USPTO Examiner HAILU KIBROM T - Art Unit 2461

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18741152COEXISTENCE OF REFERENCE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMNICATION NETWORKSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18670847Beam Management for Cells in Wireless CommunicationsMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18670863Beam Management for Cells in Wireless CommunicationsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18657074Dynamic Configuration of Aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal Offsets in Cellular Communications SystemsMay 2024September 2025Allow1620NoNo
18657055EFFICIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT UTILIZING UNIFIED LOGGINGMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18652561CLOUD SCALE MULTI-TENANCY FOR RDMA OVER CONVERGED ETHERNET (RoCE)May 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18636598SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING MESSAGING VOLUME AND UTILIZATION METRICS WITHIN A MULTICAST MESSAGING SERVICEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18636118DISTRIBUTED DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING IN NETWORK SYSTEMSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18624325EDGE OPTIMIZED TRANSRATING SYSTEMApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18582412Unified Access Control ImprovementsFebruary 2024July 2025Abandon1720NoNo
18428973PHYSICAL RESOURCE BLOCK PRB GRID INDICATION METHOD AND DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18413010PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18412375WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SWITCH AND OUTLET CONTROLJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18409149METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000NoNo
18492807COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18379998SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED PDCCH IN A MULTIPLE CARRIER BASED AND/OR QUASI-COLLATED NETWORKOctober 2023March 2025Allow1820NoNo
18482702Flexible Aperiodic SRS Triggering in a Cellular Communication SystemOctober 2023December 2025Allow2750YesNo
18481714DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION, SCHEDULING AND SIGNALING FOR VARIABLE DATA RATE SERVICE IN LTEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2130NoNo
18553137METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, SESSION MANAGEMENT, OR CONNECTION MANAGEMENT OF USER EQUIPMENT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18477198CONTAINERIZED ROUTER WITH A DISJOINT DATA PLANESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18468908PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT DATA UNIT FORWARDINGSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1720YesNo
18465395Network Performance Parameter Sending Method, Network Performance Calculation Method, and Network NodeSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18550104DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023October 2025Abandon2500NoNo
18461811POLICY CONTROL FUNCTION (PCF) REGISTRATION BASED ON EQUIPMENT IDENTITY REGISTER (EIR) CHECK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18454384Multicarrier Signal Transmission in Wireless CommunicationsAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18235874ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH TO RESOURCES IN A DATACENTER THROUGH DEPLOYMENT OF DEDICATED GATEWAYSAugust 2023January 2025Abandon1711NoNo
18452138U2U relay UE-Initiated Dedicated Relay Discovery for Supporting Direct-To-Indirect Path SwitchAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18276820METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BSR INFORMATION FOR ANOTHER LINK ON BASIS OF A-CONTROL FIELD IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMAugust 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18229198EDGE OPTIMIZED TRANSRATING SYSTEMAugust 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18361320METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NETWORK EGRESS FAIRNESS BETWEEN APPLICATIONSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1200NoNo
18351873TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2023January 2026Allow3120NoNo
18260866HANDLING OF MEASUREMENT RELAXATION AND OTHER ACTIVITY SKIPPINGJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910YesNo
18347857REDIRECTION FAILURE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023March 2026Allow3320NoNo
18215771ACCESS CONTROL IN A RANJune 2023February 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18338879METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATIONJune 2023July 2025Allow2540YesNo
18335849CAPTIVE PORTAL REDIRECTION BY DEVICES WITH NO INTERNET PROTOCOL CONNECTIVITY IN THE HOST VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKJune 2023September 2024Allow1520NoNo
18205882TIMING ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE FOR A USER EQUIPMENTJune 2023June 2024Allow1200NoNo
18198658CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PERSONALITY ACCESS POINTSMay 2023September 2025Allow2800YesNo
18300114ALLOCATING RESOURCE ENTITIES FOR TRACEApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18248898HANDLING QOS UPDATING DURING XN HANDOVERApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18031614DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18299036LATENCY-AWARE LOAD BALANCER FOR TOPOLOGY-SHIFTING SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKSApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18030893ENERGY SAVING METHOD AND DEVICE IN SIDELINK SYSTEMApril 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18030687CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD, CONGESTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONGESTION CONTROL PROGRAMApril 2023February 2025Allow2310NoNo
18030204METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RELAY COMMUNICATION IN SIDELINKApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18028541Methods and system for providing high-speed communication on high-speed railwayMarch 2023March 2026Allow3620NoNo
18188542METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING INTERNET CALL SESSIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKMarch 2023April 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18044466APPARATUS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PROCESSORMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18117841SERVICE TREE FOR MULTICAST FLOW VISIBLITYMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410YesNo
18043429DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18041722Processing Data in a Distributed Routing SystemFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18021031NETWORK SLICE ANALYTICSFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18040702DUAL CONNECTIVITY SCENARIO FOR COORDINATED LEAVEFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18164301LOAD BALANCING AND OAM IN SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINING USING MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHINGFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18018457ACQUISITION OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN POWER-SAVING MODEJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18160351Simplification of Layer 2 VPLS control planeJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18006514NON-PERIODIC C-DRX SCHEDULE SOLUTION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3720YesNo
