USPTO Examiner HUQ OBAIDUL - Art Unit 2473

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18611717COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18587316METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HARQ FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18521386User Equipment Network Slice Information Storage and Packet Data Unit Session Establishment for New RadioNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18504946HARQ PROCESS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18487520ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALING PROCESSES FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKSOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18199490Correlating Packets in Communications NetworksMay 2023November 2023Allow610NoNo
18132922Methods and Apparatus for Control Channel Detection in An Uplink Shared ChannelApril 2023May 2025Allow2510NoNo
18182512Packet Transmission Method, Apparatus, and SystemMarch 2023September 2024Allow1820NoNo
18102629Service Selection Set Publishing to Device Agent with On-Device Service SelectionJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2420NoNo
18068923Communication Network Optimization Based on Predicted Enhancement GainDecember 2022September 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17982372HARQ PROCESS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17975560SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER NOTIFICATIONSOctober 2022January 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18046795TECHNIQUES FOR SCHEDULING USING TWO-STAGE CONTROL MESSAGESOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17901329User Equipment (UE) and Methods for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Sidelink Communication in Accordance with a Short Transmission Time Interval (TTI)September 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17802848TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17760066BEAM SWITCHING BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON A NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TRANSMISSIONAugust 2022May 2025Allow3320NoNo
17876074Load Balancing and Session Persistence in Packet NetworksJuly 2022May 2025Allow3440YesNo
17874006CONFIGURATION INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17813588METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE-BASED CSI ACQUISITION IN ADVANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJuly 2022July 2024Allow2430NoNo
17792753DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17851635CELL PRIORITIZATION FOR CELL (RE)SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJune 2022October 2023Allow1620YesNo
17787628WIRELESS SYSTEM, RECEIVING RELAY STATION DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING CONTROL METHODJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17807327METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING COMMUNICATION PARAMETERSJune 2022September 2023Allow1510YesNo
17786352BEAM REPORTING FOR RANK ENHANCEMENTJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17838212METHOD FOR RECOVERING A FRAME THAT FAILED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN A MU-MIMO BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17837602COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2022December 2024Allow3010YesNo
17833798Methods and Apparatus for Compressing Data StreamsJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17831850METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17824525TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR (TCI) STATE INDICATIONS FOR TILTED ANTENNA ARRAYSMay 2022January 2025Allow3100NoNo
17662241ADAPTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO FACILITATE DEVICE MOBILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY IN COMMUNICATIONSMay 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17733220ANGLE POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICEApril 2022August 2024Allow2800NoNo
17661248PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL AND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK SIGNALINGApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17723955METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING USER TERMINALS AS A GROUP AND PROVIDING SERVICE INCLUDING CONTENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROUPApril 2022April 2023Allow1210YesNo
17769526METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ONE SHOT HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKApril 2022September 2024Allow2910NoNo
17718938APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OFFLOADING SERVICEApril 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17717586METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING MULTI-CARRIER INFORMATION IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17658196PROCESSING TIMELINE INDICATION FOR SCHEDULING A FEEDBACK RESOURCEApril 2022January 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17714854HALF-DUPLEX OPERATION IN DUAL CONNECTIVITYApril 2022February 2023Allow1010NoNo
17706836PARAMETER DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSIONMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010YesNo
17705059Network Slice Charging Method and ApparatusMarch 2022February 2025Allow3540YesNo
17697775MANAGEMENT OF PERSISTENT NETWORK SLICES BY A DISTRIBUTED LEARNING SYSTEM IN A 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKMarch 2022October 2023Abandon1920YesNo
17642094METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POLICY OF USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022July 2023Allow1600NoNo
17687013METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN 2 STEP AND 4 STEP RANDOM ACCESS (RA) PROCEDURES AND CONTENTION RESOLUTIONSMarch 2022April 2024Allow2530YesNo
17683834CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IN CONTROLLERSMarch 2022December 2024Allow3320YesNo
17684160PER-NAMESPACE IP ADDRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR CONTAINER NETWORKSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17683995Detection Method, Apparatus, and SystemMarch 2022December 2024Allow3420YesNo
17684058SCALABLE VIRTUAL NETWORK SWITCH ARCHITECTUREMarch 2022October 2024Allow3220YesNo
17684274DISCOVERY BURST TRANSMISSION WINDOW DESIGNMarch 2022March 2025Allow3720YesNo
17637027CARRIER SPECIFIC SEARCH THRESHOLDSFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910YesNo
17636359CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2900NoNo
17590632BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE, AND BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION METHODFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17585883Beam Selection For PagingJanuary 2022February 2023Allow1300NoNo
17578788RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICEJanuary 2022May 2025Allow3930YesNo
17626403SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING AND OPERATING RADIOS CONTROLLED BY A SPECTRUM ACCESS SYSTEMJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900YesNo
17597170MAPPING OF TID AND LINK IN MULTI-LINKDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17646112METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021March 2024Allow2730NoNo
