USPTO Examiner KO SITHU - Art Unit 2414

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18596059APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING SYSTEM INFORMATIONMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18424676INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN SSB AND TRS PROCESSINGJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18575716METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18390447TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHODDecember 2023August 2024Allow700NoNo
18540022SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING ROUTING PATHS IN A NETWORKDecember 2023September 2025Abandon2120NoYes
18514063Wireless Backhaul Link Information via Adaptation Layer PacketsNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18499610FLEXIBLE CONTROL INFORMATION REPORTINGNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18385325METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACK/NACK SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOFOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18234641User Equipment Assistance Information for Voice Over CellularAugust 2023August 2025Allow2420NoNo
18546580APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SOR-CMCI CONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18232451WIRELESS MANAGEMENT OF MODULAR SUBSYSTEMS WITH PROXY NODE OPTIONSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18365883CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT FOR PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL PORT SELECTIONAugust 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18263589UPLINK TRANSMISSION REPETITION WITH MULTIPLE TRANSPORT BLOCKSJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18222789METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCELL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY CONFIGURATIONJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18222269Discovery Signal Generation and ReceptionJuly 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18348784RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR SIDELINK ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUMJuly 2023September 2025Allow2700NoNo
18270827METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURED GRANT BASED TRANSMISSIONJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18343222CONTEXT UPDATES FOR MULTI-LINK DEVICESJune 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18214529BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING CONFIGURATION DECONFLICTIONJune 2023June 2024Allow1210YesNo
18204393METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18190651METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATIONMarch 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18125545Asymmetric ChannelMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310YesNo
18119667METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING RADIO FREQUENCY RESOURCE IN MULTI-SIM DEVICEMarch 2023March 2026Allow3620YesNo
18171188METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3440NoNo
18165223METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023November 2023Allow900NoNo
18100744Bandwidth Part Switching Based on Priority LevelJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2620NoNo
18074104MANAGEMENT OF VOIP DEVICE CONTACT LISTS IN A DATA COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2024Allow2030NoNo
18073266METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK FOR CARRIER AGGREGATIONDecember 2022October 2023Allow1110YesNo
18060416Physical Broadcast Channel DesignNovember 2022August 2023Allow800NoNo
17993288MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022November 2025Allow3610NoNo
17925758CLOCK SELECTION IN A FRONTHAUL NETWORKNovember 2022February 2026Allow3920NoNo
17982988Random Access Method and DeviceNovember 2022May 2023Allow620NoNo
17980519WAVEFORM SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM FOR DATA RECEIVED FROM A NETWORKNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710NoNo
17965422Wireless Backhaul Link Information via Adaptation LayerOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17957576NON-DROPPING RULE FOR MINI-SLOT BASED REPETITIONSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17936513DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORK WITH INTERFACE TO HYPERSCALE SERVICES PORTALSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17933393METHOD AND APPARATUS OF NR RMSI CORESET CONFIGURATION IN MIBSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1220NoNo
17942659METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCELL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2022April 2023Allow700NoNo
17938975CENTRALIZED SERVICE INSERTION IN AN ACTIVE-ACTIVE LOGICAL SERVICE ROUTER (SR) CLUSTERSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17908450CONTROL SIGNALING DETECTION METHOD, CONTROL SIGNALING DETECTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022October 2025Allow3820NoNo
17897924FLEXIBLE CONTROL INFORMATION REPORTINGAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17822614BEAM RESET IN MULTIPLE TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINT DEPLOYMENTSAugust 2022July 2025Allow3410YesNo
17894259METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM DIFFERENT MONITORING DEVICESAugust 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17894224WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE RESPONSIVE TO AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) NETWORKAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17800636WIRELESS DEVICE SNOOPING METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2022September 2025Allow3720NoNo
17760437LISTEN BEFORE TALK TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17884550ENHANCEMENTS TO APPLICATION DATA UNIT METADATAAugust 2022November 2025Allow3921NoNo
17873441METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR VARYING WIRELESS TRANSMIT POWER BASED ON PATH LOSS INFORMATIONJuly 2022September 2025Allow3821NoNo
17867656Network Interface DeviceJuly 2022August 2025Allow3730YesNo
17811472FULL DUPLEX DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONJuly 2022April 2025Allow3340YesNo
17810875Use of Uplink MU-MIMO Grouping Efficiency as Basis to Control Split-Uplink-Mode Operation for Dual-Connectivity ServiceJuly 2022July 2023Allow1210YesNo
17791195WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MONITORING STATION, DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROGRAMJuly 2022January 2025Allow3110YesNo
17854879Communication Method and ApparatusJune 2022October 2024Allow2700NoNo
17851074METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO RESOURCE MAPPING AND SCHEDULINGJune 2022February 2026Allow4341NoNo
17788640TECHNIQUES FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) IN SIDELINK WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSJune 2022October 2025Allow3921NoNo
17843834CONFIGURATION INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17837378METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING SCELL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY REQUESTJune 2022March 2023Allow900NoNo
