USPTO Examiner REYES ORTIZ HECTOR E - Art Unit 2472

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18740897Selection of Edge Application ServerJune 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18435391COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18422757EFFICIENT FULL-DUPLEX CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTINGJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18487476ARCHITECTURE AND SIGNALING TO ENHANCE UPLINK PROCESSING IN SPLIT RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) DEPLOYMENTSOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18468419BURST MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18225181CONNECTED GATEWAYJuly 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18338775QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE (QOE) SCORING IN A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKJune 2023August 2025Allow2520YesNo
18333800REVERSE FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE ENFORCEMENTJune 2023October 2024Allow1610NoNo
18301930MEASURING ROUND TRIP TIME IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKApril 2023December 2024Allow2020YesNo
18297639DUAL BAND LTE SMALL CELLApril 2023February 2025Allow2220YesNo
18194233MEASURING A SUBSET OF REFERENCE SIGNALS BASED ON HISTORIC INFORMATIONMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18124037FAST ACK/NACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSMarch 2023November 2025Allow3220NoNo
18123974DUAL BAND LTE SMALL CELLMarch 2023May 2024Allow1400NoNo
18118779METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK PACKET IN FUNCTION-SEPARATED CORE NETWORKMarch 2023May 2025Allow2650NoNo
18167540COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT RADIOS OPERATING IN THE SAME BANDFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18156807ADAPTIVE TIME SLOT ALLOCATION TO REDUCE LATENCY AND POWER CONSUMPTION IN A TIME SLOTTED CHANNEL HOPPING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2210NoNo
18146769METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ANALYTICS FOR SERVICE EXPERIENCE FOR A NETWORK SLICE INSTANCEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18089325MANAGEMENT OF DATA COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONSDecember 2022January 2025Allow2530YesNo
18002905COMMUNICATION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSDecember 2022December 2025Abandon3520NoNo
18087276RF spectrum analyzer for TDD transmission that maintains synchronization between UL and DL with a single antennaDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18068806Multi-carrier Phase Difference Distance EstimationDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18084060Power Value for Uplink Transmission when adding Base Station Distributed UnitDecember 2022September 2023Allow900YesNo
17999599SHARING MEASUREMENT GAPS FOR MULTIPLE FUNCTIONSNovember 2022January 2026Allow3820YesNo
17972974POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2022April 2025Allow3030YesNo
17968194CHANNEL COORDINATION OF PRIVATE WIRELESS NETWORKS UTILIZING SHARED SPECTRUMOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510YesNo
17958044UTILIZING COLOR SWITCH ANNOUNCEMENT FRAMES TO REDUCE FRAME COLLISIONS AND RETRIES FOR OVERLAPPING UPLINK NETWORK TRAFFICSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17933955PRIMARY CELL BEAM-BASED SECONDARY CELL BEAM INDICATIONSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3520YesNo
17800293METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COVERAGE AREA DEFICIENCY VISUALIZATIONSAugust 2022November 2025Allow3910NoNo
17819996SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK DESIGN AND CONFIGURATION BASED ON USER-LEVEL USAGE MODELINGAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17809879METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORESET CONFIGURATION OF UNLICENSED BANDSJune 2022August 2023Allow1300YesNo
17809207METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING BEAM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022March 2024Allow2110NoNo
17838052USER EQUIPMENT (UE) MOBILITY BETWEEN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK (NTN) AND A TERRESTRIAL NETWORK (TN)June 2022May 2025Allow3500NoNo
17825116System Parameters Transmission Scheme In Wireless CommunicationsMay 2022April 2025Allow3410NoNo
17741558PROVIDING NETWORK SLICE ADMISSION CONTROL IN A MOBILE NETWORK ENVIRONMENTMay 2022March 2026Allow4630YesNo
17739651WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR REGISTRATION PROCEDUREMay 2022August 2025Allow3920NoNo
17727645IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF OPTIMUM CAPACITY SOLUTIONS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKApril 2022June 2023Allow1400NoNo
17724024DATA BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2022February 2025Allow3420YesNo
