USPTO Examiner SONG REBECCA E - Art Unit 2414

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17137729Cache memory management using fingerprintsDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110NoNo
17253249COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2020October 2022Allow2210NoNo
17114336METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM FAILURE REPORTING UNDER MULTICELL CONFIGURATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2020April 2022Allow1600NoNo
17111768COMBINING TECHNIQUES FOR MESSAGE FORWARDING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2020October 2022Allow2210NoNo
17109422Wireless Device ReportingDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo
17058648METHOD FOR TERMINAL TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE SIDELINK SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING SIDELINK, AND DEVICE FOR SAMENovember 2020March 2023Allow2820NoNo
17101541METHOD FOR DETECTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCKNovember 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
16953939MULTICAST TRAFFIC IN A VIRTUAL EXTENSIBLE LOCAL AREA NETWORK (VXLAN)November 2020July 2022Allow2010YesNo
17056992METHODS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING TIMING ADVANCENovember 2020January 2023Allow2520NoNo
17096283Methods, Network Nodes and User Equipments in a Wireless Network for Communicating an EPDCCHNovember 2020September 2022Abandon2210NoNo
17094689ARCHITECTURE FOR NON-COHERENT COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKSNovember 2020January 2024Allow3850NoNo
16949684CONFIGURING SERVICE LOAD BALANCERS WITH SPECIFIED BACKEND VIRTUAL NETWORKSNovember 2020June 2023Allow3130YesNo
17090506PHASE NOISE COMPENSATION BASED ON BASE STATION CAPABILITYNovember 2020December 2022Allow2520NoNo
17079399ACTIVE MESH NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2020August 2022Allow2210NoNo
17068073MBMS BEARER HANDLING IN A GROUP COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMOctober 2020September 2023Abandon3640NoYes
17066104Systems and Methods for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications for Improved Autonomous Vehicle OperationsOctober 2020December 2022Allow2620YesNo
17038716IDENTIFYING AND PROCESSING, FOR PRIORITY, CALLS IN DATA COMMUNICATIONS SERVERSeptember 2020November 2022Allow2520YesNo
17021317HASH TAG LOAD BALANCINGSeptember 2020April 2023Allow3121YesNo
17021666SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING ROUTING PATHS IN A NETWORKSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2320NoNo
16979504METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PPDU ON BASIS OF S-TDMA IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMSeptember 2020May 2022Allow2010NoNo
17012559ESTABLISHING LWA-WLAN COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2020November 2021Allow1500NoNo
16997609ALARM INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND SYSTEMAugust 2020May 2023Allow3240NoNo
16995644CONTENTION WINDOW MANAGEMENT FOR GROUP LISTEN BEFORE TALK BASED CHANNEL ACCESSAugust 2020October 2022Allow2620YesNo
16989881Managing Regionalized Vehicular CommunicationAugust 2020May 2022Allow2110YesNo
16988141NR V2X SIDELINK RESOURCE SELECTION AND RESELECTION USING SCHEDULING WINDOWAugust 2020October 2022Allow2600NoNo
16983708MULTIPATH ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2020May 2022Allow2110NoNo
16944888System and Method for Millimeter Wave CommunicationsJuly 2020March 2022Allow2010NoNo
16941677CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKJuly 2020February 2021Allow610NoNo
16934576TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUSJuly 2020October 2021Allow1500NoNo
16961437COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2020January 2022Allow1800NoNo
16917651DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2020April 2022Allow2110NoNo
16913059EFFICIENT SIDELINK HARQ FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONJune 2020January 2023Allow3010NoNo
16957807SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE SPEEDJune 2020March 2023Allow3320YesNo
16902664REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGNJune 2020January 2024Allow4370YesNo
16901822NETWORK NODE, WIRELESS DEVICE AND METHODS THEREIN FOR PERFORMING AND HANDLING SUPERPOSED TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKJune 2020May 2023Allow3540YesNo
16770085BASE STATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA STREAM TOWARDS A USER ENTITYJune 2020December 2020Allow610YesNo
16768677RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (UCI) AND DATA MULTIPLEXING ON A PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH)May 2020March 2023Allow3340YesNo
16888160Device, Network, and Method for Communications with Opportunistic Transmission and ReceptionMay 2020April 2022Abandon2210NoNo
16880071METHOD AND ARRANGEMENTS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2020January 2022Allow1910NoNo
16764945RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RADIO RECEPTION APPARATUSMay 2020January 2022Allow2010NoNo
16871389METHOD FOR INDICATING THE ALLOCATED RESOURCES FOR A HARQ MESSAGE IN A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR A LOW-COMPLEXITY, NARROWBAND TERMINALMay 2020October 2022Allow3030NoNo
16868086DATA CENTER NETWORKSMay 2020April 2022Allow2310YesNo
16857975METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA STREAM PERFORMED IN VEHICLE NETWORKApril 2020March 2022Allow2210NoNo
16857008TECHNIQUES FOR PHASE ROTATION CORRECTIONApril 2020October 2022Allow3030YesNo
16856166IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICEApril 2020February 2022Allow2210NoNo
16852911Physical Uplink Control Channel With Uplink Message Short Data FieldApril 2020July 2023Allow3960NoNo
16651279APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION DURING A TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP)March 2020July 2021Allow1500NoNo
16828986DEVICES AND METHODS FOR UPDATING MAPS IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS IN BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINED NETWORKSMarch 2020January 2022Allow2201NoNo
16802093METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2020April 2021Allow1410NoNo
16797641METHOD FOR PERFORMING A RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF A PDCP ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH UM RLC ENTITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2020October 2020Allow700NoNo
16795331METHOD FOR VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2020February 2022Allow2410NoNo
16793499METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OF DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2020February 2023Allow3540YesNo
16629902Uplink Control Channel Resource Determination Method, Terminal, and Network Side DeviceJanuary 2020June 2022Abandon2900NoNo
16718930FULL DUPLEX DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONDecember 2019February 2022Allow2610NoNo
