USPTO Examiner THOMAS WILFRED - Art Unit 2416

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17120483APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BEAM TRACKINGDecember 2020May 2023Allow2920YesNo
17107933MULTI-LEVEL LEARNING FOR CLASSIFYING NETWORK TRAFFIC FLOWS FROM FIRST PACKET DATANovember 2020March 2023Allow2810YesNo
16949716EXTENDED DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL SCRAMBLING IDENTIFIER FOR DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONNovember 2020April 2023Allow2920YesNo
17094159DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2020January 2023Abandon2620YesNo
17094516Communication Method and Communications ApparatusNovember 2020October 2022Allow2310NoNo
17045000TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND BASE STATIONOctober 2020March 2023Allow3020YesNo
17044384BEAM INDICATION FOR 5G NEW RADIOOctober 2020January 2025Abandon5260NoNo
17021184LC-PDCCH Repetition Level Selection for MTC DevicesSeptember 2020August 2024Allow4720NoYes
16980624DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIZE OF DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FORMATSeptember 2020November 2023Allow3840NoNo
17006998WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH REPETITION DETECTIONAugust 2020October 2022Allow2620YesNo
16971210RECIPROCITY BASED CSI REPORTING CONFIGURATIONAugust 2020January 2023Abandon2920NoNo
16944792METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING INTERRUPTION TIME OF DATA TRANSFER ON HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKJuly 2020April 2022Allow2110YesNo
16933389FEEDBACK SIGNALING FORMAT SELECTIONJuly 2020November 2023Allow4040YesYes
16931730EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION OF PEER ZONE DATABASE IN FIBRE CHANNEL FABRICJuly 2020March 2022Allow2010YesNo
16917225MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (MPDU) AND CODEWORD ALIGNMENT AND VALIDATIONJune 2020July 2022Allow2411YesNo
16958944Remote LPWAN Gateway With Backhaul Over a High-Latency Communication SystemJune 2020November 2022Allow2920YesNo
16958820METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING INFORMATIONJune 2020March 2022Allow2110NoNo
16907809METHODS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT BEAM FAILURE RECOVERYJune 2020July 2023Allow3630YesNo
16905701SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOW CONTROL AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TRANSMISSIONJune 2020October 2024Allow5260YesYes
16895674METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SRS IN WIRELESS CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2020April 2023Allow3440YesNo
16875899Load Balancer Metadata Forwarding On Secure ConnectionsMay 2020September 2023Allow4060YesNo
16867120ESTABLISHMENT OF MILLIMETER WAVE RELAY LINKS BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENTS WITH BASE STATION COORDINATIONMay 2020June 2023Allow3740YesNo
16865827Beam Tracking Using Downlink Data Reception and Motion Sensing InformationMay 2020March 2023Allow3540YesNo
16853834Channel State Information Feedback for Multiple Transmission Reception PointsApril 2020January 2023Allow3320YesNo
16756677METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFORApril 2020December 2022Allow3230YesNo
16833133COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, AND DEVICEMarch 2020September 2024Allow5360YesNo
16648170Communication Device and Method for Radio Frequency CommunicationMarch 2020July 2023Abandon4040YesNo
16646419METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK DATA CHANNEL AND DEVICE THEREFORMarch 2020October 2021Allow2010YesNo
16802460METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FREQUENCY HOPPING OF CHANNEL, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2100YesNo
16642234METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2020April 2022Allow2620NoNo
16800110CALL REDIRECT FROM MOBILE DEVICE IN IPBXFebruary 2020March 2022Allow2520NoNo
16798576Communication ApparatusFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2110YesNo
16796067METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATIONFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2720YesNo
16786477COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEFebruary 2020March 2023Allow3740YesNo
16783149SIGNALING OF TRANSMISSION PARAMETERSFebruary 2020October 2023Allow4541NoNo
16779493SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZATION OF NETWORK TRAFFIC ACROSS MULTIPLE WIRELESS OPTIONSJanuary 2020November 2021Allow2210YesNo
16777720ENABLING MULTI-CLUSTER TRANSMISSIONSJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2620YesNo
16775897END TO END APPLICATION IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYTICS OF TUNNEL ENCAPSULATED TRAFFIC IN THE UNDERLAYJanuary 2020August 2022Allow3030YesNo