17657935NETWORK RECONFIGURATION WITH CUSTOMER PREMISES-BASED APPLICATION HOSTINGApril 2022November 2023Abandon2010YesNo
17656856PREMIUM DEVICE-AIDED LOW-TIER DEVICE GROUP DELAY CALIBRATION FOR NR POSITIONINGMarch 2022August 2023Allow1700YesNo
17684497DYNAMIC SPATIAL REUSE PROTECTION IN MESH NETWORKMarch 2022September 2024Allow3000YesNo
17635656METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2600YesNo
17671057METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA OFFLOADING FOR VEHICLE EDGE COMPUTINGFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17665906APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2022August 2025Allow4320NoNo
17580229SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK COVERAGE EXTENSION FOR A SUB-TERAHERTZ BANDJanuary 2022May 2025Allow3910NoNo
17647054ADAPTIVE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK BIT RATE SCHEDULINGJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3410YesNo
17647066ADAPTIVE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK BIT RATE SCHEDULINGJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3610YesNo
17597389SIGNAL TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022April 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17567743Detecting Cellular Network Bottlenecks Using Data Allocation PatternsJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2100NoNo
17551643Predictive Weather-aware Communication Network ManagementDecember 2021November 2025Allow4710NoNo
17617764SELECTIVE PACKET DUPLICATION OR ALTERNATIVE PACKET TRANSMISSION BASED ON SURVIVAL TIMEDecember 2021March 2024Allow2700NoNo
17542717SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRA-LOW LATENCY SHORT DATA SERVICEDecember 2021March 2023Allow1610YesNo
17534234CLIENT DEVICE FOR INDICATION OF NON-FULFILLMENT OF LATENCY REQUIREMENTSNovember 2021October 2024Allow3510NoNo
17533752METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RANDOM ACCESSNovember 2021August 2024Allow3320YesNo
17525529POLARIZATION SPLIT FOR ENHANCED MIMO THROUGHPUTNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17516643DEADLINE-BASED DELIVERY FOR DOWNLINK TRAFFIC WITH JITTERNovember 2021December 2025Allow4950YesNo
17512821RADIO FRAME ANALYSIS SYSTEM, RADIO FRAME ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2021September 2023Allow2200NoNo
17449873CATEGORY 2 (CAT2) LISTEN-BEFORE-TRANSMIT (LBT) OPERATIONS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2021March 2025Allow4131YesNo
17598661ASSISTANCE INFORMATION INDICATION FOR RAT AND INTERFACE SELECTION FOR NEW RADIO VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING (V2X)September 2021August 2024Allow3520NoNo
17486654REFLECTIVE QOS FLOW CHARACTERISTIC-BASED COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710YesNo
17484160EFFICIENT OPERATION OF RELAY NODES IN A CITIZEN BROADBAND RADIO SERVICE (CBRS) NETWORKSeptember 2021June 2023Allow2010YesNo
17478209CITIZEN BROADBAND RADIO SERVICE (CBRS) NETWORK PERFORMANCE WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PRIVACY PREFERENCESSeptember 2021February 2023Allow1710NoNo
17440041SCHEDULING RESTRICTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION OR DUAL CONNECTIVITYSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3410NoNo
17473670COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2610YesNo
17593207TOPOLOGY-DRIVEN BYZANTINE FAULT-TOLERANT CONSENSUS PROTOCOL WITH VOTE AGGREGATIONSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2700YesNo
17407513END-TO-END OVERWATCH OF COMMUNICATION SESSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR FAST FAILURE RECOVERYAugust 2021March 2023Allow1900NoNo
17400651TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING A BITRATE REQUESTAugust 2021December 2023Allow2820NoNo
17444962METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTENT DELIVERYAugust 2021April 2023Allow2010YesNo
17398858TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND SCHEDULING DEVICEAugust 2021July 2024Allow3510YesNo
17444464DYNAMIC TUNE-AWAY FOR NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENTSAugust 2021June 2024Allow3420YesNo
17392224METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CONFIGURATION, TESTING AND/OR DEPLOYMENT OF A WIRELESS SYSTEM INCLUDING A WIRELESS EXTENDERAugust 2021November 2023Allow2810NoNo
17425237METHOD OF DETERMINING SCHEDULING TERMINAL, TERMINAL AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICEJuly 2021November 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17305985REVERSE FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE ENFORCEMENTJuly 2021March 2023Allow2000NoNo
17375422METHODS, WIRELESS DEVICE, NETWORK NODE AND CORE NODE FOR MANAGING REACHABILITY OF THE WIRELESS DEVICEJuly 2021April 2024Allow3330NoNo
17366363AUTOMATED ACTIVATION OF UNSOLICITED PROBE RESPONSESJuly 2021August 2023Allow2520YesNo
