USPTO Examiner COBY FRANTZ - Art Unit 2459

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19015598METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND A NODE IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18731810SMART GATEWAY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HVAC SYSTEM NETWORKSJune 2024August 2025Allow1510NoNo
18674994Wireless Network SystemMay 2024November 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18673005SERVICE ACTION GUIDANCE ENGINE (SAGE)May 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18660598END USER RECOMMENDATION SERVICE TO ENSURE SATISFACTORY APPLICATION QOEMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18633661COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE, SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18627521PUBLISH AND SUBSCRIBE CALL CENTER ARCHITECTUREApril 2024January 2026Allow2130YesNo
18610210Automated Manipulation and Monitoring of Embeddable BrowsersMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18594713METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING PERSONALIZED FEDERATED SEARCH AND PRESENTATION OF RESULTS THEREFROMMarch 2024January 2025Allow1100NoNo
18587977RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18584549System and Method for Reestablishing VPN ConnectionsFebruary 2024October 2024Allow820YesNo
18444369Change-proposal Functions in Configuration Management SystemsFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18443233FIREWALL RULES INTELLIGENCEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18426837INSTALLING WEB APPLICATION AS STANDALONE APPLICATION IN THE CLIENT DEVICEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18418126ADAPTABLE MULTI-LAYERED STORAGE FOR DEDUPLICATING ELECTRONIC MESSAGESJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18542967Network Traffic Correlation EngineDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18538861RECORDING VIDEO OF AN OPERATOR AND A SURROUNDING VISUAL FIELDDecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18537691AUTOMATED ROUTE PROPAGATION AMONG NETWORKS ATTACHED TO SCALABLE VIRTUAL TRAFFIC HUBSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18522463NETWORK RESILIENCY AND IMPACT COORDINATIONNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18506222VIRTUALIZED CELLULAR NETWORK MULTI-STAGE TEST AND TICKETING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18560167METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FAILURE HANDLING FOR TRAFFIC STEERINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18499706CONTENT COLLECTION INTERFACENovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18556072METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT USING CLIENT FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS NETWORKOctober 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18286930METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING QOE MANAGEMENT IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18482516TYPE-II PORT-SELECTION CODEBOOK GENERATIONOctober 2023June 2025Allow2020YesNo
18377342METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RANGE TESTING MOCK DEVICES USING MESH TOPOLOGYOctober 2023February 2026Allow2800NoNo
18285241METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SELECTING A MEDIA RESOURCE FUNCTION OR A MEDIA GATEWAY IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL SESSIONSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
17770815"REAL FEEL" AUTONOMOUS NETWORK TEST SOLUTION SYSTEM, METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow4510NoNo
18372011COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18466468METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER PREMISES TRAFFICSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010YesNo
18244682PUBLISH AND SUBSCRIBE CALL CENTER ARCHITECTURESeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520YesNo
18549750CONFIGURING A MULTI-MODEL MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2600NoNo
18242861NETWORK MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHODSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18548884SESSION SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE AND MEDIUMSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18452512Change Impact Simulation AnalysisAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18546661Network Slice Quota Management EnhancementsAugust 2023December 2025Allow2800NoNo
18450469SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A CLOUD SERVER FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A USERAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18447789AUTOMATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING AND SCORING OF APPLICATIONS BASED ON CROWDSOURCED TRAFFIC DATAAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18227464OPERATIONAL STATISTICS ENCODING AND MAPPING IN NETWORK NODESJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18226967FAULT DETECTION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEMJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18355733PRIORITY CALL HANDLING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSJuly 2023November 2025Allow2800NoNo
18349291PHYSICAL LAYER PROCESSING TIME PREDICTION IN ADVANCED COMMUNICATION NETWORKSJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18216805BOT OMNI CHANNEL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18341555SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING SELECTIVE FAULT INJECTIONS INTO A NETWORK INFRASTRUCTUREJune 2023November 2025Allow2910YesNo
18341186NETWORK POLICY GENERATION FOR CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENTJune 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18338595CONFLICT MITIGATION OF A RADIO ACCESS NETWORKJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18338194PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2026Allow3100NoNo
18337278WAKE-UP RADIO HAVING STACKED CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION WITH ULTRA-LOW POWER CONSUMPTIONJune 2023March 2026Allow3310NoNo
18330788SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CROSS PLATFORM PORTABLE SIMULCAST NETWORKJune 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18328316High-Definition Distributed Recording Of A ConferenceJune 2023December 2024Allow1810YesNo
18204679DYNAMIC FILTER GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN COMPUTER NETWORKSJune 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18326503DISTRIBUTED, SELF-ADJUSTING AND OPTIMIZING CORE NETWORK WITH MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18324742METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18323365DETERMINING A ROOT CAUSE OF A FAILED INTERACTION BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKMay 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18200369SINGLE NUMBER COMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBILITYMay 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18320603RELIABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN CONTROL-PLANES AND DATA-PLANES FOR A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMay 2023August 2024Allow1500NoNo