16743288FACILITATING INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CONNECTED ASSETS IN 5G AND OTHER ADVANCED NETWORKSJanuary 2020February 2022Allow2520YesNo
16742072WIRELESS CROSS-CONNECT SWITCHJanuary 2020April 2021Allow1510NoNo
16628642WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2020July 2021Allow1820NoNo
16721698SEQUENCE NUMBER CHECKSUM FOR LINK STATE PROTOCOLSDecember 2019January 2022Allow2520YesNo
16714478TRANSMIT/RECEIVE BEAM ASSOCIATION IN MILLIMETER WAVE V2XDecember 2019August 2024Allow5640YesYes
16618617METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCOUNTING FOR DATA USAGE IN MPTCPDecember 2019December 2021Allow2420NoNo
16692650FEEDBACK SIGNALING FORMAT SELECTIONNovember 2019June 2020Allow700YesNo
16673516METHODS AND NODES FOR DETERMINING A TRANSMISSION DATA BLOCK SIZENovember 2019November 2021Allow2420YesNo
16564248POWER HEADROOM CONTROL ELEMENT, METHOD OF COMMUNICATING POWER INFORMATION FROM A USER EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIVED POWER INFORMATION AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATIONSeptember 2019October 2021Allow2520YesNo
16531145INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODAugust 2019November 2022Abandon4040YesNo
16483087Uplink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Narrowband Machine Type CommunicationAugust 2019August 2021Allow2420YesNo
16482660BASE STATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHODJuly 2019May 2024Allow5880YesYes
16527273ACTIVE BEAM MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION, AND CAPABILITY SIGNALINGJuly 2019February 2023Allow4260YesNo
16527180TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF MOBILE CHANNEL SOUNDING SYSTEMJuly 2019March 2021Allow2010YesNo
16526781EFFICIENT DEVICE CAPABILITIES ENQUIRY FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATIONS WIRELESS NETWORKJuly 2019December 2020Allow1610YesNo
16522471METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2019February 2021Allow1910YesNo
16522105COMMUNICATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICEJuly 2019May 2021Allow2220YesNo
16522322METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING RADIO TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION PARAMETERSJuly 2019September 2021Allow2620YesNo
16522633METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND DATA CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2019February 2021Allow1910YesNo
16522052Communication Method and Communications ApparatusJuly 2019April 2021Allow2120YesNo
16512678VOICE OPERATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT BLOCKS RADIO COMMERCIALS AND SUBSTITUTES ALTERNATE AUDIO CONTENTJuly 2019November 2019Allow410YesNo
16506777METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A SIZE OF A FEEDBACK SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJuly 2019July 2020Allow1210YesNo
16435137RATE ADAPT ALGORITHM FOR A WIRELESS CONNECTIONJune 2019February 2021Abandon2010NoNo
16388441COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MAC AND PHY FOR PARALLEL RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES OF DUAL CONNECTIVITYApril 2019June 2021Allow2630YesNo
16369756SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND CONTROLLING A DYNAMIC TUNNELING PROTOCOL IN A MESH NETWORKMarch 2019July 2020Allow1520NoNo
16296971SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING PNF CONNECTIVITY IN A NETWORK SLICE INSTANCEMarch 2019February 2022Allow3640NoYes
16295926ACTIVE COMPONENT VALIDATION IN A SECURE COMMUNICATION DEVICEMarch 2019June 2021Abandon2720NoNo
16331066Data Sharing Method and TerminalMarch 2019July 2021Allow2930YesNo
16294171SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTUREMarch 2019November 2020Allow2010NoNo
16291973SECURE TRAINING SEQUENCE SYMBOL STRUCTUREMarch 2019October 2020Allow1910NoNo
16233281BOUNDED TIMING ANALYSIS OF INTRA-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONDecember 2018January 2023Allow4820YesNo
16226346METHODS AND NODES FOR DETERMINING A TRANSMISSION DATA BLOCK SIZEDecember 2018September 2019Allow910YesNo
16139767COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MAC AND PHY FOR PARALLEL RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES OF DUAL CONNECTIVITYSeptember 2018April 2020Allow1900YesNo
16077848IS-IS EXTENSIONS FOR FLEXIBLE PATH STITCHING AND SELECTION FOR TRAFFIC TRANSITING SEGMENT ROUTING AND MPLS NETWORKSAugust 2018February 2021Abandon3020NoNo
16054325Uplink Scheduling For NR-UAugust 2018January 2021Abandon2920YesNo
16075273TRIGGERING/INITIATING BACKOFF PROCEDURE(S) BASED ON CONGESTION INDICATION(S) TO DEFER SCHEDULING REQUEST TRANSMISSIONAugust 2018May 2021Allow3340YesNo
16075585METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING STF SIGNALS BY MEANS OF BINARY SEQUENCE IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMAugust 2018July 2021Allow3540YesNo