16719678METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2019August 2022Allow3250YesNo
16717614Wireless Device ReportingDecember 2019August 2020Allow800NoNo
16715082ASYMMETRIC LOGICAL UNIT ACCESS PATH SELECTION SYSTEMDecember 2019June 2021Allow1800NoNo
16622468METHOD FOR PERFORMING COORDINATED TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORDecember 2019January 2021Allow1310NoNo
16708738RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2019January 2022Allow2510NoNo
16697688WIRELESS ON BOARD VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE TO VEHCILE COMMUNICATIONNovember 2019June 2022Abandon3010NoNo
16692285METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2019October 2020Allow1000YesNo
16614382ADAPTIVE EARLY WARNING METHOD BASED ON VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING AND APPARATUS THEREOFNovember 2019November 2021Allow2420NoNo
16686362ZERO-COPY FORWARDING FOR NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATIONNovember 2019March 2022Allow2720NoNo
16685366POLAR CODE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2019July 2021Allow2000NoNo
16610967Indication of Modulation and Coding Scheme for Wireless Device in Coverage Enhanced ModeNovember 2019November 2021Allow2410NoNo
16667490Asymmetric Logical Unit Access Path Selection SystemOctober 2019June 2021Allow1900YesNo
16657704Extensible Analytics and Recommendation Engine for Network Traffic DataOctober 2019March 2021Allow1710NoNo
16581828METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2019February 2020Allow510YesNo
16579809ASYMMETRIC NETWORK ELEMENTS SHARING AN ANYCAST ADDRESSSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2000NoNo
16571821METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PACKET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2019January 2023Allow4050YesNo
16570949DISTRIBUTED, CROWDSOURCED INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DISCOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION USING BLOCK CHAINSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2000YesNo
16568383COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HALF DUPLEX AND FULL DUPLEX SYSTEMSSeptember 2019March 2022Allow3021YesNo
16567455METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ROUTINGSeptember 2019September 2021Abandon2510NoNo
16492250METHOD FOR ALLOCATING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORSeptember 2019April 2021Allow2010NoNo
16562263METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING OFFSET IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2019March 2022Allow3140YesNo
16557361METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAMEAugust 2019October 2020Allow1320YesNo
16556280METHODS AND DEVICE FOR DRONE-BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENTAugust 2019March 2021Allow1810YesNo
16538915METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2019September 2021Allow2520NoNo
16485088SUPPORTING SON FUNCTIONS ON NETWORK SLICE INSTANCESAugust 2019April 2024Allow5640YesYes
16535479METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MAC PDUAugust 2019February 2022Allow3040YesNo
16484085METHOD FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFORAugust 2019December 2020Allow1710NoNo
16529117METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELAugust 2019September 2020Allow1410NoNo
16509122BUFFER STATUS REPORT FOR eDCSJuly 2019June 2020Allow1110NoNo
16473772METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATIONJune 2019August 2022Abandon3840YesNo
16473017WAKING UP A DOZING WIRELESS DEVICEJune 2019January 2022Allow3030NoNo
16447446METHOD FOR MANAGING WIRELESS BACKHAUL LINK BY RELAY NODE IN WIRLESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORJune 2019August 2021Abandon2620NoNo
16471183USER EQUIPMENT AND RELATED METHODJune 2019April 2021Abandon2201NoNo
16444434Wireless Communication Method, Network Device and Terminal DeviceJune 2019September 2021Allow2760NoNo
16470535DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2019August 2021Allow2621NoNo
16437874INTERWORKING SYSTEM AND OPERATION IN V2X APPLICATIONSJune 2019November 2020Allow1710NoNo
16467949METHOD FOR DETECTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCKJune 2019August 2020Allow1400NoNo
16347548RRC STATE CHANGING METHOD OF TERMINAL, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEMay 2019September 2020Allow1610NoNo
16399837SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING ROUTING PATHS IN A NETWORKApril 2019August 2020Allow1600NoNo
16397264Data Packet Transmission Method and Border Routing Bridge DeviceApril 2019January 2021Allow2010NoNo
16385900PUCCH RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND FALLBACK OPERATIONApril 2019April 2021Allow2430NoNo
16340059MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2019May 2023Allow4961YesNo
16338613Access Stratum Security in a Wireless Communication SystemApril 2019March 2020Allow1100YesNo
16368627LICENSED ASSISTED ACCESS BASED ON LOW UTILIZATION OF UNLICENSED CHANNELSMarch 2019March 2021Allow2420YesNo
16368236TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUSMarch 2019April 2020Allow1300NoNo
16337312GATEWAY, ON-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2019October 2020Allow1910YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SONG, REBECCA E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
9
Examiner Affirmed
7
(77.8%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(22.2%)
Reversal Percentile
35.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 22.2% 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
39.2%
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 SONG, REBECCA E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SONG, REBECCA E works in Art Unit 2414 and has examined 428 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SONG, REBECCA E's allowance rate of 87.1% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SONG, REBECCA E receive 1.75 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% 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 SONG, REBECCA E is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 81% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SONG, REBECCA E. This interview benefit is in the 42% 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, 32.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 39.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 60% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 7% 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 60.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 38% 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 shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 54.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 63% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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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