USPTO Examiner DUFFY JAMES P - Art Unit 2461

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18734592SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY MANAGING AND SHARING INFORMATION BASED UPON TELEMATIC INFORMATION RELATED TO MOBILE DEVICESJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18656007Random Access Type Selection for Small Data TransmissionMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18654167Wireless Device Session Management by an Access and Mobility Management FunctionMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18418397COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18417694POWER SAVE FOR MULTI-USER (MU) OPERATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18409482ORTHOGONAL TIME FREQUENCY SPACE MODULATION TECHNIQUESJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18527519TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, METHODS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITRYDecember 2023January 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18527591TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, METHODS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITRYDecember 2023April 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18388949WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, STATION DEVICE, AND ACCESS POINT DEVICENovember 2023February 2026Allow2700NoNo
18503987TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING POWER HEADROOM FOR MULTIPLE UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITIONSNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18499986METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK INFORMATIONNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18490554SIDELINK LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK SENSINGOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18487446METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVERSITY-BASED DATA TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18484821ENERGY EFFICIENT CELL-LESS RADIO ACCESS NETWORK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18480001METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDIRECT INTERNET CLIENTS FOR MEDIA MONITORINGOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18466451Configured Grant Operations for Multiple PUSCHSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2320NoNo
18449292METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SUPPORTING LOSSLESS PDCP VERSION CHANGE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18345807METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIOJune 2023November 2023Allow500NoNo
18335902POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITIONJune 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18331439NETWORK BONDING FOR MEDICAL IMAGE STREAMING FROM A MOBILE SYSTEMJune 2023December 2024Abandon1810NoNo
183266005G RADIO ACCESS NETWORK LIVE MIGRATION AND SHARINGMay 2023October 2025Allow2900NoNo
18321842CONFIGURATION FOR MULTI-STAGE NETWORK FABRICSMay 2023August 2024Allow1510YesNo
18318069Methods, Apparatus and Device-Readable Mediums Relating to Wireless Access in a Network Requiring a Carrier-Sense MechanismMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18197715RX UE(S) ASSISTED CHANNEL ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR SIDELINK OPERATION IN UNLICENSED BANDMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18196387RANDOM ACCESS CONFIGURATIONSMay 2023August 2024Allow1520NoNo
18127628METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL CONNECTION RESUMEMarch 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18126217SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF TARGET WAKE TIME FOR PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONMarch 2023October 2024Allow1920NoNo
18164872ORTHOGONAL TIME FREQUENCY SPACE MODULATION TECHNIQUESFebruary 2023October 2023Allow800NoNo
18102362Release of a Second Session of a Wireless Device by an Access and Mobility Management FunctionJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18160146UPLINK POWER SHARING CONTROLJanuary 2023October 2023Allow900NoNo
18004779LIMITING SPATIAL RANGE OF CHANNEL OCCUPANCY SHARING IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM VIA HOP COUNTINGJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610YesNo
18014925COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFTJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18149412RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY WITH TRAFFIC SCHEDULINGJanuary 2023December 2023Abandon1110NoNo
18092378MONITORING LOCATION OF A TRANSCEIVER IN A NETWORK TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCEJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18149011METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDIRECT INTERNET CLIENTS FOR MEDIA MONITORINGDecember 2022July 2023Allow600NoNo
18147063SERVICE-FUNCTION CHAINING USING EXTENDED SERVICE-FUNCTION CHAIN PROXY FOR SERVICE-FUNCTION OFFLOADDecember 2022May 2023Allow510NoNo
18146936INTELLIGENT CLIENT STEERING IN MESH NETWORKSDecember 2022September 2025Allow3210YesNo
18088535WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18012703METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OPTIMIZING CONFIGURATION OF INTER-FREQUENCY LAYER MEASUREMENTS FOR LOWER LAYER MOBILITYDecember 2022July 2025Allow3100NoNo
18145943INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18087085WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420NoNo
18012558METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING A BURST OF SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCKSDecember 2022January 2026Abandon3710NoNo
18145265WI-FI 6E ENHANCEMENT IN CONTENTION-BASED PROTOCOLDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18003057PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITION HANDLING IN FRAME BASED EQUIPMENT MODE IDLE PERIODDecember 2022September 2025Allow3210YesNo
18085670USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR SHARING PERIODIC CHANNEL OCCUPANCYDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18069238COMMUNICATION APPARATUSDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010YesNo
18069153POWER SAVE FOR MULTI-USER (MU) OPERATIONDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18011352ENHANCED CARRIER SELECTIONDecember 2022January 2026Allow3710NoNo
18082947SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PROTECTION MANAGEMENT-BASED COEXISTENCE ENHANCEMENT IN WIRELESS DEVICESDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18064648METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE CONNECTIONSDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
17928208METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SYNCHRONIZATION IN A MULTI-AP COORDINATIONNovember 2022October 2025Allow3520YesNo
17986384METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING MULTI-LINKNovember 2022October 2025Allow3510YesNo
17998125PARTIAL SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17959018USER EQUIPMENT-SPECIFIC SCHEDULING REQUEST REPETITIONSOctober 2022October 2023Allow1220NoNo
17957905Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Random Access SignalSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2800NoNo
