USPTO Examiner STEINER STEPHEN NICHOLAS - Art Unit 2464

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18605389METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2024January 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18404527Cross-Carrier Spatial Relation Indication for Semi-Persistent Sounding Reference Signal (SP-SRS) ResourcesJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910YesNo
18523370METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT MULTI-AP TRANSMISSION IN WLANSNovember 2023September 2024Allow900NoNo
18484953LOCATION-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN 5G NETWORKSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18230599CONTEXT FETCH PROCEDURE FOR INACTIVE DIRECT DATA TRANSMISSIONAugust 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18341180RELATING TO NETWORK INTERCONNECTIVITYJune 2023October 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18269447NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENT TRIGGERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2026Abandon3110NoNo
18039636COMMUNICATION RELATED TO UE CONTEXTMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18320856AUTOMATIC BROADBAND INFORMATION CORRELATION & RECORD GENERATIONMay 2023October 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18317619COORDINATED TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMay 2023April 2025Allow2330NoNo
18250022MEETING AN ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE REQUIREMENTApril 2023February 2026Allow3410YesNo
18184744CARRIER CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2023January 2026Allow3420NoNo
18025316SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONMarch 2023March 2026Allow3610NoNo
18145962REDUCED COMPLEXITY IN UPLINK RECEIVE BEAMFORMER CALCULATIONSDecember 2022March 2026Allow3910NoNo
18012413Flexible Resource Partitioning for Multi-Hop IAB on Unlicensed Spectrum BandDecember 2022February 2026Allow3810NoNo
17959409Cross-Carrier Spatial Relation Indication for Semi-Persistent Sounding Reference Signal (SP-SRS) ResourcesOctober 2022October 2023Allow1200NoNo
17916781CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR PARTIAL BANDSOctober 2022March 2026Allow4120NoNo
17941472WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WHICH USE DISCONTINUOUS CHANNELSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1920YesNo
17901107SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO NEW BASIC SERVICE SETSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1200YesNo
17897281PRACH (PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL) RAMPING AND DYNAMIC BEAM SWITCHING OF CONTROL AND DATA TRANSMISSIONSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3200NoNo
17882353METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSAugust 2022October 2025Allow3820NoNo
17812684UE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR POWER SAVING CONFIGURATIONJuly 2022November 2025Allow4060NoNo
17862958ENHANCED FREQUENCY COMPRESSION FOR OVERHEAD REDUCTION FOR CSI REPORTING AND USAGEJuly 2022August 2023Allow1300YesNo
17791972CONVERSION DEVICE, CONVERSION METHOD, AND CONVERSON PROGRAMJuly 2022September 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17853660PSEUDO CHANNEL HOPPING USING SCAN DWELL TIMES IN MESH NETWORKS WITHOUT TIME SYNCHRONIZATIONJune 2022September 2024Allow2620NoNo
17663527SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING IP VERSION 6 NETWORK LAYER ROUTING INFORMATION WITH AN IP VERSION 4 NEXT HOP ADDRESSMay 2022November 2025Allow4220YesNo
17663052SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION FUNCTION-INITIATED ADMISSION CONTROL FOR A CORE NETWORKMay 2022February 2025Allow3320YesNo
17661157METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022February 2024Allow2220NoNo
17660435SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC HANDOVER THRESHOLD ADJUSTMENT BASED ON CELL LOAD IN A WIRELESS NETWORKApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17723566DEVICE MOBILITY IN STAR TOPOLOGY NETWORKApril 2022April 2025Allow3610NoNo
17658911MULTIPLEXING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND SCHEDULING REQUEST WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL FORMATSApril 2022June 2025Allow3811YesNo
17711976METHODS FOR UPLINK AND DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION WITHOUT GRANT AND APPARATUS THEREFORApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17694556APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2024Allow2320NoNo
17675597UPLINK MULTI-USER MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2220YesNo
17670897TARGET SYSTEM INFORMATION SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210NoNo
17671220METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING MULTICAST CONTROL CHANNELFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3520NoNo
17667401IN-BAND TELEMETRY RATE LIMITING IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17589074Bundled Bandwidth Parts for Bandwidth Part SwitchingJanuary 2022August 2024Abandon3120NoNo
17565605METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021December 2023Allow2320YesNo
17526823MESH RELAY MODULENovember 2021August 2025Allow4521YesNo
17525019SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING STATISTICS RELATING TO A LOGICAL FORWARDING ELEMENTNovember 2021January 2024Allow2620NoNo
17453424TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING COMPONENT CARRIER OR LAYER CONFIGURATION IN MULTI-SUBSCRIPTION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2021May 2024Allow3000NoNo
17594894FRACTIONAL COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT NETWORK OPERATIONNovember 2021March 2024Allow2910NoNo
17508327METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND PAGING VIA UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2021June 2024Allow3220YesNo
17598240CONTEXT FETCH PROCEDURE FOR INACTIVE DIRECT DATA TRANSMISSIONOctober 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
17600081UE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF PDU SESSION REQUEST MESSAGESeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
175990475G NR Desired Buffer Size AdjustmentSeptember 2021September 2025Abandon4740NoNo
17442342PUCCH AND CELL GROUPING CAPABILITY FOR NR-CA AND NR-DCSeptember 2021October 2025Allow4820YesNo
17479720Network Entities and Methods for a Wireless Network System for Determining Time InformationSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3421NoNo
17437909Wireless Device Initiated Channel Occupancy in Unlicensed SpectrumSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4120YesNo
17467607FLOOD FILL MESH RADIO NETWORKSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17436967BACKOFF MANAGEMENT FOR INTRA-QUEUE PRIORITY TRANSMISSION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3020YesNo
17459428TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEMAugust 2021August 2024Allow3630NoNo
17402568DETECTING AND HANDLING LARGE FLOWSAugust 2021February 2025Allow4220YesNo
17427721METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORAugust 2021December 2023Allow2900NoNo
17427659METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI)August 2021January 2025Allow4220NoNo