17749119METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMay 2022March 2023Allow900NoNo
17747359Dynamically Enabling a Transport Control Protocol Proxy for Satellite NetworksMay 2022November 2023Allow1810YesNo
17775931CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) BASED CONTENTION FREE RANDOM ACCESS (CFRA) IN RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM)May 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17738475METHOD OF SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION AND RELATED DEVICEMay 2022May 2025Allow3620NoNo
17774332APPLYING RULES FOR ROUTING OUTGOING TRAFFIC AT A USER DEVICEMay 2022November 2024Allow3010YesNo
17660590METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONApril 2022October 2025Abandon4230NoNo
17660102Physical Broadcast Channel DesignApril 2022April 2025Allow3620NoYes
17720940METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING USER EQUIPMENT POLICY IN WIRELESS NETWORKApril 2022July 2025Allow3920NoNo
17763727METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESSMarch 2022August 2025Allow4130YesNo
17701106Application Delay of Downlink Control Channel SkippingMarch 2022March 2025Allow3630YesNo
17699480CELL-LESS WIRELESS NETWORKMarch 2022May 2025Allow3820YesNo
17692263SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING ROUTING PATHS IN A NETWORKMarch 2022October 2023Allow2020NoNo
17686470ABNORMAL OFFLINE STATE DETERMINING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17674383Uplink Control Information Transmission Using Configured Grant in Unlicensed CellsFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17671473SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALSFebruary 2022August 2025Allow4230NoNo
17670328REDUCING AN INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CHANNELS ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A SATELLITE AND A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17667391METHODS FOR DYNAMIC HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK WITH MULTIPLE SUB-CODEBOOKSFebruary 2022July 2025Allow4120YesNo
17583124METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACK/NACK SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOFJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17577378BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING CONFIGURATION DECONFLICTIONJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1400NoNo
17562356APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING SYSTEM INFORMATIONDecember 2021October 2023Allow2220NoNo
17560284VIRTUAL TUNNEL ENDPOINT (VTEP) MAPPING FOR OVERLAY NETWORKINGDecember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17555517METHOD OF SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION AND RELATED DEVICEDecember 2021February 2025Allow3820NoNo
17541747PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021October 2024Allow3411NoNo
17541664WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, SCHEDULING METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, AND APPARATUSDecember 2021September 2024Allow3311NoNo
17612285ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING SECURE DEVICE COMMUNICATIONNovember 2021November 2023Allow2310NoNo
17526469COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSNovember 2021July 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17453735UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE ALLOCATIONNovember 2021February 2025Allow3950YesNo
17608814TRANSLATION OF UE-SPECIFIC FREQUENCY DOMAIN INFORMATION AMONG CELLS IN FIFTH GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKSNovember 2021March 2024Allow2810YesNo
17608129USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUNDANCY VERSION DETERMINATION ON MINI-SLOT PUSCHNovember 2021February 2024Allow2800NoNo
17608108USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17608126SESSION AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD USING NAS PROTOCOLSNovember 2021September 2024Allow3520YesNo
17513009RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021December 2025Allow5030NoNo
17510502TRANSPORT CONGESTION CONTROL OPTIMIZATION BASED ON NETWORK CONTEXTOctober 2021October 2023Allow2320NoNo
17452061MULTI-LINK DEVICE (MLD) SETUP AND MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO)October 2021June 2024Allow3220NoNo
17451626MEASUREMENT GAP AND SCHEDULINGOctober 2021February 2024Allow2820NoNo
17604787Methods and Apparatuses for Configuration of Monitoring for Terminal DeviceOctober 2021July 2025Allow4531NoNo
17450967METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEGMENTATION OF POSITIONING PROTOCOL MESSAGESOctober 2021October 2022Allow1200NoNo
17496696METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS WITH DIFFERENT RELIABILITY CONDITIONSOctober 2021July 2024Allow3411NoNo
17601374NODE CONFLICT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021February 2025Allow4110NoNo
17486250WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING LOCATION AND IDENTIFYING CHANGES IN SALIENT INDICATORS OF PATIENT HEALTHSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3020YesNo
17485834HARQ Process Disabling Method, Receiving Device, and Sending DeviceSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3930NoNo
17598383USER LEVEL MONITORING OF HSDPA RADIO CHANNEL QUALITYSeptember 2021June 2025Allow4520NoNo
17480978UU DORMANCY AND SIDELINK TRANSMISSION GRANTSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3411NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
13
Examiner Affirmed
10
(76.9%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(23.1%)
Reversal Percentile
36.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 23.1% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
19
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(26.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(73.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
38.1%
Lower 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, 26.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner KO, SITHU - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KO, SITHU works in Art Unit 2414 and has examined 611 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KO, SITHU's allowance rate of 87.9% 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 KO, SITHU receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 45% 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 KO, SITHU is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KO, SITHU. This interview benefit is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 54% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 37% 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 51.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 42.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 38.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% 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 16% 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:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.