USPTO Examiner PACE LALITA W - Art Unit 2413

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18412488DATA PACKET TYPE-DRIVEN DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610YesNo
18562818DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023June 2024Abandon600NoNo
18468455METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL BASED ON DETERMINATION OF STARTING RB INDEX OF RO IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18302567DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATIONApril 2023August 2024Allow1620YesNo
18112194SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CLIENT STEERINGFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810YesNo
18163434DATA SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18067740METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A SELECTED TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1620NoNo
18057729COORDINATED INTER-UE RESOURCE ALLOCATIONNovember 2022December 2024Allow2530NoNo
17937640ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR OPERATING A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION AND METHOD FOR THE SAMEOctober 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17896443V2X Network Assisted Side-link Configuration and Data TransmissionAugust 2022November 2023Allow1520YesNo
17821853RTA CONTENTION COLLISION AVOIDANCEAugust 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17817716METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SEMI PERSISTENT SCHEDULING TRANSMISSION WITH SCHEDULING REQUEST IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022November 2023Allow1520YesNo
17840610METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOFF OF MULTIPLE BEARERS WITH DIFFERING QUALITY OF SERVICE LEVELS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022August 2024Allow2640YesNo
17806978Inactive Mode OperationsJune 2022June 2023Allow1210YesNo
17663837CONTROLLING NETWORK ACCESS FOR USER EQUIPMENTMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17739812METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK (LBT) RELATED OPERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING UNLICENSED BANDMay 2022July 2024Allow2630NoNo
17755738Bearer Reconfiguration for SCG Activation/DeactivationMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17713227EPHEMERIS INFORMATION-BASED SERVING CELL RESELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17765659DATA TRANSMISSION SLOT INDEXINGMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17657334RRC REESTABLISHMENT BETWEEN TN AND NTNMarch 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17696528METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SL COMMUNICATION ON BASIS OF PSFCH OVERHEAD IN NR V2XMarch 2022November 2023Allow2040NoNo
17682291BASE STATION, AND QOS CONTROL METHOD OF WIRELESS SECTIONFebruary 2022May 2023Allow1510NoNo
17681930SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING DATA TRANSMISSION OVER VIRTUAL CHANNELSFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17674527METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL BASED ON DETERMINATION OF STARTING RB INDEX OF RO IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1630YesNo
17672257MULTI-STAGE SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATIONFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1410NoNo
17635429DEVICE, METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INTER-CU TOPOLOGY ADAPTATIONFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3410YesNo
17635372METHOD FOR INDICATING BUFFERED DOWNLINK DATA, DOWNLINK DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND ACCESS POINTFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17634852Methods for Maintaining an Ongoing Communication Even After Site OutageFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3310YesNo
17650198METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SL COMMUNICATION ON BASIS OF MCS IN NR V2XFebruary 2022March 2023Abandon1320NoNo
17630176PRE-EMPTION IN SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3420NoNo
17584345UPPER ANALOG MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC-A) LAYER FUNCTIONS FOR ANALOG TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL STACKJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17576543ALLOCATION OF LOWER AND UPPER IDENTIFIERS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2850NoNo
17575517METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRIORITY DETERMINATION IN NR V2XJanuary 2022January 2024Abandon2440NoNo
17599938POWER CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3110YesNo
17441794SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK TRANSMISSION WITH 480 KHZ OR 960 KHZ SUBCARRIER SPACINGSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3520YesNo
17476940RECEIVER-ASSISTED LISTEN BEFORE TALK FOR NEW RADIO UNLICENSED SPECTRUMSeptember 2021December 2022Allow1500NoNo