17562543FREQUENCY BAND SELECTION FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSDecember 2021May 2024Allow2900NoNo
17558120SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING APPLICATIONS WITH ACCESS TO NETWORK FUNCTIONALITYDecember 2021January 2025Allow3720YesNo
17596890FEEDBACK METHOD AND SYSTEMDecember 2021November 2024Allow3520YesNo
17554490METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING MULTI-CARRIER INFORMATION IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021March 2023Allow1410NoNo
17533889NETWORK NODES FOR JOINT MEC HOST AND UPF SELECTIONNovember 2021January 2024Allow2600NoNo
17612239VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING TRAFFIC LOAD CONTROLNovember 2021February 2025Abandon3911NoNo
17521096Routing Rule Management Method and Communications ApparatusNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17609664VPLMN POLICY CONTROLNovember 2021August 2024Allow3310NoNo
17606138METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAMEOctober 2021March 2024Allow2900NoNo
17606155TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITOctober 2021April 2024Allow3010NoNo
17603956BASE STATION OPERATION TEST METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND BASE STATIONOctober 2021April 2024Allow3010NoNo
17501393TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2021November 2023Allow2510NoNo
17450244NON-NUMERICAL K1 FOR GROUP COMMON-PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (GC-PDCCH) GRANT IN MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE (MBMS)October 2021January 2024Allow2800NoNo
17601059METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE OVER A BROADCAST CHANNEL WITH RETRANSMISSION OVER A POINT-TO-POINT LINKOctober 2021November 2023Allow2510NoNo
17489550DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2021September 2022Allow1200NoNo
17441811Procedures for Packet Flow Description ManagementSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2000NoNo
17593592Synchronization Signal Block Transmission in Wireless CommunicationsSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710NoNo
17441012SERVICE TRANSMISSION AND SERVICE CONFIGURATION SENDING METHODS AND DEVICES, STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL, AND BASE STATIONSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3010NoNo
17440478Methods, Apparatus and Machine-Readable Mediums Relating to Configuration of Reference Signals in a Wireless Communication NetworkSeptember 2021June 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17440103METHOD FOR TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL (TRS) ENHANCEMENTSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17440030LINK ADAPTATION OPTIMIZATION WITH CONTEXTUAL BANDITSSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310NoNo
17593228LAYER 2 OPERATION FOR LAYER 1 AND LAYER 2-CENTRIC INTER-CELL MOBILITYSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2700NoNo
17459623MULTICAST METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR MULTICAST GROUP OF VIRTUAL NETWORK GROUPAugust 2021October 2024Allow3811YesNo
17432752MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATIONAugust 2021March 2024Allow3010NoNo
17403344TYPE 3 HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK ENHANCEMENTS FOR URLLCAugust 2021May 2023Allow2000NoNo
17401511INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICEAugust 2021November 2024Abandon3920NoNo
17401682COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSAugust 2021March 2024Allow3110NoNo
17310516TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKAugust 2021April 2024Allow3210NoNo
17443073SCHEDULING REQUEST TRANSMISSION ON DIRECT DEVICE FEEDBACK CHANNEL FOR DIRECT DEVICE COMMUNICATIONJuly 2021February 2024Allow3130YesNo
17423770METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUDIO SERVICE USING BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGYJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110YesNo
17379861ENABLED/DISABLED HARQ FEEDBACK AND HARQ-LESS PROCESSESJuly 2021April 2024Allow3330NoNo
17310066SUB-BAND AND MULTI-BAND CODED OFDM FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION RADARJuly 2021November 2023Allow2800NoNo
17370834COMMON DOWNLINK AND UPLINK SEMI-PERSISTENT RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR FULL DUPLEXJuly 2021March 2023Allow2000NoNo
173699516G ORAN STAR Array With Simultaneous Transmit And ReceiveJuly 2021July 2023Allow2410NoNo
17367437WIRELESS FIDELITY MULTI-LINK DEVICE WITH DYNAMIC OPERATION MODE SWITCH AND ASSOCIATED METHODJuly 2021January 2023Allow1810NoNo
17365522ADJUSTING COVERAGE AREA OF A RADIO USING SHARED SPECTRUM TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE TO OTHER USERS OF THE SHARED SPECTRUMJuly 2021March 2023Allow2100NoNo
17356832USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONJune 2021August 2022Allow1400NoNo
17355871INTEGRATING MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES IN A RADIO-BASED NETWORKJune 2021August 2023Allow2620YesNo
17352583REFLECTED PACKETSJune 2021August 2023Allow2520YesNo
17413787METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORJune 2021October 2023Allow2800NoNo
17343199UE MEASUREMENT REPORTING IN SECONDARY CELL GROUP DORMANCYJune 2021April 2024Allow3530YesNo
17340784METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2021November 2022Allow1800YesNo
17336053CLIENT STEERING FOR A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKJune 2021January 2023Allow2010NoNo
17334785FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICEMay 2021May 2023Abandon2410NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
5
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.3%
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
38
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(28.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
27
(71.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
40.5%
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, 28.9% 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 HUQ, OBAIDUL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HUQ, OBAIDUL works in Art Unit 2473 and has examined 826 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HUQ, OBAIDUL's allowance rate of 90.7% places them in the 73% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HUQ, OBAIDUL receive 1.66 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 46% 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 HUQ, OBAIDUL is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HUQ, OBAIDUL. This interview benefit is in the 54% 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, 35.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 73% 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 51.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 72% 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 70% 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 76.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 34.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% 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 2.1% of allowed cases (in the 77% 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 6.9% of allowed cases (in the 83% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

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.