USPTO Examiner MA ROBERT - Art Unit 2461

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18661173APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18396446METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18391946CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR NEW RADIO IN THE UNLICENSED SPECTRUMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18391009TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING PARAMETERS BASED ON ASSISTANCE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18075933METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SRS AND TERMINAL THEREFORDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210NoNo
17993974METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POWER CONTROL OFFSET FOR PUCCHNovember 2022February 2024Allow1420YesNo
17962715DETERMINATION OF DISTRIBUTION OF WI-FI DEVICES WITHIN A LOCAL NETWORKOctober 2022November 2023Allow1420YesYes
17905604Distributed Data Transmission Method, Apparatus, and SystemSeptember 2022March 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17853280METHOD FOR REPORT CONFIGURATIONJune 2022April 2025Allow3420NoNo
17720022METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEApril 2022September 2023Allow1720YesNo
17712762METHOD OF INTERLACED PUCCH DESIGN-FORMAT 1April 2022January 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17764441BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY FOR SERVING CELLMarch 2022January 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17803172Robust Vertical Redundancy Of Networking DevicesFebruary 2022February 2025Abandon3610YesNo
17635569METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PRE-CONFIGURED RESOURCE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3620NoNo
17631327COMMUNICATION RELATED TO CHANGE OF APPLICATION SERVERJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820YesNo
17647866MU-MIMO PRE-PACKET ARRIVAL CHANNEL CONTENTIONJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1410NoNo
17560014TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL FLOW CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHODDecember 2021January 2024Allow2510NoNo
17594795SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF REDUCTION ENGINESOctober 2021April 2025Allow4240YesNo
17484952METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING DATA IN A SELF-HEALING NETWORK AND FOR SELF-HEALING OF A NETWORKSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4230YesNo
17441456MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR NODE FAULT MANAGEMENTSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2610NoNo
17469413COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS APPLIED TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3220NoNo
17463820METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR STREAMING VIDEO CONTENT UNDER DATA BUDGET CONSTRAINTS USING AVAILABLE ADAPTIVE BIT-RATE (ABR) TRACK INFORMATIONSeptember 2021February 2024Abandon3020NoNo
17410926UE INDICATION OF NULL TONE PLACEMENT FOR DEMODULATIONAugust 2021October 2024Allow3830YesNo
17431409CONTROLLING THE REPORTING OF EARLY MEASUREMENTS AND CONNECTED MODE MEASUREMENTS BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUME AND OTHER CONDITIONSAugust 2021November 2024Abandon3920NoNo
17377683INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND TERMINALJuly 2021August 2024Allow3710NoNo
17376760METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED MONITORING AND CONTROLLING OF NETWORK PARAMETERSJuly 2021October 2023Abandon2710NoNo
17377325ENVIRONMENT-AWARE POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS)July 2021March 2025Allow4440YesNo
17420917METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING RADIO SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2021March 2025Allow4440NoNo
17415207METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING OCCUPIED SLOTS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND USER EQUIPMENTJune 2021April 2024Allow3410NoNo
17335982METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING POSITIONING IN IDLE OR INACTIVE MODEJune 2021April 2024Allow3420YesNo
17324779MONITORING CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) XL NODESMay 2021January 2024Allow3220YesNo
17241597PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINALApril 2021July 2024Allow3820NoNo
17241634UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICEApril 2021June 2024Allow3820YesNo
17239363METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSApril 2021April 2023Allow2310NoNo
17301665APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2021January 2024Allow3320NoNo
17225687METHOD FOR PROCESSING CHANGE IN RADIO CAPABILITY OF TERMINAL APPARATUS AND APPARATUSApril 2021July 2024Allow3920NoNo
17218309HANDLING FINE TIMING MEASUREMENT REQUESTSMarch 2021August 2023Allow2920NoNo
17280119SIDELINK QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN AUTONOMOUS MODE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUSESMarch 2021February 2024Allow3410YesNo
17266805USER TERMINALFebruary 2021November 2024Abandon4540NoNo
17168752COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSFebruary 2021February 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17265493METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COEXISTENCE OF SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO DIFFERENT RATS IN NR V2XFebruary 2021September 2024Allow4420NoNo
17262645METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREFORJanuary 2021March 2023Allow2620NoNo
17257810METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL AND CHANNEL IN NARROWBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFORJanuary 2021August 2024Abandon4440NoNo
17250190INTERFERENCE PRE-CANCELLATION AND PRECODER PROJECTION COMPENSATION FOR MULTI-USER COMMUNICATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKSDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510NoNo
16950743UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION INDICATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICENovember 2020September 2024Abandon4640YesNo
17088870COMMUNICATION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND BASE STATION AND HEADEND DEVICE USING THE SAMENovember 2020April 2024Allow4240YesNo
16948603OFFSET AND DYNAMIC FEEDBACK INFORMATION VALIDATION FOR CONFIGURED GRANTSSeptember 2020May 2024Allow4441YesNo
16977358MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2020July 2024Abandon4640NoNo
16977086METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POWER CONTROL OFFSET FOR PUCCHAugust 2020August 2022Allow2410NoNo
16975475LINE CONTROL DEVICE, LINE CONTROL METHOD, AND LINE CONTROL PROGRAMAugust 2020October 2023Allow3730YesNo
16990119INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2020January 2023Abandon2920NoNo
