USPTO Examiner BLANTON JOHN D - Art Unit 2466

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19018682SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
18588952BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18582418SIGNAL MULTIPLEXING DEVICE AND SIGNAL MULTIPLEXING METHOD USING LAYERED DIVISION MULTIPLEXINGFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18423754LATENCY MANAGEMENT FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAULJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18422927METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDEXING OF SS/PBCH BLOCK IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUMJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18405508SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1220NoNo
18487402Cell Timing in a Wireless Device and Base StationOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18481860DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS MODE BASED ON STATION CAPABILITIESOctober 2023April 2025Allow1820NoNo
18374364SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONSeptember 2023December 2023Allow210NoNo
18464713METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INITIAL ACCESS IN NEXT GENERATION CELLULAR NETWORKSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18461111OPERATION METHOD OF UE RELATED TO SIDELINK CSI REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18238372METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORAugust 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18452415HANDLING MISSED HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) OPPORTUNITIES, MULTIPLE HARQ OPPORTUNITIES, OR BOTH FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX)August 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18231671METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCK (SIB) ACQUISITION FOR WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS (WTRUS) IN NON-CE AND COVERAGE ENHANCED (CE) MODESAugust 2023April 2025Allow2120NoNo
18366214SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY IN DUAL CONNECTIVITYAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18142923SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONMay 2023August 2023Allow410NoNo
18297788METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND DETECTING TIME DOMAIN RESOURCE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18121509Multi-Cell Downlink Control InformationMarch 2023September 2024Allow1820YesNo
18114437DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION METHODFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1620NoNo
18168931METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023May 2023Allow300NoNo
18106406METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING HARQ-ACK INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1020NoNo
18105916Downlink Control Channel Monitoring SkippingFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18165185METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDEXING OF SS/PBCH BLOCK IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUMFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18104906Configuration of a Random Access Channel of a Base StationFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18156544WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH MASTER DISTRIBUTED UNIT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHJanuary 2023September 2023Allow700NoNo
18098074METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND DEVICE FOR SAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1020NoNo
18093612METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK SIGNAL TRANSMISSION BASED ON CODEBOOK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023June 2023Allow510NoNo
18081356SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONDecember 2022March 2023Allow310NoNo
18073846METHODS AND DEVICES OF RESOURCE MAPPING FOR DATA TRANSMISSION AND OF DATA RECEIVINGDecember 2022June 2024Allow1820NoNo
18054932Resource Pool Configuration and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request TransmissionNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17976165Method and Apparatus having a Discontinuous Reception ConfigurationOctober 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17968473METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK FOR PLURALITY OF TRPS AND DEVICE FOR SAMEOctober 2022February 2023Allow400NoNo
17951148ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010NoNo
17901354SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONSeptember 2022December 2022Allow310NoNo
17898247COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE SETSAugust 2022November 2024Allow2750YesYes
17891360CONTROL AND DATA SIGNALING IN SC-FDMA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSAugust 2022January 2024Allow1720NoNo
17798494CHANNEL DROPPING AND PROCESSING TIMING REQUIREMENTS FOR UPLINK CHANNEL COLLISION WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIESAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17878420METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GRANT-FREE DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022February 2024Allow1820NoNo
17759258CPU, RESOURCE, AND PORT OCCUPATION FOR MULTI-TRP CSIJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17759150User Equipment-Coordination Set Hybrid Automatic Repeat RequestJuly 2022November 2024Allow2800NoNo
17758626Downlink Control Information (DCI) Transmission In Multiple Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) BandwidthsJuly 2022April 2025Allow3320NoNo
17859685OPERATION METHOD OF UE RELATED TO SIDELINK CSI REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022May 2023Allow1010NoNo
17808654DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL DEVICEJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17785483ROUTE DISCOVERY IN NETWORKS WITH COMBO NODESJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17785686WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHODJune 2022May 2025Allow3510NoNo
17838322Downlink Control Channel Monitoring SkippingJune 2022November 2022Allow510NoNo
17784445ROBUST DCI BASED FAST BEAM INDICATIONJune 2022June 2025Allow3620NoNo
17831990PRB Bundling ExtensionJune 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17831938METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION AND FEEDBACKJune 2022November 2022Allow610NoNo
17831878METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION AND FEEDBACKJune 2022November 2022Allow610YesNo
17830956SEARCH SPACE DETERMINING METHOD AND WIRELESS APPARATUSJune 2022August 2023Allow1400NoNo
17780515TRANSMISSION BLOCK CONFIGURATION PARAMETER TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022October 2024Allow2900NoNo
17751015COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17749747METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022June 2023Allow1310NoNo