17466676ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2021March 2022Allow710YesNo
17402427CONDITIONAL USE OF ALLOCATED PERIODIC RESOURCESAugust 2021July 2024Allow3531NoNo
17430147Control Signalling for Transmission in a Channel Occupancy Time (COT) period in Unlicensed Frequency SpectrumAugust 2021June 2024Allow3420NoNo
17310526METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING RADIO LINK FAILURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2021February 2024Allow3050YesNo
17386714LINK AUTO-NEGOTIATION BETWEEN A RADIO EQUIPMENT CONTROLLER (REC) AND RADIO EQUIPMENT (RE) IN AN ETHERNET-BASED FRONTHAUL NETWORKJuly 2021April 2023Allow2110YesNo
17381273METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR TRANSMITTING RANDOM ACCESS REQUEST INFORMATION OR TARGET INFORMATION BASED ON PRIORITYJuly 2021April 2024Allow3320YesNo
17378273METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2021September 2024Allow3840YesNo
17376503METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION PRIORITY BETWEEN RELAY DATA AND UPLINK PHYSICAL SIGNAL IN NR V2XJuly 2021July 2023Allow2420NoNo
17371126TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNALSJuly 2021April 2023Allow2110YesNo
17361302METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL ACCESS SCHEME, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEJune 2021March 2023Allow2140NoNo
17417706METHOD FOR LATENCY ESTIMATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKSJune 2021December 2024Allow4230NoNo
17336660METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION BASED ON CHANNEL ACCESS MANNERS, AND USER EQUIPMENTJune 2021May 2023Allow2440YesNo
17336035MULTIMEDIA SERVICE OVER AN EXTENDED RANGE WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)USING A MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME WITH SYMBOL REPETITION FOR HIGHER PRIORITY PORTIONS OF MEDIA DATAJune 2021March 2023Allow2210YesNo
17334127NETWORK SLICE SHARING OF RESOURCE OBJECTSMay 2021July 2024Allow3720YesNo
17322228Heterogeneous Network Optimization Utilizing Modal Antenna TechniquesMay 2021September 2023Allow2820YesNo
17290840SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING PDSCH DIVERSITY BY DETERMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DMRS PORTS AND RV'SMay 2021February 2024Allow3310YesNo
17288466ENHANCED PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) TRANSMISSION FOR HIGH RELIABILITYApril 2021August 2024Allow4020YesNo
17272297BEAM REPORTING FROM A COMMUNICATION DEVICEFebruary 2021October 2024Allow4430NoNo
17183966Efficient Transfer of Access Context for User Equipment Among Network NodesFebruary 2021January 2023Allow2310YesNo
17175097METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) ON NONOVERLAPPING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) RESOURCESFebruary 2021October 2022Allow2010NoNo
17174013UPLINK TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTIONFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2520YesNo
17169832DATA SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2021October 2022Allow2010NoNo
17260186METHOD FOR RECEIVING HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORJanuary 2021July 2023Allow3010YesNo
17145227MEASUREMENT OF NUMBER OF SPATIAL-DOMAIN STREAMS AVAILABLE FOR MULTIPLEXINGJanuary 2021August 2022Allow1910NoNo
17126473ALLOCATING THE SAME TIME-FREQUENCY RESOURCES TO DIFFERENT UEs BASED ON ORTHOGONAL BEAMS ASSIGNED TO THE DIFFERENT UEsDecember 2020October 2023Allow3420YesNo
17118511SIGNALING FOR UPLINK BEAM ACTIVATIONDecember 2020August 2023Allow3220YesNo
17096891Method of Radio Bearer Transmission in Dual ConnectivityNovember 2020November 2023Allow3630YesNo
17054507METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A SELECTED TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZENovember 2020August 2022Allow2110YesNo
17092341Method of Radio Bearer Transmission in Dual ConnectivityNovember 2020March 2023Allow2820NoNo
17085339METHOD OF OPERATING UE IN RELATION TO RELEASE OF PC5 UNICAST LINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2020April 2021Allow510NoNo
16949486TECHNIQUES FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY RESELECTIONOctober 2020November 2023Allow3640YesNo
17050047LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK IN BEAM CENTRIC CELLSOctober 2020September 2024Allow4750YesNo
17075048APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENTOctober 2020April 2023Allow3020YesNo
17062412PRIORITIZATION OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS DURING MAKE-BEFORE-BREAK HANDOVEROctober 2020July 2023Allow3330YesNo
17045107Channel Access and Transmission Scheduling for Industrial Wireless CommunicationsOctober 2020December 2023Allow3840YesNo
17062061SUPPORTING ASYNCHRONOUS PACKET OPERATIONS IN A DETERMINISTIC NETWORKOctober 2020April 2023Allow3030YesNo
17061190Reestablishment Control for Dropped CallsOctober 2020July 2023Allow3330YesNo
