Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18744206 | MECHANISM FOR SSB TRANSMISSION IN NR-U | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18662395 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE USING SAME | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18652344 | PROCESSING WINDOW DESIGN FOR POSITIONING | May 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18634234 | TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND SCHEDULING DEVICE | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18597425 | COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTS FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) AND PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PDSCH) | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18591316 | Methods and User Equipment for Handling Communication | February 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18443571 | BEAM REFINEMENT PROCEDURE | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18426866 | BOUNDARY IDENTIFICATION FOR PROBABILISTIC AMPLITUDE SHAPING | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411648 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT USING TECHNOLOGY DETECTION | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18398473 | ENHANCED INITIAL ACCESS WITH MULTI-BEAM OPERATIONS | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545098 | SWITCHED ANALOG-DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE FOR WIRELESS ANTENNA ARRAYS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18387041 | System, Method and Apparatus for Presentation of Sensor Information to a Building Control System | November 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18499530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTER-OPERATOR ACCESS TO EDGE COMPUTING DEVICES | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18493444 | ENERGY PER RESOURCE ELEMENT RATIO FOR NON-ZERO POWER CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS | October 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18446148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HANDOVER PERFORMANCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18354930 | ACCESS PROCEDURE CONFIGURATION OF A MILLIMETER WAVE REPEATER | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18212934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310338 | LCP RESTRICTION ENHANCEMENT | May 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18249815 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Processing Times for Enhanced Cross-Carrier Scheduling | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302085 | SSB TRANSMISSIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18301507 | DIRECTIONAL MEASUREMENTS FOR SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031372 | Method for Fast Scheduling of Retransmission | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18185108 | Uplink Control Information Transmission in a Wireless Network | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18158972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154623 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING TRS ACTIVATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18063512 | CODEPOINT SCRAMBLING FOR A NON-COHERENT TRANSMISSION | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927306 | CHANNEL OCCUPANCY FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057670 | Linking Resource Instances to Virtual Network in Provider Network Environments | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18048724 | FRONTHAUL INTERFACE FOR USE WITH A CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918736 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK (DAPS) HANDOVER IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17959617 | AD HOC RADIO BASE STATION, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17915237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT FAILURE REPORTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17947653 | TECHNIQUES FOR BITRATE CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17946879 | CHANNEL CORRELATION REPORT FOR IMPROVING CHANNEL PREDICTION | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17905735 | WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17898938 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17822310 | Configuration of Sidelink Positioning Reference Signals | August 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801545 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893542 | RESOURCE INDICATOR VALUES FOR GUARD BAND INDICATIONS | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891974 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PARAMETER SET CONFIGURATION AND DOWNLOAD | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17885896 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE DECODING | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17884666 | METHODS TO REDUCE FRONTHAUL COMPLEXITY FOR SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK (SFN) IN AN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (O-RAN) | August 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883787 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879696 | DISCOVERY OF SIDELINK DEVICES USING A DISCOVERY SEQUENCE AND A DISCOVERY REPLY SEQUENCE | August 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816370 | BOUNDARY IDENTIFICATION FOR PROBABILISTIC AMPLITUDE SHAPING | July 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17866768 | LOCALIZED MULTICAST IN A LOW POWER AND LOSSY NETWORK BASED ON RANK-BASED DISTANCE | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17864963 | Handover in Unlicensed Band | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811824 | GROUP REPORTING OF USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENTS IN MULTI-ROUND TRIP TIME POSITIONING | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791831 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK-BASED POSITIONING | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806943 | Self-Expanding Mesh Network for Position, Navigation, and Timing Utilizing Hyper Sync Network | June 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834349 | ALLEVIATING CELL CONGESTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17805650 | CELL HANDOVER IN A RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEM | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17756864 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17744745 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | May 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17663656 | ESTIMATING AND COMPENSATING ANTENNA ARRAY MISALIGNMENT | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17737233 | Measurement Method Using Synchronization Signal Block, Terminal Device, and Base Station | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17661441 | SCHEDULING REQUEST CONFIGURATION | April 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17755486 | Prioritization Between Uplink and Sidelink Communications | April 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17658967 | SEMI-PERSISTENT WAVEFORM SWITCHING FOR UPLINK | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17764218 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION QUALITY PREDICTION METHOD | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17763754 | FRAME BASED EQUIPMENT (FBE) IN NR-U | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17763289 | NETWORK MEASUREMENTS | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17701159 | Method for Carrying Out Uplink Transmission in Wireless Communication System and Device Therefor | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692306 | Data Retransmission Method And Communication Apparatus | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17689570 | USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR BEAM INDICATION WITH EXTENDED TCI FRAMEWORK FOR PDCCH | March 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17683648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD RELATED TO DUAL CONNECTIVITY | March 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17638185 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | February 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17638404 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | February 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17674433 | FRONTHAUL INTERFACE FOR USE WITH A CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK | February 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17581425 | POWER CONTROL DESIGN FOR NON-ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS | January 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17581259 | LINE REPLACEABLE UNIT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | January 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17629330 | INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17548398 | RE-PURPOSING BYTE ENABLES AS CLOCK ENABLES FOR POWER SAVINGS | December 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17536337 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17526248 | 4G/5G Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) Analysis | November 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17525687 | JOINT TRANSMISSIONS TO A STATION | November 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17520632 | NETWORK RECORDERS WITH COMPUTER DATA PACKET TRUNCATION | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514693 | Sounding Reference Signal Sending Method and Related Apparatus | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17452018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK DATA REPETITIVE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION FOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION | October 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17490229 | PROCESSING WINDOW DESIGN FOR POSITIONING | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17448438 | SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRIGGERED IN A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PROCEDURE | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 5 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17469642 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING COMMUNICATION | September 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17458060 | BEAM FAILURE DETECTION USING MIXED DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL | August 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17445326 | BEAM REFINEMENT PROCEDURE | August 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17400978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17399593 | SHORT REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17429980 | HARQ Feedback Technique for Communication Systems | August 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17397209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17394013 | DYNAMIC PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PTRS) ACTIVATION | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 47 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17388885 | DEVICE CAPABILITY IDENTIFIER SIGNALING | July 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 50 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17384426 | Power Control in Wireless Communications | July 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17381106 | VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN)-AS-A-SERVICE WITH LOAD- BALANCED TUNNEL ENDPOINTS | July 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17377050 | RADIO LINK MANAGEMENT FOR ULTRA-RELIABLE LOW-LATENCY COMMUNICATION | July 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17422999 | SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION WITHOUT PATH SWITCH PROCEDURE | July 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17371296 | SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | July 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17370999 | MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE | July 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17370866 | TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND SCHEDULING DEVICE | July 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAM, YEE F.
With a 42.1% 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.
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, 41.1% 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.
✓ 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 LAM, YEE F works in Art Unit 2465 and has examined 575 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 33 months.
Examiner LAM, YEE F's allowance rate of 77.7% places them in the 45% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LAM, YEE F receive 2.65 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 77% 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LAM, YEE F is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAM, YEE F. This interview benefit is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 24.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 35% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 33.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 43.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 39% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 74.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.7% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 67.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 75% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 4.5% of allowed cases (in the 79% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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