18312899MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR ADJUSTING NETWORK SERVICE PARAMETERS FOR SUBSCRIBERS OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKMay 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18310592REALTIME TELEMETRY QUALITY TRACKING AND PROFILING TO PREVENT ERRONEOUS RADIO RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (RRM) COMPUTATIONMay 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18310767SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORKS USING AN OPEN CHARGE POINT PROTOCOL PROXYMay 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18140468IMPORTATION OF ANALYTICS CLOUD CONTENT INTO CUSTOM LOCATION IN DESTINATION TENANTApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18138541SMART GATEWAY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HVAC SYSTEM NETWORKSApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18135890Domain-Based Raft Consensus Selection of Leader Nodes in Distributed Data ServicesApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18301219Electronic interconnection apparatus adapted to interconnect a plurality of audio equipments, and audio system comprising such an apparatusApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18134285COLLECTION OF SEGMENT ROUTING IPV6 (SRV6) NETWORK TELEMETRY INFORMATIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18132082SERVICE ACTION GUIDANCE ENGINE (SAGE)April 2023March 2024Allow1210NoNo
18247518SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL RESPONSE WITH A CAUSE CODEMarch 2023July 2025Allow2700NoNo
18193251APPARATUS AND METHOD OF A MOBILE TERMINATING USER EQUIPMENT CONNECTING TO A FALLBACK NETWORKMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18191371Distributing Data on Distributed Storage SystemsMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18183780METHOD FOR FORWARDING SERVICE PACKET, METHOD FOR SENDING SR POLICY, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18180262DATA OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410NoNo
18179429PROCESSING UNMODIFIED CONFIGURATION DATA WITH A NETWORK DEVICE APPLICATIONMarch 2023May 2024Allow1420YesNo
18118057PERFORMING SCALABLE NETWORK UPGRADESMarch 2023June 2024Allow1510YesNo
18114649INTEGRATED NETWORK EVALUATION TROUBLESHOOTING TOOLFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18023568NRDU DATA PATH SIMULATION SERVER FOR TESTING DATA THROUGHPUT CAPACITY IN 5G COMMUNICATION NETWORKFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18174167METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AN OPERATION IN RESPONSE TO A SESSION HANDOFFFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1510NoNo
18174196MULTI-INSTRUMENT, MULTI-TECHNICIAN, AND MULTI-JOB INTEGRATION IN A TEST PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR NETWORKSFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18113565APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE KERNEL ATTRIBUTESFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2720NoNo
18173334PACKET SENDING METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18171758COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE, SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1100NoNo
18171978METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A BLOCKING CALL BASED ON A TIMEOUTFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1100NoNo
18168369DISTRIBUTED PROXY FOR ENCRYPTED TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS WITH EFFICIENT MULTI-PRIORITY MULTIPLEXED TRANSPORT FOR IMPROVING USER'S TRAFFIC QOSFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18021070APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR EXCHANGING ANALYTICS DATAFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18107596END USER RECOMMENDATION SERVICE TO ENSURE SATISFACTORY APPLICATION QOEFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210YesNo
18106953EXECUTION OFFSET RATE LIMITERFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1210YesNo
18018739NODES IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHODS THEREOFJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18103373ADAPTABLE MULTI-LAYERED STORAGE FOR DEDUPLICATING ELECTRONIC MESSAGESJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1010NoNo
18161165PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK DETECTION OF NETWORK LOOPSJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3000NoNo
18160665COMMUNICATION SESSIONS IN CLUSTER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18160507Automated Manipulation and Monitoring of Embeddable BrowsersJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18160714SUPPORTING MULTIPLE APPLICATION FUNCTION SESSIONS WITH REQUIRED GROUP QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) PROVIDED BY MACHINE LEARNING MODEL PROVIDER APPLICATION FUNCTIONJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900NoNo
18100930TRANSCEIVING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE CONTROLLERSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3100NoNo
18100163System and Method for Application Program Interface or Page ProcessingJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810YesNo
18156094Network Traffic Correlation EngineJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810NoNo
18155244SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES IN A 5G NETWORKJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18096755LOCALIZATION OF QOE MODELS TO ACCOUNT FOR USER PREFERENCES AND BIASESJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3720YesNo
18090784PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN NETWORK PARAMETER CHANGES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18147033INFORMATION DETERMINING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18012728METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT USING AI/MLDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18001518METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET MATCHING, NETWORK DEVICE, AND MEDIUMDecember 2022February 2024Allow1500NoNo
18076336ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE WITH REDUCED PAYLOADDecember 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
3.9%
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, 0.0% 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

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

Examiner COBY, FRANTZ - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner COBY, FRANTZ works in Art Unit 2459 and has examined 22 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner COBY, FRANTZ's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 95% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by COBY, FRANTZ receive 2.09 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% 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 COBY, FRANTZ 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 +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COBY, FRANTZ. This interview benefit is in the 13% 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, 46.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 96% 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 66.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

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 8% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 15% 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 18.2% of allowed cases (in the 93% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.