USPTO Examiner JAGANNATHAN MELANIE - Art Unit 2468

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18764463TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUSES FOR USING MINI-SLOTS FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) TRANSMISSIONSJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18678173CELL PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMay 2024November 2025Allow1710NoNo
18618732IMAGE-BASED DEVICE ENROLLMENTMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18586384TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTROLLING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATIONFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18441646SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING AND OPTIMIZING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18414519METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING AND RECEIVING COMMON CONTROL CHANNELJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18517284Connection Failure Information for Packet DuplicationNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18371729Method And Apparatus For Ensuring Secure Transmission In Mobile CommunicationsSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18283147NETWORK SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18470125TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR HETEROGENEOUS TERRESTRIAL AND SATELLITE NETWORKSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18469819SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DYNAMIC ADAPTION OF DIFFERENT ATTENNA CONFIGURATION COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18551328TRANSMISSION NODE AND TRANSMISSION METHODSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18546577TECHNIQUES FOR DATA TRANSFER USING BANDWIDTH PARTS FOR WIRELESS ACCESSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18447962REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES FOR RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGESAugust 2023September 2024Allow1411NoNo
18231081METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE USING TETHERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18231195CONTROLLER-BASED MULTICAST INTERWORKINGAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18263734METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION UNDER MULTIPLE LINKS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023March 2026Allow3120NoNo
18350023NETWORK HANDOVER PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK HANDOVER PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18349564SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK SLICE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910YesNo
18349462FEEDBACK INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18017672SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER THROUGHPUT IN A CELLULAR NETWORKJuly 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18343702BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18211146APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCED LATENCY IOT DEVICE CONTROLJune 2023March 2026Allow3310NoNo
18336641CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN A SHARED O-RAN ARCHITECTUREJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18334470User Equipment Configuration For Determining Channel Access Priority ClassJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18257423POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGN FOR PHASE COMPENSATION IN BANDWIDTH STITCHINGJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18321135RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE UNIT ALLOCATION FOR A MULTIPLE BSSID NETWORKMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18036465CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD, CONGESTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONGESTION CONTROL PROGRAMMay 2023July 2025Allow2610NoNo
18315303NETWORK CONGESTION CONTROLMay 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo
18303367IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN A ROOM USING A SPREAD CODEApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18248921METHOD FOR UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION, USER EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18192437MONITORING FOR APPLICATION AI/ML-BASED SERVICES AND OPERATIONSMarch 2023August 2025Allow2900NoNo
18247050CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMIT/RECEIVE POINTSMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18191310WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING ONE OR MORE SIMS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110YesNo
18121390Shared Spectrum MonitoringMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18044427CELL MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18176953OPPORTUNISTIC REPORTING TECHNIQUES FOR DEVICES HAVING INCREASED QUANTITIES OF RECEPTION CHAINSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18168712CROSS-RADIO CONFIGURATION FOR POSITIONING AND SENSINGFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410YesNo
18020822MULTI-PACKET SLIDING WINDOW SCHEDULER AND METHOD FOR INPUT-QUEUED SWITCHESFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18107493USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND METHOD OF USE IN DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE WITHIN SATELLITE NETWORKSFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18040013CONFIGURATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE)-INITIATED CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME (COT) IN FRAME-BASED EQUIPMENT (FBE) MODEJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3620YesNo
18159875METHOD FOR SENDING DATA PACKET AND NETWORK DEVICEJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900NoNo
18006697TECHNIQUES TO ALLOCATE RECEIVE RESOURCESJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18157356PROVISION OF DATA ANALYTICS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18098406METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2920NoNo
18095303ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ROAMING METHODJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320YesNo
18149809Method of Managing Data Transmission for Ensuring Per-Flow Fair Bandwidth SharingJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3520NoNo
18148288DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUEUES RELEASE AND OPTIMIZATION BASED ON RUN-TIME ADAPTIVE AND DYNAMIC GATE CONTROL LIST STRATEGYDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510NoNo
18087468SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING AND OPTIMIZING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKDecember 2022January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18069086SELECTIVE ROUTING CONTROL FOR CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACKDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18062983Communication Method and Related DeviceDecember 2022October 2024Allow2220YesNo
18060359TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICENovember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18058976Communication Method and ApparatusNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17989182Gateway With Backup Power And Communications SystemNovember 2022November 2023Allow1210NoNo