17022751DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2020December 2022Allow2720NoNo
16948098TECHNIQUES FOR PRIORITIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CELL GROUP CHANGESeptember 2020March 2023Allow3121YesNo
17006009APPARATUS AND METHOD USING A DECENTRALIZED GAME APPROACH FOR RADIO AND COMPUTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN CO-LOCATED EDGE COMPUTINGAugust 2020June 2022Allow2110YesNo
16999824METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESUMING CALL AFTER NETWORK HANDOVERAugust 2020August 2022Allow2320YesNo
16998896CLIENT DEVICE AND NETWORK ACCESS NODE FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO LINK FAILURE TIMERAugust 2020March 2023Allow3130NoNo
16961715METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOFF OF MULTIPLE BEARERS WITH DIFFERING QUALITY OF SERVICE LEVELS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2020March 2022Allow2010YesNo
16909946SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DYNAMIC TRANSMIT POWER IN A MESH NETWORKJune 2020August 2022Allow2620YesNo
16902630SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING COMMUNICATION LINKSJune 2020November 2023Allow4140YesNo
16892923SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CLIENT STEERINGJune 2020September 2022Allow2720YesNo
16763876METHOD FOR ACCESSING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEMay 2020January 2022Allow2010YesNo
16852083RELAY NODE, SIGNAL RELAY METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2020August 2023Abandon4040NoNo
16840066ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REPORTING COMMUNICATION QUALITY MEASUREMENT RESULT AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2020May 2022Allow2540YesNo
16824971TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR AVOIDING COLLISIONS ON AN UPLINK DATA CHANNEL AND A CELL-SPECIFIC OR UE-SPECIFIC UPLINK CONTROL CHANNELMarch 2020February 2024Allow4720YesNo
16782414V2X Network Assisted Side-link Configuration and Data TransmissionFebruary 2020April 2022Allow2710NoNo
16636319METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING GRANT-FREE AND GRANT-BASED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2020February 2023Allow3640NoNo
16635764PATH SWITCHING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMJanuary 2020April 2022Allow2620NoNo
16734923METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONJanuary 2020June 2022Allow2920YesNo
16628629Service Transmission Method, Terminal Device, and Network DeviceJanuary 2020July 2021Allow1810YesNo
16714179RTA CONTENTION COLLISION AVOIDANCEDecember 2019July 2022Allow3130YesNo
16621551ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED PRODUCTDecember 2019April 2024Allow5270YesNo
16709466METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORDecember 2019January 2022Abandon2640NoNo
16620384STATE SWITCHING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICEDecember 2019July 2021Allow1910NoNo
16619940ACCESS LINK MANAGEMENT METHOD, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SYSTEMDecember 2019January 2022Abandon2520NoNo
16619916SESSION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2019February 2021Allow1410YesNo
16703400METHOD FOR SETTING INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT RESOURCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORDecember 2019June 2022Abandon3030NoNo
16612486RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, SOURCE BASE STATION AND TARGET BASE STATIONNovember 2019June 2022Allow3121YesNo
16612358METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING SIDELINK RESOURCE USING RELAY UE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2019June 2022Abandon3240NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PACE, LALITA W.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
93.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% 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
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
96.3%
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, 100.0% 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 PACE, LALITA W - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PACE, LALITA W works in Art Unit 2413 and has examined 226 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PACE, LALITA W's allowance rate of 86.3% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PACE, LALITA W receive 2.52 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 86% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PACE, LALITA W is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PACE, LALITA W. This interview benefit is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 37% 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 28.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 12% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 2% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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