16947522CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR NEW RADIO IN THE UNLICENSED SPECTRUMAugust 2020September 2023Allow3740YesNo
16941377METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SPREADING SEQUENCE CODEBOOKSJuly 2020May 2022Allow2110YesNo
16964298METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEJuly 2020April 2025Allow5650YesNo
16926713METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATIONJuly 2020December 2023Abandon4140NoNo
16926563DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICEJuly 2020August 2024Allow4950NoNo
16917543MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)June 2020October 2023Allow3940YesNo
16915259INTERFERENCE COORDINATION REGION CONFIGURATIONJune 2020April 2022Allow2110NoNo
16908454PROVIDING A RADIO LINK FAILURE INDICATIONJune 2020December 2023Allow4250YesNo
16875388Communication Method and Communications DeviceMay 2020January 2024Allow4450YesNo
16871911METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2020September 2024Abandon5250YesNo
15929366FRAMEWORK AND METHOD FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MULTIPLE MESSAGES IN UWB COMMUNICATION AND RANGING SYSTEMSApril 2020February 2023Allow3430YesNo
16759493METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PORT INDEX SIGNALING FOR NON-PRECODER MATRIX INDICATOR (PMI) CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) FEEDBACKApril 2020July 2024Allow5140NoNo
16856628UNIDIRECTIONAL LINK DETECTION MISCONFIGURATION AUTO-DETECTIONApril 2020November 2022Allow3120YesNo
16757954SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR MULTI-ANTENNA MULTI-USER TIME DIVISION DUPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2020February 2022Allow2210NoNo
16830809INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICEMarch 2020October 2023Abandon4340NoNo
16647551TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2020July 2022Abandon2820NoNo
16817059DETERMINATION OF DISTRIBUTION OF WI-FI DEVICES WITHIN A LOCAL NETWORKMarch 2020September 2022Allow3020NoYes
16805623SEMI-DYNAMIC RATE MATCHINGFebruary 2020July 2024Allow5351NoNo
16800460RELAY DEVICEFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2620YesNo
16795628TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, SYSTEM, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR USER EQUIPMENT AND A NETWORK COMPONENT OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2020August 2023Allow4240YesNo
16795155CONTROL PLANE OF A LAYER-1 MILLIMETER WAVE REPEATERFebruary 2020May 2024Allow5160YesNo
16785133PARAMETER CONFIGURATION AND POWER DETERMINATION METHOD, DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION NODEFebruary 2020September 2024Allow5550YesNo
16776278ENDPOINT COMPUTING DEVICE MULTI-NETWORK SLICE REMEDIATION/PRODUCTIVITY SYSTEMJanuary 2020December 2022Allow3430YesNo
16775104SYSTEMS & METHODS FOR DETECTING COMMUNICATION LINK BREAKSJanuary 2020September 2024Allow5650NoYes
16632496USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODJanuary 2020May 2025Abandon6080YesNo
16739804METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION CSI MEASUREMENT, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICEJanuary 2020August 2021Allow1910NoNo
16629909METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SRS AND TERMINAL THEREFORJanuary 2020August 2022Allow3130NoNo
16735504HANDLING OF CHANNEL ACCESS PROBLEMSJanuary 2020July 2024Allow5490YesNo
16723710METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AN AVIONIC NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND RELATED CONFIGURATION MODULEDecember 2019November 2021Allow2320NoNo
16721641TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING PARAMETERS BASED ON ASSISTANCE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2019January 2024Allow4960YesYes
16715121WI-FI ACCESS PRIORITIZATION AND CALL ADMISSION CONTROLDecember 2019December 2023Allow4850YesYes
16714366Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Retransmission Schemes for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)December 2019March 2022Allow2720YesNo
16710217MU-MIMO PRE-PACKET ARRIVAL CHANNEL CONTENTIONDecember 2019October 2021Allow2210NoNo
16609418USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2019October 2022Abandon3630YesNo
16609261METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN 5G MOBILE COMMUNICATIONOctober 2019March 2022Allow2920NoNo
16609291Cellular Network Management based on Automatic Social-Data AcquisitionOctober 2019November 2021Allow2520YesNo
16609384STATE DETECTION OF NETCONF SESSIONOctober 2019September 2023Allow4640NoNo
16609206METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATIONOctober 2019April 2022Allow3020YesNo
16589138CAPC For Uplink Transmissions In New Radio Unlicensed SpectrumOctober 2019November 2022Abandon3840YesNo
16588781MULTI-TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINT DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PORT IDENTIFICATIONSeptember 2019October 2021Allow2520YesNo
16589041POWER CONTROL FOR COORDINATED TRANSMISSIONS FROM OVERLAPPING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKSSeptember 2019July 2023Allow4550YesNo
16588713SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEADLOCK AVOIDANCE WITHIN MPLS NETWORKSSeptember 2019August 2021Allow2320YesNo
16588749VIRTUAL PORT GROUPSeptember 2019January 2024Allow5250YesNo
16087331RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING RELAY PROGRAMSeptember 2018June 2022Abandon4520NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.3%
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, 50.0% 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

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

Examiner MA, ROBERT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MA, ROBERT works in Art Unit 2461 and has examined 94 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MA, ROBERT's allowance rate of 77.7% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MA, ROBERT receive 2.77 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 91% 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 MA, ROBERT is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MA, ROBERT. This interview benefit is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 30% 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 28.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 33% 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, 160.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 18% 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.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • 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.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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.

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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.