17424273METHOD TO VALIDATE TIMING ADVANCE FOR PRECONFIGURED RESOURCE TRANSMISSIONJuly 2021June 2024Abandon3501NoNo
17369351TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING POWER CONSUMPTION STATE LATENCY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSJuly 2021November 2023Allow2820NoNo
17419398COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR FINDING UNNECESSARY BEAM LINKSJune 2021January 2026Abandon5541NoNo
17357837LOCATION-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN 5G NETWORKSJune 2021August 2023Allow2500NoNo
17346790MAC Address Dynamic Assignment for a Network ElementJune 2021June 2023Allow2410NoNo
17347058METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-USER EQUIPMENT (UE) COOPERATIONJune 2021March 2024Allow3320NoNo
17333698PROBABILITY FORWARDING IN A FLOOD FILL MESH RADIO NETWORKMay 2021February 2023Allow2100YesNo
17320892DATA ROUTING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSMay 2021April 2025Allow4730YesNo
17319456DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE CELLSMay 2021February 2023Allow2100NoNo
17313896MULTI-BAND INDICATION METHODMay 2021June 2024Allow3720NoNo
17291799METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT MULTI-AP TRANSMISSION IN WLANSMay 2021September 2023Allow2800YesNo
17308510SELECTIVE CHANNEL STATE MEASUREMENT AND REPORT FOR SMALL DATA TRANSFER IN POWER SAVING MODEMay 2021December 2023Allow3101NoNo
17236927SIDELINK GROUPCAST OVER MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCY BANDSApril 2021May 2024Allow3721NoNo
17230226METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING COVERAGE ACCESSApril 2021July 2023Allow2710NoNo
17205389METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING EN-DC CELL RESELECTION INDICATOR IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2021April 2024Allow3730YesNo
17193806MESSAGING FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810NoNo
17190223EXCHANGING ANTENNA ARRAY PROPERTIES TO ASSIST BEAMFORMING ON A WIRELESS LINKMarch 2021December 2023Allow3430YesNo
17176881METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NON-COHERENT WAVEFORM TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2021November 2023Allow3320YesNo
17172639METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CHANNELS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MASSIVE MIMOFebruary 2021January 2024Allow3530NoNo
17163970NETWORK INTERCONNECTIVITYFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2410NoNo
17137919INTERFERENCE MITIGATORDecember 2020June 2023Allow2910NoNo
17137257BEAM TRAINING RESOURCE SELECTION BY FR2 SIDELINK UEDecember 2020June 2023Allow2910YesNo
17131867METHODS AND DEVICES IRREGULAR MODULATION TO AVOID RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY CIRCUIT NON-LINEARITIESDecember 2020January 2025Allow4920NoNo
17115771METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED INFORMATION REPORTINGDecember 2020August 2023Abandon3210NoNo
17078040METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SPATIAL RELATION INDICATION FOR UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALSOctober 2020January 2023Allow2730YesYes
17076212BROADCAST DELIVERY TECHNIQUES IN A WIRELESS NETWORKOctober 2020July 2023Allow3320NoNo
17014705Two-Step Contention-Based Random Access Over Radio Resources in LAASeptember 2020November 2023Allow3830NoNo
16976779SUBSCRIBER STATION FOR A SERIAL BUS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN A SERIAL BUS SYSTEMAugust 2020December 2022Allow2710NoNo
16976673TRANSCEIVER DEVICE FOR A BUS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CONDUCTED EMISSIONSAugust 2020January 2023Allow2810NoNo
16995354SON Assisted RAT Selection for UE in a Virtualized RAN EnvironmentAugust 2020April 2024Allow4430YesNo
16989694TECHNIQUES FOR TRIGGERING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) FALL BACK AT A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) BASED ON DATA TRAFFIC INFORMATIONAugust 2020August 2023Allow3731NoNo
16947287APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2020December 2021Allow1700NoNo
15733418METHOD FOR NETWORK STATE IDENTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORJuly 2020April 2022Allow2110NoNo
16931551COORDINATED TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJuly 2020February 2023Allow3120YesNo
16930712DETECTING COMMUNICATION NETWORK INSIGHTS OF ALERTSJuly 2020November 2021Allow1600NoNo
16926855SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO NEW BASIC SERVICE SETJuly 2020June 2022Allow2300NoNo
16961401APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING NETWORKSJuly 2020May 2024Abandon4641YesNo
16923953PRIORITY-BASED TRANSMIT POWER CONTROLJuly 2020November 2022Allow2920YesNo
16910939SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINALJune 2020December 2022Allow3020YesNo
16956136BASEBAND AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A CO-ORDINATION SET OF NEIGHBORING BASEBANDS IN A CENTRALIZED RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (C-RAN)June 2020August 2022Allow2610NoNo
16771477ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AUDIO DATA TO EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICESJune 2020June 2022Allow2520YesNo
16889968Packet Data Network Connection Re-EstablishmentJune 2020May 2022Allow2310NoNo
16878392SIGNALING FOR INTER-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATIONMay 2020March 2024Allow4520YesYes
16868536WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WHICH USE DISCONTINUOUS CHANNELMay 2020December 2021Allow2010YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
51.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
20
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(65.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(35.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.1%
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, 65.0% 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

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Examiner STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS works in Art Unit 2464 and has examined 317 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS's allowance rate of 77.0% places them in the 43% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 60% 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 STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS 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 +14.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS. This interview benefit is in the 52% 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, 28.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% 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 13.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 72% 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 85.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.9% 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, 72.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 16% 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 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • 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.