18158172METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18146676METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022May 2023Allow500NoNo
18011900COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2022July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18011415METHOD FOR APPLYING MSD AND APPARATUS THEREOFDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18080304RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING HANDOVER PROCESSING OF RELAY APPARATUSDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18064979HANDOVER PROCEDURE FOR SOFT CELL IDENTITY CHANGEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420NoNo
18001233TRANSIENT LOOP PREVENTION IN ETHERNET VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK EGRESS FAST REROUTEDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18060363PRESENCE DETECTION BASED ON CROWD SURFING SIGNAL STRENGTHNovember 2022December 2023Abandon1210NoNo
18055567Deterministic Behavior in a Shared Physical NetworkNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
18054831DISTRIBUTED LABEL ASSIGNMENT FOR LABELED ROUTING PROTOCOL ROUTESNovember 2022November 2023Allow1210YesNo
17924574CAPABILITY REPORTING AND PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUMNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
18053515Physical Resource Block PRB Grid Indication Method and DeviceNovember 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17923065NETWORK ROUTING DEVICE AND METHODNovember 2022August 2023Allow910YesNo
17921808TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17962925COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17935425WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SWITCH AND OUTLET CONTROLSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17903024PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17882571EDGE OPTIMIZED TRANSRATING SYSTEMAugust 2022April 2023Allow910NoNo
17868641SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING DOMAIN NAMES FOR THE PURPOSES OF NETWORK MANAGEMENTJuly 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17793458System Information Message Transmission IndicationJuly 2022October 2025Allow3830NoNo
17863672PATH VISIBILITY, PACKET DROP, AND LATENCY MEASUREMENT WITH SERVICE CHAINING DATA FLOWSJuly 2022December 2025Allow4140YesYes
17625873RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2022February 2025Allow3810NoNo
17857249Communication Method and Communication ApparatusJuly 2022March 2026Allow4411YesNo
17853562TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONFIGURING AND REDUCING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION IN TIME-AWARE NETWORKS AND TIME-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONSJune 2022January 2025Allow3100NoNo
17807255PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT DATA UNIT FORWARDINGJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17782852TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK, COMMUNICATION NODE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17756855Partial Transmission to Support Extended Reality (XR) TrafficJune 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17829196DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMay 2022December 2023Abandon1930YesNo
17780748REREGISTRATION DURING NETWORK SLICE FAILUREMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17775547FEEDBACK METHOD, FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022August 2024Allow2810NoNo
17739159METHOD FOR PROCESSING RATE GROUP, METHOD FOR CHARGING FOR DATA SERVICE, AND RELATED DEVICE AND SYSTEMMay 2022February 2023Allow910NoNo
17737986INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD WITH SHARED COT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEMay 2022October 2025Allow4110NoNo
17662051USER EQUIPMENT SPECIFIC SEARCH SPACE AND COMMON SEARCH SPACE ASSIGNMENT FOR MULTIPLE SLOT BASED CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORINGMay 2022September 2025Allow4110YesNo
17755607METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO FEEDBACK BASED ON DISTANCE IN NR V2XMay 2022September 2025Abandon4130NoNo
17731512METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING INTERNET CALL SESSIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKApril 2022January 2023Allow810NoNo
17725247METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SYSTEM INFORMATIONApril 2022September 2023Allow1730NoNo
17719200CONFIGURATION FOR FORWARDING SIGNALS OVER DIFFERENT TYPES OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINKSApril 2022February 2026Allow4620NoNo
17708502METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ROUTING AND BEARER MAPPING CONFIGURATIONMarch 2022April 2025Allow3711NoNo
17689205SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULED RESOURCE RELEASE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKMarch 2022April 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17635241TERMINALFebruary 2022March 2026Abandon4931NoNo
17649640CONTAINERIZED ROUTER WITH A DISJOINT DATA PLANEFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17589582TRANSPORTING MTNC-ID OVER SRV6-HEADER FOR 5G TRANSPORTJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2710NoNo
17585884SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF SERVICE USING IN-BAND SIGNALINGJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HAILU, KIBROM T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
22
Examiner Affirmed
15
(68.2%)
Examiner Reversed
7
(31.8%)
Reversal Percentile
48.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.8% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage 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
71
Allowed After Appeal Filing
26
(36.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
45
(63.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
60.2%
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, 36.6% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner HAILU, KIBROM T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HAILU, KIBROM T works in Art Unit 2461 and has examined 767 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HAILU, KIBROM T's allowance rate of 80.4% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HAILU, KIBROM T receive 2.24 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 62% 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 HAILU, KIBROM T is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 64% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HAILU, KIBROM T. This interview benefit is in the 39% 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, 26.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% 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 29.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% 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, 42.9% 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, 52.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 52% 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 1.8% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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 2.3% of allowed cases (in the 70% 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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