USPTO Examiner MUI GARY - Art Unit 2464

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17261409TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION BASED ON TRANSMISSION DENSITYJanuary 2021October 2023Allow6020NoNo
17256427METHOD FOR REPORTING RADIO LINK FAILURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORDecember 2020November 2023Allow3520NoNo
17255257Link Quality-Based Offloading Method and Device in Dual ConnectivityDecember 2020October 2022Allow2210NoNo
17127162SYSTEM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A NARROWBAND TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND TERMINALSDecember 2020May 2021Allow510NoNo
17113545METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2020August 2023Allow3230NoNo
16950631Random Access Procedures Using Multiple Active Bandwidth PartsNovember 2020March 2023Allow2810NoNo
17096492METHOD OF DETERMINING SLOT FORMAT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORNovember 2020March 2023Allow2810NoNo
17091194System and method for fast single-DCI and multi-DCI mode switchingNovember 2020February 2023Allow2701NoNo
17067318HIGH RELIABILITY TRANSMISSION MODE FOR 2-STEP SECONDARY CELL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY PROCEDUREOctober 2020February 2023Allow2810NoNo
17037097METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE RACH PROCEDURESSeptember 2020December 2022Allow2620NoNo
17043503METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS OF TERMINAL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2810NoNo
17035017BEAM FAILURE PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICESeptember 2020February 2023Allow2810NoNo
17035024CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR BEAM FAILURE AND TERMINALSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1710NoNo
17026538CLARIFICATION ON CUMULATIVE TIMING ADVANCE (TA)September 2020January 2023Allow2810NoNo
17022366FEEDBACK AND RETRANSMISSION FORMAT OF HARQ PROTOCOLSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2810NoNo
17020368EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1810NoNo
17016578REUSE AND MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS CHANNELSSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2920NoNo
17015745MULTIPLE-LAYER WIRELESS STATION IMPLEMENTATIONS AND MANAGEMENTSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2920NoNo
16977442Uplink Spatial Relation Indication and Power ControlSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3710NoNo
16999914METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING DATA RADIO BEARER AND USER EQUIPMENTAugust 2020March 2022Allow1920NoNo
16999466METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION BY USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2020July 2022Allow2300NoNo
16998115UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR NEW RADIO (NR)August 2020April 2022Allow2020NoNo
16991189Uplink Synchronization Method, and ApparatusAugust 2020October 2022Allow2610NoNo
16990156METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING RANDOM ACCESS OCCASION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESSAugust 2020May 2022Allow2100NoNo
16968243BEAM FAILURE EVENT HANDLING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND TERMINALAugust 2020March 2022Allow1910NoNo
16967743METHODS, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEAugust 2020December 2021Allow1610NoNo
16964786TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2020April 2022Abandon2110NoNo
16947138TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR DETERMINATION FOR MIXED MODE OPERATIONJuly 2020February 2022Allow1910YesNo
16930662TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2020January 2022Allow1810NoNo
16924675DIVERSIFIED RAN ARCHITECTURE WITH CONGESTION CONTROL BASED ON SPECTRUM RE-ALLOCATIONJuly 2020November 2021Allow1610NoNo
16915757CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHODJune 2020September 2021Allow1510NoNo
16958452USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2020May 2022Allow2320NoNo
16912287TRIGGERING RESOURCE ALLOCATION CONFIGURATION SWITCHING FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSJune 2020February 2022Allow2010NoNo
16909045METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL STATUS INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2020November 2021Allow1610NoNo
16904772TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN INTEGRATED 5G WIRELESS AND TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKING SYSTEMSJune 2020July 2022Allow2520NoNo
16900516REFERENCE SIGNAL SENDING METHOD, REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICEJune 2020January 2022Allow1910NoNo
16771406METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ENHANCED SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2020September 2021Allow1510NoNo
16886230Congestion Notification Method, Related Device, and SystemMay 2020September 2021Allow1610NoNo
15929888SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING RESOURCES BASED ON NETWORK PERFORMANCE INDICATORSMay 2020September 2021Allow1620YesNo
16767322INITIAL ACCESS AND CHANNEL ACCESS IN NEW RADIO/NEW RADIO-UNLICENSED (NR/NR-U)May 2020October 2021Allow1600NoNo
16766908Transmitting and Receiving a Data UnitMay 2020December 2021Allow1810NoNo
16875709COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMay 2020November 2021Allow1810NoNo
16764047RANDOM ACCESS WITH BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHMay 2020October 2021Allow1710NoNo
16864979RELIABLE, OUT-OF-ORDER TRANSMISSION OF PACKETSMay 2020February 2022Allow2110YesNo
16861549METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING UPLINK HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) RETRANSMISSION TIMER FOR NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONSApril 2020February 2022Allow2110NoNo
16859044METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING ACCESS POINTS IN A PORTABLE TERMINALApril 2020October 2021Allow1710YesNo
16757978CONTROL PLANE DESIGN FOR BANDWIDTH PART IN NEW RADIOApril 2020June 2022Allow2620YesNo
16848098METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET USING CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATIONApril 2020January 2022Allow2110NoNo
16843465METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONApril 2020November 2021Allow1910NoNo
16839153TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF BROADCAST INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2020July 2021Allow1610NoNo
16839725METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING BUFFER STATE REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING INTER-ENB CARRIER AGGREGATION TECHNOLOGYApril 2020December 2021Allow2010NoNo
16837358FRAMING, SCHEDULING, AND SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMSApril 2020August 2021Allow1710NoNo
16834980METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANCY IMPROVEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2020May 2021Allow1310YesNo
16833109METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING OVERLAPPING PUSCH DURATIONSMarch 2020July 2021Allow1610NoNo
16826383USER EQUIPMENT, A BASE STATION, AND METHODS FOR A PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL ON ONE OR MORE SERVING CELLSMarch 2020September 2021Allow1710NoNo
16816240CAPABILITY SIGNALING AND HANDLING PHASE DISCONTINUITYMarch 2020November 2021Allow2010NoNo