17740500METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORMay 2022July 2023Allow1400NoNo
17738721ACTIVATION OF MEASUREMENT GAP CONFIGURATIONMay 2022November 2024Allow3110NoNo
17738810NETWORK SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17737800BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2022December 2023Allow1920NoNo
17723477METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONApril 2022December 2023Allow2010NoNo
17657568NETWORK CONFIGURED SENSING BANDWIDTH AND CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME (COT) SHARINGMarch 2022March 2025Allow3520YesNo
17709937DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION METHODMarch 2022October 2022Allow710NoNo
17710811METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3410NoNo
17703493CAPTURING NETWORK DYNAMICS AND FORECASTING ACROSS MULTIPLE TIMESCALESMarch 2022March 2025Allow3510YesNo
17694067DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONMarch 2022December 2023Allow2210YesNo
17642536METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022January 2025Allow3420YesNo
17753014WAKE UP SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4020NoNo
17592951Cell Timing in a Wireless Device and Base StationFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17631895INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, AND METHODSFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3401NoNo
17588687INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2022April 2025Allow3920NoNo
17630542TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2720NoNo
17583401DYNAMIC PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL MAPPING MODESJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3210NoNo
17576602CHANNEL QUALITY REPORTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2500NoNo
17575458METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3720NoNo
17626102APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3310NoNo
17625377METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDUREJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3420YesNo
17624643COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3520YesNo
17624527MULTI-ACCESS POINT ASSISTANCE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2022May 2025Allow4020NoNo
17624380METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PACKET FORWARDINGJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17624484Release, Suspend and Reconfiguration in PagingJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3820NoNo
17624481METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACTIVE TIME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3920NoNo
17624221RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021May 2025Allow4120YesNo
17619883USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) IN DCI FORMAT(S)December 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17539217RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEDecember 2021April 2024Allow2900NoNo
17539341BEAM TRAINING AND INITIAL ACCESSDecember 2021September 2024Allow3320NoNo
17527411METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17605582METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYER 2 ROUTE CALCULATION IN A ROUTE REFLECTOR NETWORK DEVICENovember 2021November 2024Allow3620NoNo
17610521METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENABLING GROUP TRANSMISSION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKSNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17511148Method for Switching Communication Mode, and Terminal Device and Network DeviceOctober 2021August 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17490306CELL SELECTION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENTSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3920NoNo
17484862SENDING NOTIFICATIONS TO MOBILE DEVICES OVER PAGING NETWORKSSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2010NoNo
17438029BANDWIDTH PART INACTIVITY TIMER FOR UNLICENSED SPECTRUM OPERATIONSSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310YesNo
17466421Radio Link Failure Reporting Based on a Failure of a Beam Failure Recovery ProcedureSeptember 2021July 2023Allow2310NoNo
17464193SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATIONSeptember 2021August 2022Allow1220YesNo
17459462METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INITIAL ACCESS IN NEXT GENERATION CELLULAR NETWORKSAugust 2021May 2023Allow2010NoNo
17400825METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PERIODIC UPLINK INFORMATION/SIGNALSAugust 2021June 2023Allow2210NoNo
17398885SCHEDULING FULL-DUPLEX SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2021December 2023Allow2920NoNo
17429209USER EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL METHODAugust 2021April 2025Allow4420NoNo
17396139METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2021September 2023Allow2510NoNo
17392221METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021February 2022Allow710NoNo
17390334GROUP COMMON FULL-DUPLEX (FD) BEAMJuly 2021February 2024Allow3020NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BLANTON, JOHN D.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
15
Examiner Affirmed
9
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
6
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.0% 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
52
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
39
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
31.4%
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, 25.0% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner BLANTON, JOHN D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BLANTON, JOHN D works in Art Unit 2466 and has examined 971 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BLANTON, JOHN D's allowance rate of 82.3% places them in the 48% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BLANTON, JOHN D receive 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% 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 BLANTON, JOHN D is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BLANTON, JOHN D. This interview benefit is in the 32% 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, 32.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 60% 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 25.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 26% 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, 78.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 60% 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 73.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 43.1% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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 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:

    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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