USPTO Examiner MORLAN ROBERT M - Art Unit 2419

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17137240APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER DEVICESDecember 2020May 2022Allow1610NoNo
17120390METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERNDecember 2020July 2022Allow1910NoNo
17105996METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING DATA PACKET FIELDS ON FPGANovember 2020July 2022Allow1900NoNo
17056047COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2020August 2022Allow2100NoNo
17097248RELAY NODE, RELAY NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2020September 2023Allow3400NoNo
17093035MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY NODE, AND BASE STATIONNovember 2020January 2022Allow1500NoNo
17084323TIMESTAMP-BASED PACKET SWITCHING USING A TRIE DATA STRUCTUREOctober 2020July 2022Allow2020NoNo
17078408Communication System for Monitoring Process UnitsOctober 2020September 2022Allow2300NoNo
17068677VOICE ENCODING AND SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2020April 2022Allow1810YesNo
17032450MULTI-HOP PHYSICAL LAYER DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1700NoNo
17031175MULTI-MEMBER BLUETOOTH DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADAPTIVELY SWITCHING OPERATION MODE IN RESPONSE TO DATA TYPE CHANGE OF RECEIVED PACKETS, AND RELATED MAIN BLUETOOTH CIRCUIT AND AUXILIARY BLUETOOTH CIRCUITSeptember 2020April 2022Allow1800NoNo
17026393AUXILIARY BLUETOOTH CIRCUIT OF MULTI-MEMBER BLUETOOTH DEVICE CAPABLE OF DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING OPERATION MODESeptember 2020April 2022Allow1800NoNo
16982987A METHOD OF AND DEVICES FOR INQUIRING ADDRESS ANNOUNCE MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKSeptember 2020May 2022Allow2000NoNo
17026031TRANSACTIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORKSeptember 2020February 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17000992GATEWAY FOR REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS OVER CONVERGED ETHERNETAugust 2020September 2022Allow2510YesNo
16995714USING ANYCAST AS AN ABSTRACT NEXT HOP (ANH) TO REDUCE INFORMATION RELATED TO BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCL (BGP) NEXT HOPS RECEIVED BY AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM BORDER ROUTERS (ASBRs) AND/OR TO IMPROVE BGP PATH CONVERGENCEAugust 2020November 2021Allow1500NoNo
16988972VEHICULAR MICRO CLOUD TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOLAugust 2020March 2022Allow1900NoNo
16987456COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSAugust 2020October 2021Allow1500NoNo
16968063DATA TRANSFER METHOD, DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND PROGRAMAugust 2020March 2022Allow1900NoNo
16940158METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SAMEJuly 2020January 2021Allow610NoNo
16934957SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ON-PREMISE VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD RESOURCESJuly 2020May 2022Allow2200NoNo
16918249TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING VIDEO-BASED VERIFICATIONJuly 2020February 2023Allow3200NoNo
16954834DETERMINING WHEN TO RELAY A DATA UNIT IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKJune 2020November 2022Allow2910NoNo
16898675METHOD FOR ENABLING SMART DEVICE TO ACCESS NETWORK, NETWORK ACCESS METHOD, APPARATUS AND SHOPPING SYSTEMJune 2020December 2022Allow3120NoNo
16899329RESPONDING TO A NEW DATA INDICATOR FOR A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESSJune 2020March 2022Allow2100NoNo
16897404INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DEVICEJune 2020February 2023Abandon3310NoNo
16886218METHOD FOR SENDING SERVICE PACKET, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMay 2020October 2021Allow1600NoNo
16884022MULTI-TERMINAL COOPERATIVE WORKING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MULTI-TERMINAL COOPERATIVE SYSTEMMay 2020January 2022Allow2000NoNo
16765413UE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR UEMay 2020February 2022Allow2110NoNo
16871474METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL POSITION IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2020March 2021Allow1020NoNo
16850475EFFICIENT UPLINK SCHEDULING MECHANISMS FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITYApril 2020April 2021Allow1210NoNo
16849444STORE AND FORWARD LOGGING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKApril 2020August 2021Allow1610NoNo
16842222Traffic Shaping and End-to-End PrioritizationApril 2020January 2021Allow910NoNo
16840465BASE STATION AND DATA RETRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOFApril 2020November 2021Allow1900NoNo
