF THINGS)June 2022October 2023Allow1610YesNo
17849809ENHANCED RACH (RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL) DESIGN FOR 5G CIOT (CELLULAR INTERNET OF THINGS)June 2022December 2023Allow1810NoNo
17847435TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICEJune 2022December 2023Allow1710YesNo
17843481MULTICARRIER-BASED DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022January 2024Allow1920NoNo
17757562CONNECTION AND NOTIFICATION FOR PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONJune 2022November 2024Allow2910YesNo
17807357ENHANCED UE BEHAVIOR IN PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT OF BEAM FAILURESJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17841403METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST SERVICE SESSION OPERATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEJune 2022April 2025Allow3411NoNo
17784574METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FEEDBACKJune 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17750994METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RECEPTION TIME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17663803SIDELINK CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE REMOTE USER EQUIPMENTSMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17745017METHODS AND WIRELESS NETWORK FOR SELECTING PILOT PATTERN FOR OPTIMAL CHANNEL ESTIMATIONMay 2022April 2024Allow2301NoNo
17776640RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURES WITH EXTERNAL ASSISTANCEMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17776851TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17775315ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022June 2023Allow1300YesNo
17774669USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION FOR PDSCHMay 2022November 2024Allow3110NoNo
17727889Method and Apparatus for Network Congestion Control Based on Transmission Rate GradientsApril 2022September 2023Allow1610NoNo
17770340CHANNEL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022October 2024Allow3021NoNo
17718775Systems and Methods for Handling Asymmetric SDWAN Traffic FlowsApril 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17716502CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17714653COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17712911CONTROL SYSTEM USER INTERFACEApril 2022January 2024Allow2120YesNo
17712893SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS ON CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKApril 2022October 2022Allow710NoNo
17766079METHOD FOR APPLYING MSD AND APPARATUS THEREOFApril 2022May 2023Allow1400NoNo
17655137STARTING TRANSMISSION OF A FRAME WITH A DESIRED STARTING POLARITY, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICESMarch 2022February 2025Allow3531NoNo
17693364METHOD FOR SCHEDULING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS THEREOFMarch 2022July 2023Allow1610NoNo
17641583MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION METHOD, TERMINAL AND BASE STATIONMarch 2022July 2024Abandon2820NoNo
17689243SELECTIVE RETRANSMISSION METHOD FOR UPLINK OVERHEAD REDUCTIONMarch 2022August 2023Allow1710YesNo
17682877SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF CANCELATIONFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17676707METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA PORT SWITCHING IN NEAR FIELD LOS MIMOFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17673637SLOT STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR HIGH SUBCARRIER SPACINGFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2700NoNo
17673723DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17673759METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17673684SIGNALING METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF WIRELESS DEVICESFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3730NoNo
17673719METHOD FOR CALCULATING LOCATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3511YesNo
17634647METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA PACKET FROM A CENTRAL ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE TO AT LEAST ONE MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17667975WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17626543BACKWARD COMPATIBLE PHYSICAL LAYER CONVERGENCE PROCEDURE (PLCP) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) DESIGN IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) SYSTEMJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2400NoNo
17574231SELF-INTERFERENCE PROBLEM BY DUAL UPLINK TRANSMISSION FOR DC AND NR BAND COMBINATIONSJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1500YesNo
17574509METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL AND INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENTJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2300NoNo
17572559METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR NETWORK SLICE SELECTION FUNCTION RECOVERYJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2700NoNo
17622752METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BANDDecember 2021October 2024Allow3320NoNo
17553682PROVIDING CONFIGURATION UPDATES TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKSDecember 2021April 2023Allow1600YesNo
17596374METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021June 2024Allow3010NoNo
17543788APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBJECT CLASSIFICATION BASED ON IMAGERYDecember 2021February 2023Allow1410NoNo
17541528ESTIMATING DELAY SPREAD AND DOPPLER SPREADDecember 2021October 2023Allow2311NoNo
17538950SENSING REFERENCE SIGNAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR USER EQUIPMENT PARTICIPATIONNovember 2021May 2024Allow2910YesNo
17532400PACKET PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICENovember 2021May 2023Allow1810NoNo
17507695API DRIVEN REMOTE RADIOFREQUENCY FRONT END DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFOctober 2021October 2024Allow3620NoNo
17501762SERVICE BEARER CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICEOctober 2021November 2023Abandon2520NoNo
17500402METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2021September 2023Allow2301YesNo
17450634ADAPTIVE CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FRAMEWORKOctober 2021October 2023Allow2410YesNo
17489351MONITORING INTERFACE CONFIGURATIONS FOR NETWORK DEVICES IN FABRICSSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2620YesNo
17483785SELF-LEARNING NETWORK GEOFENCESSeptember 2021March 2023Allow1801NoNo
17482194METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE REPORTINGSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2920YesNo
17593419Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring ScalingSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2600YesNo
17593392SIDELINK CO-CHANNEL COEXISTENCE WITH INTER-UE COORDINATIONSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3000YesNo
17593427Designs for Multi-DCI Based Multi-TRP OperationSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17593421Scheduling a User Equipment as Part of a GroupSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner QIN, ZHIREN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
2
(40.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(60.0%)
Reversal Percentile
83.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 60.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
18
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(72.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(27.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
93.2%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 72.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner QIN, ZHIREN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner QIN, ZHIREN works in Art Unit 2411 and has examined 571 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner QIN, ZHIREN's allowance rate of 89.1% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by QIN, ZHIREN receive 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by QIN, ZHIREN is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by QIN, ZHIREN. This interview benefit is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 36.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 46.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 29.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

    Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

    • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
    • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
    • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
    • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
    • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
    • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

    Important Disclaimer

    Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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