USPTO Examiner SALAD ABDULLAHI ELMI - Art Unit 2466

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18746760CELLULAR CONVERTER APPARATUS AND METHODJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18733637Method and System for Parallel Content DownloadJune 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18618799Negotiation of Quality of Service (QoS) Information for Network Management Traffic in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)March 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18597893CAMERA FORMAT SELECTIONMarch 2024June 2025Allow1520YesNo
18593208NETWORK SERVICE ACTIVATION SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18439775Capabilities Based Management of Virtual AreaFebruary 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18407149Communicating with and Controlling Load Control SystemsJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18397446SYNCHRONIZED DISPLAY OF SCREEN CONTENT ON NETWORKED DEVICESDecember 2023February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18393930INTELLIGENT SORTING OF TIME SERIES DATA FOR IMPROVED CONTEXTUAL MESSAGINGDecember 2023April 2025Allow1520NoNo
18528321Artificial Intelligence-Based Lateral Movement Identification ToolDecember 2023May 2025Allow1720NoNo
18481749SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR A PERSISTENT CONTENT SHARING PLATFORMOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18360353In-Band Sustainable Packet ManagementJuly 2023April 2025Allow2120YesNo
18224474NETWORK MAPPING SYSTEMJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18217916Generating Content Based on a Captured IP Address Associated with a Visit to an Electronic ResourceJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18340561AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE EXPLORATION AND DEPLOYMENTJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18320104INTENT MAINTENANCE METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023March 2025Allow2220YesNo
18037392Managing Communications With A Connected Health SystemMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18309627TAGGING PUMP MESSAGES WITH IDENTIFIERS THAT FACILITATE RESTRUCTURINGApril 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18297911DYNAMIC AND OPTIMAL SELECTION OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) HUBS IN CELLULAR NETWORKSApril 2023December 2024Allow2120NoNo
18193023SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN MACHINE LEARNINGMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120NoNo
18184231RESOURCE ALLOCATION DISCOVERY AND OPTIMIZATION SERVICEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1000NoNo
18183850METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL CONTENT DOWNLOADMarch 2023February 2024Allow1210YesNo
18183730MULTICAST REDUNDANCY IN EVPN NETWORKSMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610YesNo
18157662Communication Method, CP Device, and NAT DeviceJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2320YesNo
18095453XR MEDIA CHANNELS FOR IMMERSIVE REALTIME COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2023October 2024Abandon2120YesNo
18009033APPLICATION SERVER NODE, USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510YesNo
17919993A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BANDWIDTH BETWEEN A VIDEO SERVER AND A VIDEO CLIENTOctober 2022August 2024Allow2220NoNo
17759233TRAFFIC STEERING ENHANCEMENTS FOR CELLULAR NETWORKSJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17794587DYNAMIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) MEASUREMENT GAP FOR BANDWIDTH LIMITED LOW COMPLEXITY USER EQUIPMENTSJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17869543DOWNLINK TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL GROUP COMMON DCIJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17790714BEAM MANAGEMENT DURING INITIAL ACCESSJuly 2022June 2025Allow3520NoNo
17852080METHOD FOR RESOURCE SIGNALING DESIGN AND CONFIGURATIONJune 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17789152METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND RECEIVING TRANSMISSION RESOURCE FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND USER EQUIPMENTJune 2022January 2025Allow3110YesNo
17787301DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LOW POWER ADAPTIVE CHANNEL SENSINGJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17778596INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022June 2025Allow3720NoNo
17748568METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANNEL QUALITY STATUS PREDICTION IN WIRELESS NETWORK USING MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2022December 2024Allow3110YesNo
17756144METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING CSI IN NR V2XMay 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17776593INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022January 2025Allow3210YesNo
17775061FEEDBACK SEQUENCE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17774715TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17774212Conditional Handover for Wireless NetworksMay 2022May 2025Allow3610NoNo
17772804COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND TERMINALApril 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17731493AMBIGUITY/ALIASING CANCELLATION OR REDUCTION FOR STAGGERED REFERENCE SIGNALSApril 2022October 2024Allow2910YesNo
17729832METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXPORTING LOGApril 2022November 2023Allow1810YesNo
17729014COST-EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF MULTIPLE TRANSPORTS OF AN SD-WAN GATEWAYApril 2022August 2024Allow2810NoNo
17660117EMISSION CONTROL OF AN AERIAL USER EQUIPMENTApril 2022January 2025Allow3310NoNo
17765608TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022January 2025Allow3310YesNo
17754412TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17709249SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-DEMAND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONMarch 2022January 2025Abandon3320NoNo
17765344SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE AND MAXIMUM PERMITTED EXPOSURE MITIGATIONMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920NoNo
17699029FEEDBACK MULTIPLEXING FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION WITH REPETITION SKIPPINGMarch 2022June 2025Allow3911NoNo
17698980LISTEN BEFORE TALK LBT SUBBAND DIVISION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17753880ULTRA-LOW LATENCY ATOMIC MULTICASTMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17433111NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022June 2024Allow3410NoNo
17683778FLOWSPEC MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND APPARATUSMarch 2022February 2024Allow2420NoNo
17753326RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT METHOD FOR SIDELINKFebruary 2022June 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17681159SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3720YesNo
17636343APPARATUS FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORK DATA COLLECTIONFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3820YesNo
17635538SPECIALIZED BWP SWITCHFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3820NoNo
17669963METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTIPLE PORTIONS OF DATA IN WIRELESS COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3310YesNo
17665874METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION USED TO PRESENT CONTENT ON A PUBLIC DISPLAY DEVICEFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2620YesNo
17592798Systems and Methods for Collaborative Edge ComputingFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17585159SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3410NoNo
17629629COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820NoNo
17629454METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3811NoNo
17629619USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODSJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17576227ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MITIGATING LOCATION TRACKINGJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820YesNo
17568495TECHNIQUES FOR SKIPPING SCHEDULING REQUESTSJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3411NoNo
17477183DATA COLLECTION REPORTING FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELLSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3020YesNo
17439292NEW RADIO (NR) MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT (MIMO) CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) DESIGN FOR SMALL BANDWIDTH PART (BWP)September 2021November 2024Allow3820YesNo
17439295Feedback for Multi-Carrier Sidelink CommunicationSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4221YesYes
17593176UPLINK SKIPPING WITH MULTIPLE CONFIGURED GRANTS WITHOUT LCH-BASED PRIORITIZATIONSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3620NoNo
17460882METHOD FOR NETWORK DETECTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17431403APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMAugust 2021June 2024Allow3430NoNo
17366912CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES IN A NETWORKJuly 2021April 2024Allow3320NoNo
17264103DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER, DATA UTILIZATION SERVER, AND DATA CIRCULATION SYSTEMJanuary 2021July 2024Abandon4110NoNo
16926086CELLULAR CONVERTER APPARATUS AND METHODJuly 2020November 2022Abandon2820NoNo
16794480USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO IDENTIFY NOVEL TARGETS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR SKIN CARE TREATMENTFebruary 2020December 2023Allow4630YesNo
16556868INTER-POINT PARAMETER SIGNALING IN COORDINATED MULTI-POINT (CoMP) NETWORKSAugust 2019November 2024Allow6060NoYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.4%
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 SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI works in Art Unit 2466 and has examined 72 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI's allowance rate of 90.3% places them in the 71% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI receive 1.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% 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 SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI. This interview benefit is in the 39% 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, 41.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 77.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% 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 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, 80.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 92% 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 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • 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.

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