USPTO Examiner SHAH SAUMIT - Art Unit 2414

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18632383METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2024March 2025Allow1100NoNo
18633000SPECIAL SUBFRAME CONFIGURATION FOR LATENCY REDUCTIONApril 2024December 2024Allow810NoNo
18436645APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN BEAM-FORMED SYSTEMFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520NoNo
18409100TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OF UPLINK COMMUNICATIONS DURING MAKE-BEFORE-BREAK HANDOVERJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210YesNo
18543679CONFIGURED CHASE-COMBINING RECEPTION FOR NEW RADIO (NR) SIDELINK MODE 1December 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18499494INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18476516SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS FOR INTER-RAT MO FROM LTE MN IN EN-DCSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18359318TECHNIQUES FOR SHARED CHANNEL BACKOFF PROCEDURES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSJuly 2023October 2024Allow1520YesNo
18343430ENHANCED BANDWIDTH PUNCTURINGJune 2023September 2024Allow1420NoNo
18204463METHOD FOR ACK/NACK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18313403WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODSMay 2023June 2024Allow1410YesNo
18172976SPECIAL SUBFRAME CONFIGURATION FOR LATENCY REDUCTIONFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18165632DETECTION OF A PHYSICAL COLLISION BETWEEN TWO CLIENT DEVICES IN A LOCATION SHARING SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18149695SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SELECTION OF A PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL FORMATJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1410YesNo
18087493Beam Management Procedures with Shared SpectrumsDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
17988525METHOD FOR RECOVERING BEAM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFORNovember 2022April 2023Allow510NoNo
18053229Detecting Communication Network Insights of AlertsNovember 2022December 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17921197Selecting Propagation Delay Compensation for Time-Sensitive Network (TSN) InformationOctober 2022March 2025Allow2830NoNo
17901733FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17888378SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON A LINK LAYER PACKET STRUCTUREAugust 2022November 2023Allow1520YesNo
17798083ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310NoNo
17760054TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONAugust 2022March 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17878636CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMAugust 2022December 2023Allow1620YesNo
17876767CELLULAR NETWORK CHAOS TESTINGJuly 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17859431Congestion Control Method, Apparatus, and SystemJuly 2022June 2025Allow3510NoNo
17809969GENERATION OF DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALS IN ADVANCED NETWORKSJune 2022June 2023Allow1110YesNo
178510845G FILTERS FOR VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONSJune 2022May 2023Allow1110NoNo
17808718RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL OCCASIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A RELAYJune 2022April 2025Allow3310YesNo
17839716RECIPROCITY BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION ACQUISITION FOR FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEMJune 2022September 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17757209IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17830753METHOD AND NODE FOR TRANSMITTING CRITICAL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJune 2022November 2024Allow3010YesNo
17738479RRC CONNECTION RESUME METHOD AND DEVICEMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17662330Methods and Apparatus for Packet Flow to Data Radio Bearer MappingMay 2022June 2025Allow3720NoNo
17755728Adjust Paging Occasion to Resolve Paging Collision at a Multi-SIM DeviceMay 2022April 2025Allow3520YesNo
17770787SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING FOR MULTIPLE SERVICESApril 2022December 2024Allow3210NoNo
17658785MANAGING DISTRIBUTION ACCESS AMONG AND ACROSS MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION NETWORKSApril 2022February 2025Allow3410NoNo
17658578ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17684917METHOD FOR CELL CYCLIC DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORMarch 2022May 2023Allow1410NoNo
17649295SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT FACILITATE STEERING OF ROAMINGJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2910NoNo
17584933APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN BEAM-FORMED SYSTEMJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2000NoNo
17626776METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING SYSTEM INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010NoNo
17570617METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PHASE CONTINUITYJanuary 2022December 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17623582DETECTING OF SLEEPING CELL IN A MOBILE NETWORKDecember 2021March 2025Allow3920YesNo
17562681TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPLE FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONS PER SLOT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17561745WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2021June 2025Allow4140YesNo
17617217METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COMPONENTS OF A FIFTH GENERATION (5G) NETWORK SLICEDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510NoNo
17457633METHOD FOR OBTAINING NETWORK SYSTEM RESOURCE ALLOCATION, TERMINAL, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEMDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17613264NETWORK TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2021May 2024Allow3030NoNo
17522779DATA ACQUISITION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAMNovember 2021May 2024Allow3000NoNo
17453629RADIO LINK CONTROL (RLC) ENHANCEMENTS FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICESNovember 2021October 2024Allow3610NoNo
17516282SIGNALING TO SUPPORT RAN MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL TRAFFICNovember 2021February 2025Allow3920YesNo
17514699RELAYING OF BROADCAST/MULTICAST DELIVERY FROM A RELAY UE TO A REMOTE UEOctober 2021August 2023Allow2120YesNo
17452809SIDELINK BANDWIDTH PART TIMER BASED ON ACTIVE STATEOctober 2021May 2025Allow4230YesNo
17507181SS BLOCK METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR NR-UOctober 2021June 2024Allow3140YesNo
17496777INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2021December 2023Allow2710NoNo
