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
18742176Managing Communications With A Connected Health SystemJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18733637Method and System for Parallel Content DownloadJune 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18629749Generating Content Based On Search InstancesApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
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 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18292715Wireless Resource Utilization Rate Determination Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device and Storage MediumJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18408142CROSS-DOMAIN FAULT ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEMJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2230NoNo
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
18527427SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING PHYSICAL LAYER OPERATIONS AS MICROSERVICES IN A MOBILE NETWORKDecember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
18528321Artificial Intelligence-Based Lateral Movement Identification ToolDecember 2023May 2025Allow1720NoNo
18287718Spatial-Reuse Based TXOP Sharing for Random Access TransmissionsOctober 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18285882MANAGING CLOSED CONTROL LOOPSOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18481749SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR A PERSISTENT CONTENT SHARING PLATFORMOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18478802TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AN AVERAGE EFFECTIVE ISOTROPIC RADIATED POWER (EIRP) MASK TO SUPPORT INTERFERENCE MITIGATIONSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18552641ENHANCED COLLABORATION BETWEEN USER EQUPIMENT AND NETWORK TO FACILITATE MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18282817MODEL TRAINING METHOD, CHANNEL ADJUSTMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18236377METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR USING SERVICE COMMUNICATION PROXY (SCP) TO AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURE SERVICE-BASED INTERFACE (SBI) TRANSACTION TIMEOUTSAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18235222CELLULAR NETWORK OPTIMIZED FOR DATA COMMUNICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SET OF PARAMETERSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18263452METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PATH TRANSMISSION DELAY, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18360353In-Band Sustainable Packet ManagementJuly 2023April 2025Allow2120YesNo
18360575CODEC SELECTION USING CODEC LIST PRIORITIZED BASED ON CALL CONDITIONSJuly 2023August 2025Allow2540NoNo
18224474NETWORK MAPPING SYSTEMJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18353920Network Packet Capture Analysis Using Machine Learning ModelJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18217916Generating Content Based on a Captured IP Address Associated with a Visit to an Electronic ResourceJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18270452METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS SENSING BY COLLECTING EMPTY DATA ON BASIS OF WIRELESS SENSINGJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18341926PROXIED TESTING AND STITCHING OF RESULTS FOR REDUCED TRAFFIC SYNTHETIC TESTINGJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18341932LATENCY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2023November 2025Allow2810YesNo
18340561AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE EXPLORATION AND DEPLOYMENTJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18339682CONFIGURING UPLINK (UL) TRANSMISSIONS DURING CELL DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX)June 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18265596METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPOINTMENT OF FUNCTIONS OF SMART HOME APPLIANCESJune 2023December 2025Allow3010YesNo
18202089INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18320104INTENT MAINTENANCE METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023March 2025Allow2220YesNo
18037392Managing Communications With A Connected Health SystemMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18314022UPLINK JITTER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS TETHERED DEVICESMay 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18309627TAGGING PUMP MESSAGES WITH IDENTIFIERS THAT FACILITATE RESTRUCTURINGApril 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18308391SLOT FORMATS AND TRANSMISSION TYPES FOR ENERGY HARVESTING-CAPABLE DEVICESApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18300686Dynamic User-Plane Latency Reduction in Cellular Wireless NetworksApril 2023August 2025Allow2800YesNo
18298835Non-IP Header Compression in Broadcast Sidelink CommunicationApril 2023March 2026Allow3510NoNo
18298153RADIO WAVE MAP UPDATE DEVICE, RADIO WAVE MAP UPDATE METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION QUALITY IDENTIFYING DEVICEApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
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
18193205ORCHESTRATION OF ROUND-TRIP TIME (RTT) MEASUREMENTSMarch 2023December 2025Allow3210YesNo
18122205NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18184231RESOURCE ALLOCATION DISCOVERY AND OPTIMIZATION SERVICEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1000NoNo
18183730MULTICAST REDUNDANCY IN EVPN NETWORKSMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610YesNo
18183850METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL CONTENT DOWNLOADMarch 2023February 2024Allow1210YesNo
18183474SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC MONITORINGMarch 2023October 2025Allow3140YesNo
18020542COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR MACHINE LEARNING METADATAFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910YesNo
18157662Communication Method, CP Device, and NAT DeviceJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2320YesNo
18095453XR MEDIA CHANNELS FOR IMMERSIVE REALTIME COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2023October 2024Abandon2120YesNo
18088556ENHANCED PATH SELECTION USING ONLINE DETECTION OF PATHS OVERLAPSDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18080902NETWORK LATENCY MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW LATENCY IMMERSIVE SERVICEDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18078434IDENTIFICATION OF NETWORK PORTION RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKET LOSSDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610YesNo
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
17966852NETWORK SERVICE ACTIVATION SYSTEMOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17966854NETWORK SERVICE ACTIVATION SYSTEMOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
18046799METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MANAGING SCHEDULING SERVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17918466RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR LOW-LATENCY TRANSMISSIONOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910NoNo
17794587DYNAMIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) MEASUREMENT GAP FOR BANDWIDTH LIMITED LOW COMPLEXITY USER EQUIPMENTSJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17759233TRAFFIC STEERING ENHANCEMENTS FOR CELLULAR NETWORKSJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17869543DOWNLINK TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL GROUP COMMON DCIJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17813113RESOURCE SELECTION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2025Allow3930NoNo
17860479METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
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
17842287SECONDARY CELL GROUP ACTIVATION STATE CONFIGURATION IN MULTIPLE SECONDARY CELL GROUP CONFIGURATIONSJune 2022January 2026Allow4311YesNo
17806884INDICATING AN AVAILABILITY OF A TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL (TRS) ASSOCIATED WITH A SUBSET OF TRS RESOURCE SETSJune 2022July 2025Allow3710NoNo
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
17772868METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE COORDINATION OF A SIDE-LINK AND RELATED NETWORK NODE, WIRELESS NODES AND USER EQUIPMENTApril 2022July 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17772804COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND TERMINALApril 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17731493AMBIGUITY/ALIASING CANCELLATION OR REDUCTION FOR STAGGERED REFERENCE SIGNALSApril 2022October 2024Allow2910YesNo
17729684TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL VIA SERVING AND NON-SERVING CELLSApril 2022January 2026Allow4420NoNo
17729014COST-EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF MULTIPLE TRANSPORTS OF AN SD-WAN GATEWAYApril 2022August 2024Allow2810NoNo
17729832METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXPORTING LOGApril 2022November 2023Allow1810YesNo
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
17765344SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE AND MAXIMUM PERMITTED EXPOSURE MITIGATIONMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920NoNo
17709249SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-DEMAND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONMarch 2022January 2025Abandon3320NoNo
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

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
7.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% 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
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
52.3%
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, 33.3% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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 13 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI's allowance rate of 76.9% 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 SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI receive 2.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 68% 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 SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI is 36 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 +33.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI. This interview benefit is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 82% 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 66.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 49% 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 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, 200.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 98% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 20% 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:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • 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.

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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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.