16826642METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAMEMarch 2020September 2020Allow610NoNo
16817594TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OF DESIRED PACKET TRANSPORT TREATMENTMarch 2020September 2021Allow1820YesNo
16805929FRAUDULENT TRANSMISSION DATA DETECTION DEVICE, FRAUDULENT TRANSMISSION DATA DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2020May 2022Allow2600NoNo
16643581CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND JUNCTION DEVICEMarch 2020January 2022Allow2300NoNo
16800234WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2020January 2022Allow2310NoNo
16639225METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2200NoNo
16786504APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER DEVICESFebruary 2020September 2020Allow810NoNo
16751949METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF A TIME-DOMAIN FRAME STRUCTUREJanuary 2020October 2021Allow2100NoNo
16735253METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING WIRELESS DEVICESJanuary 2020November 2021Allow2300NoNo
16719524IDENTIFYING A RESOURCE FOR TRANSMITTING A FIRST UPLINK CHANNELDecember 2019June 2021Allow1800NoNo
16717015HYBRID NETWORK PROCESSING LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN COMPUTING SYSTEMSDecember 2019November 2021Allow2300NoNo
16680211UNIFIED SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL DESIGN USED IN DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION MODESNovember 2019December 2021Allow2510NoNo
16665130ASSOCIATION RULE ANALYSIS AND DATA VISUALIZATION FOR MOBILE NETWORKSOctober 2019September 2021Abandon2330NoNo
16663701METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2019May 2020Allow710YesNo
16595637MEASUREMENT GAP REPETITION PATTERNS FOR INTER-FREQUENCY OFFLOADING IN HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKSOctober 2019September 2020Allow1210YesNo
16566680Determining Connectivity Between Compute Nodes in Multi-Hop PathsSeptember 2019September 2021Allow2400NoNo
16490055DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SERVICE DEVICE WITH COMMUNICATION MODULEAugust 2019February 2022Allow2910NoNo
16542513METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING DOWNLINK HARQ-ACK TIMING AND APPARATUS THEREFORAugust 2019May 2020Allow910NoNo
16541595METHOD FOR ALLOCATING NETWORK RESOURCE, METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO TARGET DEVICE IN NETWORK, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICEAugust 2019August 2020Allow1220NoNo
16478267METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2019November 2020Allow1610NoNo
16440029EFFICIENT UPLINK SCHEDULING MECHANISMS FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITYJune 2019January 2020Allow710NoNo
16423751Tracking Flows Having Encrypted Sequence and Acknowledgment NumbersMay 2019October 2020Allow1720NoNo
16415694PLATFORM AGNOSTIC ABSTRACTION FOR FORWARDING EQUIVALENCE CLASSES WITH HIERARCHYMay 2019September 2021Allow2800NoNo
16414814CONCEPT FOR SEGMENTING AN APPLICATION BUFFER INTO DATA PACKETSMay 2019November 2021Allow3010NoNo
16413947MEDIATING CREATION AND USE OF CHANNELS OF A PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE SERVICEMay 2019August 2021Allow2700NoNo
16461563FORWARDING PACKETMay 2019August 2021Allow2700NoNo
16461653Indication Method and Related DeviceMay 2019May 2022Allow3620NoNo
16397950METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAMEApril 2019January 2020Allow810NoNo
16370610MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTI-CHANNEL OFDM IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKMarch 2019July 2021Allow2700NoNo
16328703METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SAMEFebruary 2019April 2020Allow1410NoNo
16252324COMMUNICATION NETWORKS INCLUDING HOME NETWORK TRANSLATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODSJanuary 2019December 2019Allow1110NoNo
16240103FLOATING LINKSJanuary 2019December 2020Allow2420NoNo
16225941APERIOD TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALDecember 2018March 2022Allow3920NoNo
16226457WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAMEDecember 2018August 2022Allow4320NoNo
16225505RESOURCE ALLOCATING METHOD IN WIRELESS NETWORK AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAMEDecember 2018April 2021Allow2800NoNo
16219456WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PARTIAL CHANNEL PUNCTURINGDecember 2018April 2021Allow2810YesNo
16218866DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, DATA COLLECTION METHOD, AND MESSAGE DELIVERY CONTROL DEVICEDecember 2018December 2020Allow2400NoNo
16309838METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULINGDecember 2018December 2022Allow4840YesNo