17491708Network Access Management Method and Apparatus for Terminal DeviceOctober 2021January 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17491155SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATING STATIONS ON AN EXTREME HIGH THROUGHPUT LINKSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3621YesNo
17449048BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY OPERATION FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION MODESeptember 2021April 2024Allow3130YesNo
17593685SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS FOR INTER-RAT MO FROM LTE MN IN EN-DCSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310NoNo
17476607UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD, UPLINK SCHEDULING METHOD, APPARATUSES THEREOF AND SYSTEMSeptember 2021June 2025Allow4530NoNo
17475531SERVICE FORWARDING METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICESeptember 2021May 2023Allow2020NoNo
17447657RESOURCE RESERVATION INFORMATION SHARING WITH DATASeptember 2021July 2023Allow2210NoNo
17475261MOBILITY SIGNALING FOR RELAY ACTIVATIONSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3120YesNo
17473186ENHANCED BANDWIDTH PUNCTURINGSeptember 2021March 2023Allow1820YesNo
17438572CWS ADJUSTMENT FOR NR SYSTEMS OPERATING ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUMSeptember 2021August 2023Allow2310NoNo
17438751USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODSeptember 2021May 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17472357SPECIAL SUBFRAME CONFIGURATION FOR LATENCY REDUCTIONSeptember 2021December 2022Allow1510NoNo
17470170FULL DUPLEX BEAM FAILURE DETECTION AND UPLINK RESOURCES DETERMINATION FOR TRANSMITTING RECOVERY REQUESTSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2410NoNo
17466715AUGMENTING DATA PLANE FUNCTIONALITY WITH FIELD PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUITSSeptember 2021February 2024Abandon2920NoNo
17462960BANDWIDTH PART SWITCH FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONAugust 2021September 2023Allow2510YesNo
17433432METHOD OF OPERATING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2021June 2024Allow3410NoNo
17401740CONFIGURATION FOR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2021July 2024Allow3520NoNo
17444980BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING IN REPEATERSAugust 2021April 2024Allow3211NoNo
17429564METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2021November 2024Allow3920YesNo
17395473WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODSAugust 2021February 2023Allow1810NoNo
17310314METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2021May 2024Allow3410NoNo
17383266ROADSIDE APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION BEAM POINTING DIRECTION ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2021July 2023Allow2310NoNo
17381859Wide Bandwidth Transmission SchemesJuly 2021November 2023Allow2820NoNo
17443014METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RRM MEASUREMENT ENHANCEMENT FOR NR UNLICENSEDJuly 2021January 2023Allow1810NoNo
17374686METHOD FOR ACK/NACK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORJuly 2021March 2023Allow2010NoNo
17422038METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA AND INDICATING DATA TRANSMISSIONJuly 2021October 2024Allow3940NoNo
17422064METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR MEASURING CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2021April 2024Allow3310NoNo
17371418ANTENNA PANEL PAIR REPORTING AND CONFIGURATION FOR FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONJuly 2021March 2025Allow4430NoNo
17371629COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2021April 2024Allow3430NoNo
17370086Method And Apparatus For A Sub-Band Transpose RepeaterJuly 2021March 2023Allow2000NoNo
17361292METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OVERLAY FLOW CONTROLJune 2021June 2023Allow2410NoNo
17359465SCRAMBLING FOR CONTROL MESSAGESJune 2021April 2024Allow3310NoNo
17304734TWO-STAGE UPLINK GRANT SCHEDULING WITH DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX)June 2021May 2023Allow2220YesNo
17321882TECHNIQUES FOR SHARED CHANNEL BACKOFF PROCEDURES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSMay 2021April 2023Allow2310NoNo
17322358REMOTE LATENCY ADJUSTMENTMay 2021April 2025Allow4740NoYes
17319681BWP ALLOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2021November 2022Allow1910YesNo
17293184METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEARERS BASED ON CONGESTION LEVEL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2021April 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17308714CONFIGURED CHASE-COMBINING RECEPTION FOR NEW RADIO (NR) SIDELINK MODE 1May 2021September 2023Allow2820NoNo
17240709VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE HUBApril 2021December 2023Allow3220YesNo
17288150USER DEVICES, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2021July 2024Allow3930YesNo
17287468DYNAMIC RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCHING IN NEW RADIO FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL CONNECTED STATEApril 2021November 2023Allow3110NoNo
17301931METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN RRC DEACTIVATED OR ACTIVATED STATEApril 2021July 2023Allow2730YesNo
17286750FLOATING SMTC FOR SSB-BASED RRM IN ASYNCHRONOUS NETWORKSApril 2021January 2024Allow3310YesNo
17227430METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2021January 2024Allow3321NoNo
17226819TECHNIQUES FOR SWITCHING A BANDWIDTH PART CONFIGURATIONApril 2021March 2024Allow3540YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
5.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(20.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(80.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
21.8%
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, 20.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 SHAH, SAUMIT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHAH, SAUMIT works in Art Unit 2414 and has examined 514 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHAH, SAUMIT's allowance rate of 90.5% places them in the 72% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHAH, SAUMIT receive 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHAH, SAUMIT is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHAH, SAUMIT. This interview benefit is in the 52% 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, 34.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 42.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 57% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 40.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 27.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 18% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 48% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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

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