USPTO Examiner LA PHONG - Art Unit 2469

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18630710SERVER CLUSTERING IN A COMPUTING-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMApril 2024June 2025Abandon1410YesNo
18606342Managing Upstream Transmission in a NetworkMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18442848CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH PROTECTION SWITCHINGFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1000YesNo
18439202OBJECT RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18438125PROGRAMMABLE SMART REPEATER WITH IN-BAND CONTROLFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1000YesNo
18401977HANDOVER COORDINATION FOR LARGE AREA COVERAGEJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210YesNo
18521192MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATIONNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000YesNo
18510673METHOD AND DEVICE IN A NODE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18458031METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PPDU IN DUPLICATE (DUP) MODE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1100YesNo
18330050TRANSMITTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS IN NEW RADIOJune 2023April 2024Allow1110YesNo
18206030PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) DATA UNIT FORMAT FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ)June 2023April 2024Allow1000YesNo
18322970AVAILABLE SLOTS FOR UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITIONSMay 2023December 2023Allow700YesNo
18317046SERVER CLUSTERING IN A COMPUTING-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMMay 2023January 2024Allow800YesNo
18142806SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLEXING MULTIPLE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT BASED ON SPECTRAL UTILIZATIONMay 2023May 2025Allow2410NoNo
18306384EXTRACTING ETHERCAT DATAGRAMS FROM AN ETHERCAT FRAMEApril 2023March 2025Allow2310YesNo
18301038Uplink Signal Sending and Receiving Method, and ApparatusApril 2023June 2025Allow2600YesNo
18127015METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18245791METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BUFFERING OF DATA PACKET OF NETWORK CARD, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023July 2023Allow400YesNo
18173525SCHEDULING REQUEST RESOURCE CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1000YesNo
18166799METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING OF ADAPTIVE POLAR CODING CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18020079SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2710NoNo
18163059DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE NETWORKFebruary 2023October 2023Allow800YesNo
18006029DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18152388Managing Upstream Transmission in a NetworkJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1100YesNo
18152692METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR D2D COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFORJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310YesNo
18149988Wireless Resource SwitchingJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18147344Method for Retransmitting Data and ApparatusDecember 2022May 2025Allow2810NoNo
18085184FAST WAKEUP RECOVERY FOR NBIOT SYSTEMSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18066891HANDOVER COORDINATION FOR LARGE AREA COVERAGEDecember 2022September 2023Allow900YesNo
17994744PROVIDING SECONDARY COVERAGE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800YesNo
18057630SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MULTI-TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINT COMMUNICATIONS IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSNovember 2022June 2024Allow1920YesNo
17926644SINGLE CORESET BASED PDCCH DIVERSITY OVER MULTIPLE TRPsNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17971408DATA ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC NETWORKS (UANS) BASED ON IMPROVED ONLINE FOUNTAIN CODEOctober 2022April 2023Allow500YesNo
17968218Terminal Device Capability Transmission Method, Apparatus, and SystemOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17968317METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEOctober 2022April 2023Allow610YesNo
17957559MOBILE DEVICE CAPABILITY IDENTIFIERSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2730YesNo
17948702FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONS WITH ADAPTIVE AND DYNAMIC SIDELINK COCHANNEL COEXISTENCESeptember 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
17942988MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400YesNo
17941109PROTECTION SWITCHING DEVICE WITH LINK SELECTIVE SWITCHING BETWEEN HOST DEVICES FOR MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1200YesNo
17905414AUTOMATIC ENABLING ENDC (EVOLVED UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (UMTS) TERRESTRIAL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (E-UTRAN) NEW RADIO (NR) - DUAL CONNECTIVITY FOR 4G LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) EVOLVED NODE B (ENB)September 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17889663HARQ FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2022November 2023Allow1510YesNo
17820079Service Transmission Method, and ApparatusAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17882200Frequency Compensation Method and ApparatusAugust 2022March 2023Allow800YesNo
17814338SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKJuly 2022March 2023Allow800NoNo
17759037Joint-Processing of Random Access Channel CommunicationsJuly 2022March 2025Allow3200NoNo
17856059APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL AND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK RECEPTIONJuly 2022September 2023Allow1520YesNo
17856161Data Transmission Method, Computing Device, Network Device, and Data Transmission SystemJuly 2022June 2023Allow1200YesNo
17758104TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17851019PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) DATA UNIT FORMAT FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ)June 2022January 2023Allow600YesNo
17838556DRX PARAMETER CONFIGURATION METHOD, PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK NODE, AND USER EQUIPMENTJune 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17837611METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY SAVING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING AN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17744979EARLY LINK DETECTION BASED ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF RECEIVE PARAMETERSMay 2022October 2023Allow1710YesNo
17776812METHODS OF SENDING PAGING SIGNALING, PAGING METHODS, INFORMATION SENDING METHODS AND APPARATUSES THEREOFMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17741372MODIFIED BACKHAUL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNELMay 2022September 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17739452METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022September 2023Allow1620YesNo
17731219HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) FEEDBACK POSITION DETERMINING METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEApril 2022July 2024Allow2600YesNo