17986832METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING AND RECEIVING COMMON CONTROL CHANNELNovember 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
17924760METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPORTING SL HARQ FEEDBACK TO BASE STATION IN NR V2XNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
17985714METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING DEVICE CAPABILITY INFORMATIONNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
17979948APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK FLOW CONGESTIONNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17978222METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2022May 2025Allow3000NoNo
17964500PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL WITH MULTI-CHASSIS LINK AGGREGATION GROUPSOctober 2022January 2025Allow2700NoNo
17930385COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110YesNo
17908155WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, QUALITY PREDICTION ENGINE, WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMAugust 2022June 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17802805Service Flow Transmission Method and Apparatus, Device, and Storage MediumAugust 2022October 2024Allow2510NoNo
17822047LOCATION INDICATION FOR UPLINK RESOURCES FOR POSITIONINGAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17759888PORT RESOURCE RESERVATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17794961METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT CONTROLJuly 2022March 2025Allow3220NoNo
17864962SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC USING FAIR-SHARE PRINCIPLESJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17863284TELECOMMUNICATION RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17857681Cellular Network Slice Creation and Implementation PlatformJuly 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17856636Multimodal Transmission of Packetized DataJuly 2022October 2023Allow1610NoNo
17855740TECHNIQUES FOR CHANNEL ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSJune 2022April 2025Allow3411NoNo
17850092TRIGGER-BASED RANDOM ACCESS IN A MULTIPLE BSSID NETWORKJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17758056COMPLEXITY REDUCTION FOR SLOT FORMAT DETERMINATIONJune 2022December 2024Allow2910YesNo
17808765METHOD FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION DETERMINATION AND RELATED PRODUCTSJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17840751METHOD, SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BEAMFORMING FAILUREJune 2022September 2024Allow2820NoNo
17605347COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINALJune 2022February 2025Allow4020NoNo
17806093Connection Failure Information for Packet DuplicationJune 2022August 2023Allow1520NoNo
17835155CELL RECONFIGURATION METHOD, NETWORK CONTROL NODE, AND MOBILE IAB NODEJune 2022July 2025Allow3721NoNo
17834506Congruent bidirectional Segment Routing tunnelsJune 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17825316PRIORITY-BASED FLOW CONTROL MESSAGING FOR PORT EXTENDERMay 2022July 2024Allow2520YesNo
17779849METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING DEFAULT BEAM FOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17746460SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PACKET CLASSIFICATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2022October 2025Allow4140YesNo
17662601PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS OF FREQUENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELLSMay 2022June 2025Allow3730YesNo
17730726EDCA Schemes For Triggered TXOP Sharing OperationsApril 2022March 2025Allow3520NoNo
17769093Method for Activating an Operational Profile Installed in a User Device Which is Accessible to a Radiocommunication Network, Computer Program Product, and Corresponding DevicesApril 2022May 2025Allow3720NoNo
17768260MODEM THROUGHPUT THROTTLINGApril 2022April 2025Allow3620NoNo
17766658METHODS OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION CANCELLATIONApril 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17712934DMRS-FREE OPERATION OF NEW RADIO (NR) SHARED CHANNELSApril 2022September 2024Allow3001NoNo
17656615ENHANCED TRANSMISSION MEDIUM USAGE FOR COLLOCATED WIRELESS DEVICESMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17761586METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING SERVICE PATH, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022October 2024Allow3120NoNo
17695930INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17695485PACKET LEVEL REDUNDANCY IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSMarch 2022March 2025Allow3621YesNo
17654094MANAGING COMPUTER NETWORK TRAFFIC BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONSMarch 2022March 2024Allow2520YesNo
17652655REPETITION CANCELLATION IN FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17676932APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK FLOW CONGESTIONFebruary 2022June 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17672481ENHANCED VIRTUAL CHANNEL SWITCHINGFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1920YesNo
17669278SOFTWARE-DEFINED GUARANTEED-LATENCY NETWORKINGFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2621YesNo
17633739METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA INDICATIONFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17568607TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTROLLING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATIONJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2110NoNo
17563720OPTIMIZING LAYER ASSIGNMENT BASED ON QCIDecember 2021October 2024Allow3310YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
19
Examiner Affirmed
17
(89.5%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(10.5%)
Reversal Percentile
23.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 10.5% 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
57
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(15.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
48
(84.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
18.5%
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, 15.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE works in Art Unit 2468 and has examined 680 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE's allowance rate of 87.4% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE receive 1.84 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 43% 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 JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE. 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, 32.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 67% 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 45.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 69% 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.

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 65.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 52.8% 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, 36.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 78% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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:

  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.