16074834COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2018January 2022Allow4150YesNo
16074573METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE INTERFERENCEAugust 2018July 2020Abandon2310NoNo
16048815Switch Fabric for Networked Virtual MachinesJuly 2018July 2020Abandon2410NoNo
16047765MULTIDIMENSIONAL SHARED SPECTRUM ACCESSJuly 2018March 2021Allow3130YesNo
16073053USER DEVICE AND MESSAGE FORWARDING METHODJuly 2018June 2020Abandon2210NoNo
16045701Uplink Control Channel Design For High Reliability Transmission In Mobile CommunicationsJuly 2018April 2020Allow2020YesNo
16072300METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING INTERRUPTION TIME OF DATA TRANSFER ON HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKJuly 2018April 2020Allow2110YesNo
15926065WIRELESS CROSS-CONNECT SWITCHMarch 2018February 2020Allow2320YesNo
15871379METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRONT-HAUL NETWORK DEPENDENT WIRELESS NETWORK CONTROLJanuary 2018December 2020Abandon3521YesNo
15871507METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING STATUS REPORT FOR RECEIVERJanuary 2018February 2020Allow2510YesNo
15871519Network master device and network communication method for realizing cooperative service setJanuary 2018October 2020Allow3330YesNo
15871338MODIFICATIONS OF HEADEND FORWARDING RULES TO JOIN WIDE AREA NETWORK BRANCH HOSTS TO MULTICAST GROUPSJanuary 2018March 2020Allow2610NoNo
15848603ENVIRONMENT SIGNATURESDecember 2017December 2019Abandon2410NoNo
15848866MESH TOPOLOGY RADIODecember 2017August 2023Abandon6061YesYes
15848725SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIER CONFIGURATIONDecember 2017January 2023Allow6080YesNo
15848482MESH TOPOLOGY RADIODecember 2017December 2019Allow2410NoNo
15791995WIRELESS CROSS-CONNECT SWITCHOctober 2017October 2019Allow2420YesNo
15789459MULTIPLEXING INITIAL ACCESS AND DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN ASSISTED MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMSOctober 2017May 2022Allow5550YesYes
15556675APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BEAMFORMINGSeptember 2017August 2020Allow3510NoNo
15684225WIRELESS CROSS-CONNECT SWITCHAugust 2017June 2020Allow3440YesNo
15646800EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION OF PEER ZONE DATABASE IN FIBRE CHANNEL FABRICJuly 2017April 2020Allow3430YesNo
15646886Device, System, and Method for Determining a Forwarding Delay Through a Networking DeviceJuly 2017August 2020Allow3820NoYes
15646861ENABLING MULTI-CLUSTER TRANSMISSIONSJuly 2017December 2019Allow2920YesNo
15646643MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHODJuly 2017September 2019Abandon2610NoNo
15646770MACRO CELL, SMALL CELL AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2017March 2020Abandon3220NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
9
Examiner Affirmed
2
(22.2%)
Examiner Reversed
7
(77.8%)
Reversal Percentile
89.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 77.8% 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
25
Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(48.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(52.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
76.5%
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, 48.0% 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 THOMAS, WILFRED - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner THOMAS, WILFRED works in Art Unit 2416 and has examined 222 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 74.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner THOMAS, WILFRED's allowance rate of 74.8% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by THOMAS, WILFRED receive 3.05 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 85% 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 THOMAS, WILFRED is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 43% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +38.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by THOMAS, WILFRED. This interview benefit is in the 85% 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, 21.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 22.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 30% 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, 62.5% 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 69.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.0% 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, 36.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 23% 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 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 17% 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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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.