17363585AUTOMATIC FAILOVER HANDLING MINIMIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENTJune 2021October 2023Abandon2820YesNo
17358994CROSS-LAYER AND CROSS-ACCESS TECHNOLOGY TRAFFIC SPLITTING AND RETRANSMISSION MECHANISMSJune 2021October 2025Allow5211YesNo
17332534METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION WAVEFORM PERFORMANCE PREDICATIONMay 2021September 2022Allow1600NoNo
17317123MULTI-USER BEAM ALIGNMENT AND OPTIMALITY OF CLASS OF EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH ALGORITHMS IN MULTI-PATH ENVIRONMENTMay 2021April 2023Allow2310YesNo
17316623VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING (V2X) DESTINATION IDENTIFICATION SHARING FOR INTER-USER EQUIPMENT (UE) COORDINATIONMay 2021March 2023Allow2210YesNo
17241395Preamble Puncturing Support For Wide Bandwidth Transmission In Wireless CommunicationsApril 2021September 2023Allow2810NoNo
17233305CHANNEL CONTENTION OF NON-STR MLD WHEN DETECTING TRANSMISSION ON ONE LINKApril 2021August 2022Allow1600NoNo
17285252Configuring Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) for Moving Radio Access Network (RAN)April 2021April 2024Allow3620NoNo
17204814MANAGEMENT OF DATA COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONSMarch 2021October 2022Allow1910NoNo
17200142Systems And Methods Of Detecting And Predicting Quality Of Service Of Communication Links Of Connected VehiclesMarch 2021January 2023Allow2320NoNo
17198298Cable latency measurementMarch 2021May 2023Allow2630YesNo
17249705Selection of Edge Application ServerMarch 2021February 2024Allow3540NoNo
17183456DELAYED INSTANTIATION OF NETWORK SLICESFebruary 2021January 2024Allow3430YesNo
17176611Random-Access Endpoint Communication Handling For Satellite-Transported Communication LinksFebruary 2021January 2023Allow2300NoNo
17174878QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE (QOE) SCORING IN A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKFebruary 2021April 2023Allow2610YesNo
17248853DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN A NETWORKFebruary 2021September 2025Abandon5551YesNo
17170368Beamforming in Wireless CommunicationsFebruary 2021April 2022Allow1400YesNo
17167629BEAMFORMED CHANNEL OCCUPANCY RATIOFebruary 2021May 2023Allow2730YesNo
17265865NR V2X - METHODS FOR CONGESTION CONTROLFebruary 2021April 2022Allow1550NoNo
17260153COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT RADIOS OPERATING IN THE SAME BANDJanuary 2021January 2023Allow2410NoNo
17141301ADAPTIVE TIME SLOT ALLOCATION TO REDUCE LATENCY AND POWER CONSUMPTION IN A TIME SLOTTED CHANNEL HOPPING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKJanuary 2021October 2022Allow2200NoNo
17257460Method and Network Nodes for Handling End-to-End Delays for Voice Calls in a Communication NetworkDecember 2020November 2022Abandon2201NoNo
17128583Sending Third Power Value for Uplink Transmission for Adding As Base Station Distributed UnitDecember 2020August 2022Allow2010YesNo
17129414CHANNEL COORDINATION OF PRIVATE WIRELESS NETWORKS UTILIZING SHARED SPECTRUMDecember 2020July 2022Allow1910YesNo
17116438EXTENDING UE FAST DORMANCY AT UPPER LAYERSDecember 2020January 2025Allow4960YesNo
15734816TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF REFERENCE SIGNALDecember 2020March 2024Abandon4040YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
2
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
73.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
22
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(59.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(40.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
88.3%
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, 59.1% 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

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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E works in Art Unit 2472 and has examined 294 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E's allowance rate of 81.6% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E receive 2.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by REYES ORTIZ, HECTOR E. This interview benefit is in the 41% 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, 25.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 26.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 38% 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, 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 84.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 42.9% 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, 54.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

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 21% 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:

  • 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.

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.