16216235METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA NETWORK TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2018December 2020Allow2410NoNo
16002745SECTOR LEVEL SWEEP FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONSJune 2018March 2020Allow2100NoNo
15985927NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2018August 2020Allow2700NoNo
15986614METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-CELL AND INTER-FREQUENCY MOBILITY OPTIMIZATION AND MITIGATION OF SESSION DISRUPTION IN A QUASI-LICENSED WIRELESS SYSTEMMay 2018April 2022Allow4650NoNo
15985356VOICE ENCODING AND SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2018July 2020Allow2610NoNo
15777876METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION CATEGORY BASED TRAFFIC STEERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2018December 2020Abandon3120NoNo
15773310SCRAMBLING INITIALISATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMMay 2018April 2021Allow3520NoNo
15771783MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRITY PROTECTION OF A LOGICAL LINK CONTROL PACKET DATA UNITApril 2018January 2022Abandon4440NoNo
15963988WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED WIRELESS DEVICEApril 2018September 2020Allow2920NoNo
15963313METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING RESOURCE FOR CONTROL ELEMENT TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2018July 2021Allow3940NoNo
15962635METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL POSITION IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2018April 2020Allow2310NoNo
15961915COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHODApril 2018May 2020Allow2510NoNo
15961354SIGNALING PROCEDURE FOR NEW RADIO INITIAL ACCESSApril 2018November 2020Allow3130NoNo
15960677SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONApril 2018May 2020Allow2510NoNo
15957332RELIABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH A SOURCE USING RELAYED COMMUNICATIONApril 2018October 2020Allow3030YesNo
15949297STORE AND FORWARD LOGGING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKApril 2018March 2020Allow2310NoNo
15949716ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFApril 2018February 2021Allow3450YesNo
15948881SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAME LOOKUP AND FORWARDING IN A NETWORKApril 2018July 2020Allow2820YesNo
15767060METHOD FOR RESOURCE MAPPING BETWEEN RESTFUL SERVER AND ONEM2M SYSTEMApril 2018November 2020Abandon3120NoNo
15894861IOT DEVICE GROUPING AND LABELINGFebruary 2018January 2021Allow3530YesNo
15894732TIMESTAMP-BASED PACKET SWITCHING USING A TRIE DATA STRUCTUREFebruary 2018July 2020Allow3030NoNo
15893304BUILT-IN TEST TRAFFIC GENERATORFebruary 2018April 2020Allow2630YesNo
15804064AUTOMATED SENSOR COVERAGE OPTIMIZATION WITH AN ACTUATING WALKER AGENTNovember 2017March 2020Allow2820YesNo
15803960DATAPLANE SIGNALED BIDIRECTIONAL/SYMMETRIC SERVICE CHAIN INSTANTIATION FOR EFFICIENT LOAD BALANCINGNovember 2017November 2020Abandon3640YesNo
15804985IN-VEHICLE WIRELESS DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2017July 2020Abandon3230NoNo
15615218SOFTWARE-ENABLED ACCESS POINT WITH POWER SAVINGJune 2017May 2020Allow3530NoNo
15315823MULTIPATH TCP WITH LTE CONNECTIONSDecember 2016January 2021Allow5040YesYes
15366814TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OF DESIRED PACKET TRANSPORT TREATMENTDecember 2016January 2020Allow3830YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MORLAN, ROBERT M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
65.9%
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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

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 MORLAN, ROBERT M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MORLAN, ROBERT M works in Art Unit 2419 and has examined 109 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MORLAN, ROBERT M's allowance rate of 89.9% places them in the 73% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MORLAN, ROBERT M receive 1.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MORLAN, ROBERT M 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 -0.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MORLAN, ROBERT M. This interview benefit is in the 12% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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 38.7% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 54.5% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 4.1% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

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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