16815602METHOD OF DETERMINING SLOT FORMAT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORMarch 2020August 2020Allow510NoNo
16814327AVOIDING MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL PADDING OF TRIGGER-BASED PHYSICAL LAYER CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL DATA UNITMarch 2020June 2021Allow1510NoNo
16800644FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONS USING UPLINK SHARED CHANNELFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1910YesNo
16795281VARIABLE RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) SIGNATURE MAPPINGFebruary 2020August 2021Allow1810YesNo
16794778DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1910NoNo
16638398BEARER MAPPING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF, BASE STATION AND TERMINALFebruary 2020July 2021Allow1710NoNo
16637266ELECTRONIC TRANSCEIVER DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DECODING CONTROL INFORMATIONFebruary 2020August 2021Allow1810NoNo
16635498METHOD OF ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING A DATA DUPLICATION AND TERMINAL THEREOFJanuary 2020February 2022Allow2420NoNo
16752338Beam Configuration Of A Smart MMW Repeater For Forwarding RACH Message 1January 2020April 2021Allow1500NoNo
16751209BASE STATION, TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2020June 2021Allow1710YesNo
16750643SELECTION OF A NETWORK SLICE INSTANTIATION FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK PACKETSJanuary 2020February 2021Allow1310NoNo
16632785Uplink Data Transmission Method, Timer Configuration Method, and Related DeviceJanuary 2020August 2021Allow1910NoNo
16631821METHOD FOR PERFORMING A LCP PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A DEVICE THEREFORJanuary 2020August 2021Allow1910NoNo
16743531METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ACK/NACK FOR NB-IOT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2020February 2021Allow1310NoNo
16631130METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SOFT BUFFER SIZE WITH DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2020May 2021Allow1610NoNo
16739381TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMISSIONS IN A BANDWIDTH PARTJanuary 2020July 2021Allow1810NoNo
16716724Base Station Signaling in a Wireless NetworkDecember 2019January 2022Allow2520NoNo
16716224Time Synchronization of a Wireless NetworkDecember 2019April 2021Allow1610NoNo
16621186METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION CONTROL, DEVICE, EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2019April 2022Allow2820YesNo
16700611NETWORK ROUTING USING AGGREGATED LINKSDecember 2019December 2021Allow2410YesNo
16698702APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING UPLINK AND DOWNLINK SYNCHRONIZATION FOR RELAY IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKNovember 2019February 2022Abandon2720NoNo
16613181TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2019April 2021Allow1710NoNo
16675906SYSTEM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A NARROWBAND TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND TERMINALSNovember 2019October 2020Allow1200YesNo
16675040METHOD AND APPARATUS OF IMPROVING CONNECTION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2019April 2020Allow510NoNo
16611009CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION-REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICENovember 2019April 2021Allow1710NoNo
16671781DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2019March 2021Allow1610NoNo
16599115METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENTOctober 2019August 2021Allow2220NoNo
16597001METHOD FOR DETERMINING VALID SUBFRAME FOR NON-LICENSED BAND IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS USING THE METHODOctober 2019January 2021Allow1510NoNo
16597492METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAMEOctober 2019January 2021Allow1510NoNo
16587928METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS, HANDOVER, AND ENCRYPTION CONTROL OF A UESeptember 2019March 2021Allow1710NoNo
16587976HALF-DUPLEX HANDLING WITH SYSTEM-WIDE FEEDBACK RESOURCESSeptember 2019November 2020Allow1330YesNo
16588582SCHEDULING REQUEST TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2019June 2021Allow2010NoNo
16497794METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN WLAN AND LTE NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINALSeptember 2019June 2021Allow2020NoNo
16497809OPTIMIZATIONS FOR CLOUD STORAGE RELATED DATA FLOWSeptember 2019January 2021Allow1610NoNo
16498350APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) OPERATING A SPLIT BEARERSeptember 2019April 2021Allow1810NoNo
16583207Phased Array Antenna SystemSeptember 2019March 2021Allow1810NoNo
16494474METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROCESSING A DATA SIGNAL FOR TRANSMISSION TO MULTI-STREAM TERMINALSSeptember 2019March 2021Allow1710NoNo
16572055TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE WAVEFORMS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2010NoNo
16571663DISCOURAGING THE USE OF AN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM CHANNEL BY THIRD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP) TECHNOLOGIESSeptember 2019January 2021Allow1600NoNo
165718405G SIGNALS DETECTION USING NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2019January 2021Allow1600NoNo
16494674CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATIONSeptember 2019August 2021Abandon2310NoNo
16494288METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PRECODING GRANULARITYSeptember 2019May 2022Abandon3240NoNo
16570605FAST SECONDARY CELL RECOVERY FOR ULTRA-RELIABLE LOW-LATENCY COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2019November 2021Allow2640YesNo
16565181RANDOM ACCESS TECHNIQUES FOR IDLE MODE REQUESTSSeptember 2019June 2021Allow2100NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
11
(91.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(8.3%)
Reversal Percentile
22.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 8.3% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
32
Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(21.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
25
(78.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
29.9%
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, 21.9% 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 MUI, GARY - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MUI, GARY works in Art Unit 2464 and has examined 662 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MUI, GARY's allowance rate of 86.7% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MUI, GARY receive 1.60 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 28% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MUI, GARY is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MUI, GARY. This interview benefit is in the 24% 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, 32.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 62.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.0% 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 45% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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 2.4% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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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