17913269PC5 RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) SIDELINK (SL) CONNECTION MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17933830METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-UE COORDINATION SIGNALINGSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17932901MANAGED NETWORK SUPPORTING BACKSCATTERING COMMUNICATION DEVICESSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3820YesNo
17944832DATA SENDING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1000NoNo
17905795TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17889730Reference Signal Transmission Method and Related DeviceAugust 2022May 2025Allow3330NoNo
17889254USER EQUIPMENT (UE) POWER SAVINGAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17885453INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINALAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310NoNo
17882989METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BEAM DIRECTIVITY AT NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATERSAugust 2022November 2025Allow3920NoNo
17881840APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF A BACKHAUL-RADIO LINK FAILUREAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17816303FREQUENCY HOPPING ADAPTATION FOR INTER-SLOT PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITIONJuly 2022August 2024Allow2510NoNo
17759669Configured Grant Operations for Multiple PUSCHJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17811511OPPORTUNISTIC SWITCHING AMONG COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO TRANSMIT AN UPDATE TO AN EDGE DEVICEJuly 2022December 2023Allow1720YesNo
17810726RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE WINDOW START IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2630YesNo
17788056APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BITRATE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17846036Device of Handling PUSCH TransmissionsJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17845506ROUTING USING PARTIAL MESSAGE PARSINGJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17842188TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITJune 2022June 2023Allow1220NoNo
17836073IMPLICIT FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION IN 802.11AX WIRELESS NETWORKSJune 2022May 2023Allow1210YesNo
17804964DOWNLINK MONITORING SKIPPING BASED ON A SCHEDULING REQUEST (SR)June 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17746699Reference Signal Processing Method, Network Device, and Terminal DeviceMay 2022November 2023Allow1850NoNo
17743564DOWNLINK FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTED MIMO RECEIVERSMay 2022August 2025Allow3920YesNo
17739536METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SUPPORTING LOSSLESS PDCP VERSION CHANGE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022May 2023Allow1210NoNo
17661826TIME SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION QUALITY OF SERVICE ALTERNATIVESMay 2022May 2025Allow3710NoNo
17713427ELECTRONIC APPARATUSApril 2022February 2023Allow1010NoNo
17712621METHOD FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION BASED ON BEAMFORMING IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022May 2023Allow1410NoNo
17766441DETECTING NEW TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITIESApril 2022April 2024Allow2400NoNo
17711727NUMEROLOGY FOR 60GHZ OPERATION TO ACHIEVE CHANNELIZATION ALIGNMENTApril 2022May 2025Allow3700NoNo
17657389SOURCE-BASED ROUTINGMarch 2022April 2023Allow1210YesNo
17763403USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022September 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17697778SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCE OF DATA COLLISIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKSMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910YesNo
17760959METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION THROUGH MULTIPLE UPLINK CHANNELS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3620NoNo
17760732DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3620YesNo
17760632METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING 5G USERMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920NoNo
17760639TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17760703METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING HARQ PROCESS IN NR V2XMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17654697POWER SAVING IN SIDELINKMarch 2022December 2024Allow3330YesNo
17672211DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A FRAME IS A MANAGEMENT FRAME OR A DATA FRAMEFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1820NoNo
17635458First Network Node, Second Network Node and Methods Performed Thereby for Handling a RACH ConfigurationFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3410NoNo
17669924RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2810NoNo
17634085METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING UPLINK TRANSMISSION RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17633312TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2022September 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17588288METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2000NoNo
17649035RULES FOR REDUNDANT SUBCARRIER COLLISION WITH REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR UW-OFDMJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3000NoNo
17578191TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKSJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1100NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DUFFY, JAMES P.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
13
Examiner Affirmed
11
(84.6%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(15.4%)
Reversal Percentile
27.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 15.4% 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
39
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(25.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
29
(74.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
37.2%
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, 25.6% 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 DUFFY, JAMES P - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DUFFY, JAMES P works in Art Unit 2461 and has examined 550 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DUFFY, JAMES P's allowance rate of 77.6% places them in the 45% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by DUFFY, JAMES P receive 2.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 73% 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 DUFFY, JAMES P is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 59% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -9.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DUFFY, JAMES P. This interview benefit is in the 3% 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, 21.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 26% 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 33.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 96.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 69% 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 64.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 58.3% 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, 37.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 20% 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:

    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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