17730519SHORT CONTROL CHANNEL ELEMENT (SCCE) TO SHORT RESOURCE ELEMENT GROUPS (SREG) MAPPING FOR SHORT PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (SPDCCH)April 2022December 2022Allow800YesNo
17660959METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTION OF PHYSICAL RESOURCE USED FOR RANDOM ACCESS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022March 2023Allow1110NoNo
17771244Method and Network Node for Interference Mitigation for TDD UL/DL ConfigurationApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17770398CLEARING PART OF SIDELINK GRANT FOR SINGLE PDU TRANSMISSION AND SIDELINK RESOURCE ALLOCATIONApril 2022August 2024Allow2800NoNo
17717957EXTRACTING ETHERCAT DATAGRAMS FROM AN ETHERCAT FRAMEApril 2022December 2022Allow800YesNo
17656300INTERFERENCE MITIGATION BY PSEUDO-RANDOM MUTING FOR SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALSMarch 2022December 2023Allow2110YesNo
17761298INTERFERENCE SIMULATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS, INTERFERENCE TEST SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022January 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17753621WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF RANDOM ACCESS OCCASIONSMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010YesNo
17686598HYBRID DEADLINE-BASED TRANSPORT FOR GROUP APPLICATIONS USING HYBRID INFORMATION-CENTRIC NETWORKING (hICN)March 2022March 2023Allow1200YesNo
17753382TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17753386TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17675552METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PPDU IN DUPLICATE (DUP) MODE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17633508DYNAMIC MODIFICATION OF SOUNDING PROCEDURE CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2520YesNo
17649757SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK PRIORITYFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2620YesNo
17630925METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE AND ACCESSING IN OPEN WIRELESS CHANNELSJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2500YesNo
17630009METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HANDLING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONSJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210YesNo
17580803COORDINATED SCHEDULING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17576672WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICEJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17576585TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3420YesNo
17570873INITIAL ACCESS RANDOM ACCESS OCCASION-CAUSED INTERFERENCEJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2510NoNo
17563959METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021June 2024Allow2910NoNo
17563007WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEDecember 2021February 2024Allow2520YesNo
17422565DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021October 2024Allow3910NoNo
17617448METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING PPDU OVER BROADBAND IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMDecember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17544800GRANT-FREE OVERLAY DATA TRANSMISSIONSDecember 2021June 2023Allow1810YesNo
17457895DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE NETWORKDecember 2021November 2022Allow1100YesNo
17529297METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2021April 2025Abandon4120NoNo
17523968Computer Vision-Based Dynamic Radio Frequency Planning and OptimizationNovember 2021January 2023Allow1500YesNo
17451994SSB STRUCTURE FOR NR COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2021June 2023Allow2010NoNo
17506840METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCES IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2021June 2023Abandon2010YesNo
17500821THRESHOLD-BASED AND POWER-EFFICIENT SCHEDULING REQUEST PROCEDUREOctober 2021July 2023Allow2120YesNo
17500822DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICEOctober 2021October 2023Allow2420NoNo
17491504Method And Apparatus For Re-Transmission Of System Information Message In Mobile CommunicationsSeptember 2021October 2022Allow1200YesNo
17598103USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
17441892Use of Wake-Up Receiver with Bluetooth Low EnergySeptember 2021August 2024Allow3520YesNo
17447799CHANNEL ACCESS RESPONSE IN UPLINK TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710NoNo
17475012METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING INTER-DEVICE COORDINATION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4240YesNo
17468010PROGRAMMABLE SMART REPEATER WITH IN-BAND CONTROLSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2730YesNo
17431235MOBILE TERMINATED ACCESS LOAD CONTROLAugust 2021July 2024Allow3510NoNo
17445181COLLECTING BUFFERED CSI FROM A UEAugust 2021March 2023Allow1910NoNo
17400641RANDOM ACCESS PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021February 2024Allow3000YesNo
17444641INDICATION OF CONTROL CHANNEL REPETITION FACTORAugust 2021September 2023Allow2520YesNo
17310488METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BWP SWITCHING AND PUSCH RESOURCE OVERHEAD REDUCING FOR 2 STEP RACH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2021December 2023Allow2800NoNo
17427600METHOD OF PROCESSING TRANSMISSION, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICEJuly 2021November 2023Allow2810NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
2
(40.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(60.0%)
Reversal Percentile
83.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 60.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
12
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
31.5%
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, 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 LA, PHONG - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LA, PHONG works in Art Unit 2469 and has examined 555 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LA, PHONG's allowance rate of 91.9% places them in the 76% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LA, PHONG receive 1.46 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% 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 LA, PHONG is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 71% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LA, PHONG. This interview benefit is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 83% 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 27.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 30% 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, 75.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 58% 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 64.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 55.6% 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, 32.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 25% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 49% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 48% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

  • 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.

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.