USPTO Examiner NGUYEN THAI - Art Unit 2469

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18774080DETERMINING A MACHINE-LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR NETWORK SLICINGJuly 2024April 2025Allow900YesNo
18741459AP-SRS TRIGGERING OFFSET ENHANCEMENT FOR FURTHER ENHANCED MIMOJune 2024November 2025Allow1720YesNo
18677129METHOD OF PRIORITIZING RANDOM ACCESS FOR MULTIMEDIA PRIORITY AND MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES AND APPARATUS THEREOFMay 2024January 2025Allow810YesNo
18675245METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE VIRTUAL WIFI DATA RATEMay 2024September 2025Allow1610NoNo
18640051MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION OF USER EQUIPMENTApril 2024September 2025Allow1720NoNo
18633809METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION USED FOR DYNAMIC SCHEDULINGApril 2024July 2025Allow1520NoNo
18617443CONNECTING IMSI-LESS DEVICES TO THE EPCMarch 2024June 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18611588MAC CONTROL ELEMENT FOR MULTI-TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION POINT OPERATIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18607258DETERMINING A RESOURCE FOR A CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18602418METHODS, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES FOR DISTANCE DEPENDENT RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PREAMBLE SELECTION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTNS)March 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18687559METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING WI-FI DEVICESFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400YesNo
18587245Method and Device in UE and Base Station for Multi-Antenna TransmissionFebruary 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18412855Management Services for 5G Networks and Network FunctionsJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18517302METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIO NODE, AND RADIO NODENovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18511794METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION VIA PILOT SIGNALSNovember 2023January 2026Allow2600NoNo
18381886Management Services for 5G Networks and Network FunctionsOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18556071MANAGING CONFLICTING CONFIGURATIONS FOR CONFIGURING A REFLECTIVE SURFACEOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18489294METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PATTERN DESIGN FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALSOctober 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18486115BEAMFORMING PARAMETER ADAPTATION TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18479255BANDWIDTH CONFIGURATION METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023December 2025Allow2700YesNo
18479564RESOURCE MAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18470938INDICATING BEAM MAINTENANCE REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCESSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2810YesNo
18369706Allocation of Resources for Preamble and Payload of Messages in a 2-Step Random Access (RA) Procedure in New Radio (NR) SystemsSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520NoNo
18238890Method and Device in a Radio NetworkAugust 2023June 2025Abandon2220NoNo
18261731CONFIGURING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL BUNDLING AND TRANSPORT BLOCK SCHEDULINGJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18352604RESOURCE CONFLICT INDICATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18261087BEAM SELECTION FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN A HIERARCHICAL BEAM ARCHITECTUREJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18343525METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING SETTINGSJune 2023March 2026Allow3310NoNo
18213272WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18317856METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVENT-BASED UPLINK TRANSMIT BEAM SWITCHMay 2023March 2026Allow3410NoNo
18132976METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONApril 2023January 2024Allow900YesNo
18295008RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE ENHANCEMENT FOR USER EQUIPMENTS WITH REDUCED CAPABILITIESApril 2023August 2024Allow1621YesNo
18174098METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION FOR COVERAGE EXTENSIONFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18173193METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION FOR MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18041409METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESSFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410YesNo
18107046SYSTEM MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2023July 2025Abandon3020YesNo
18020023METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITIES IN ONE SLOTFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3720YesNo
18158830Communication Method and Apparatus for Resource AllocationJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3220NoNo
18099822Management Services for 5G Networks and Network FunctionsJanuary 2023August 2023Allow600NoNo
18016196TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18004396MULTIPLE SUPPLEMENTAL UPLINK (SUL) CARRIERSJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3520YesNo
18014260METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED RESUME PROTECTIONJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18002388METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TERMINAL AND BASE STATION TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18001856INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18063547INTERACTION OF DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) WITH POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) RESOURCESDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18009199COMBINABLE A SUB-RESOURCE BLOCK (RB) SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMISSION FOR COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18007684ASSOCIATING TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINT WITH CONTROL RESOURCE SETDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18059319APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT WIRELESS CHANNEL USAGENovember 2022July 2023Allow700YesNo
17994736SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION PLATFORM METADATANovember 2022July 2024Allow2010NoNo
17976703METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE VIRTUAL WIFI DATA RATEOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17921766ASSOCIATING REMOTE UE WITH RELAY UE IN 5GCOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
18047055COLLECTION OF ERROR PACKET INFORMATION FOR NETWORK POLICY ENFORCEMENTOctober 2022November 2023Allow1320YesNo
17958243BANDWIDTH THROTTLINGSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810YesNo
17957641USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR MSGA TRANSMISSION IN A TWO-STEP RA PROCEDURESeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17915099METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STOPPING SENDING SCHEDULE REQUESTSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17942169METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION USED FOR DYNAMIC SCHEDULINGSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1520NoNo
17905781CONFIGURATION FOR PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL PORTS TO ENABLE UPLINK TRANSMISSION WITH MULTIPLE CODEWORDSSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110YesNo
17879487CONTENTION RESOLUTION IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDUREAugust 2022February 2025Allow3020NoNo
17878999RETRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONAugust 2022September 2025Allow3720NoNo
17796683MULTIPLE MODULATION SCHEME SIGNALLING IN A SINGLE RESOURCE ALLOCATIONAugust 2022August 2024Allow2500NoNo
17875408APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17875318MONITORING FOR PERIODIC SIGNALS DURING NON-UNIFORM DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CYCLESJuly 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17814713BEAM CORRELATION METRIC REPORTINGJuly 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17870006SIGNALING SOLUTION ON RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17791383METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING BEAM FAILURE DETECTION RESOURCE DURING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION SETTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17858796EXTREME HIGH THROUGHPUT SIGNALING STRUCTUREJuly 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17809665Communication Method, Communication Apparatus, and SystemJune 2022October 2024Allow2800YesNo
17851050METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2022January 2023Allow700YesNo
17851727MULTICAST HANDOVER FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONSJune 2022May 2023Allow1110NoNo
17789309USING DNAI TO IDENTIFY A SMF SUPPORTING CONNECTION TO A LOCAL DNJune 2022June 2025Abandon3611NoNo
17844430TECHNIQUES FOR SIGNALING DYNAMIC CONTROL REGION FOR PRACH TRANSMISSIONJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17844570Operating Channel ValidationJune 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17843781End-to-End System Design for THz NetworkJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17804246SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A COMPATIBLE BACKPLANE OPERATION MECHANISM FOR 2.5-GIGABIT HIGH-SPEED ETHERNETMay 2022January 2023Allow700YesNo
17825239METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA RESOURCES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKMay 2022June 2024Allow2520YesNo
17778747METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK, USER EQUIPMENT, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR RECEIVING HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKMay 2022August 2024Allow2700NoNo
17744728METHODS, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEMay 2022April 2023Allow1110YesNo
17738904CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CLEANING EQUIPMENTMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17736260USER DEVICE SCHEDULINGMay 2022March 2025Allow3420NoNo
17661539TRANSMISSION RESOURCE ALLOCATION BY SPLITTING PHYSICAL RESOURCE BLOCKSApril 2022January 2023Allow900YesNo
17755044DM-RS BUNDLING FOR INTERRUPTED TRANSMISSIONSApril 2022May 2024Allow2500NoNo
17768585Methods, Apparatus and Machine-Readable Media Relating to Reporting Failure in a Wireless NetworkApril 2022January 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17712819Packet Processing Method and Network DeviceApril 2022April 2023Allow1310NoNo
17711813CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING CAPABILITY DETERMINING METHODS, USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK DEVICEApril 2022July 2024Allow2800NoNo
17703556METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING DATA THROUGH EVENT EXPOSURE SERVICEMarch 2022May 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17698170MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION OF USER EQUIPMENTMarch 2022January 2024Allow2200YesNo
17753816Determining a Machine-Learning Architecture for Network SlicingMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17654384METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CSI PARAMETER CONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17691550RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3610NoNo
17690884RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022April 2025Allow3740YesNo
17690891BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3420NoNo
17690719REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSMarch 2022April 2025Allow3730YesNo
17690668RAPID PROVISIONING OF WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK DEVICESMarch 2022November 2024Allow3220NoNo
17690880TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022January 2025Abandon3420NoNo
17686434WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17676004METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BEAM FOR PRECONFIGURED UPLINK RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022May 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17635660METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING UPLINK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFORFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2700NoNo
17671313DMRS PORT DETERMINING METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17669815METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022December 2022Allow1000YesNo
17629314COMPLETION MECHANISM FOR TRANSMISSION USING PRECONFIGURED UPLINK RESOURCEJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2400NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
27
Examiner Affirmed
19
(70.4%)
Examiner Reversed
8
(29.6%)
Reversal Percentile
46.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.6% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
57
Allowed After Appeal Filing
18
(31.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
39
(68.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
48.4%
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, 31.6% 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 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 NGUYEN, THAI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner NGUYEN, THAI works in Art Unit 2469 and has examined 789 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner NGUYEN, THAI's allowance rate of 89.2% 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 NGUYEN, THAI receive 1.81 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 41% 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 NGUYEN, THAI is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 82% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NGUYEN, THAI. This interview benefit is in the 52% 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, 32.1% 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 35.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% 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, 47.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 59.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.2% 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, 49.3% 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 3.0% of allowed cases (in the 79% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 59% 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.