USPTO Examiner COX BRIAN P - Art Unit 2474

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18904193DISTRIBUTED UNIT, CENTRAL UNIT, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHOD THEREFOROctober 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18636226METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR WI-FI MEDIA STREAMING USING AN ALTERNATE ACCESS POINTApril 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18621792Exposure Reporting For Wireless CommunicationsMarch 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18594609GENERATIVE CONTENT SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS LOCATION-BASED SERVICES AND METHODS THEREFORMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18438588ENHANCED BROADCAST TRANSMISSION IN UNSLOTTED CHANNEL HOPPING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROLFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18429860Exposure Reporting For Wireless CommunicationsFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18425606SYSTEM INFORMATION SCHEDULING IN MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18509512COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023January 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18485213WLAN SYSTEM RESOURCE INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18485013TIME DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR DOWNLINK DATA REPETITIONSOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18357479Exposure Reporting For Wireless CommunicationsJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18217602METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJuly 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18337479WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18208248METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18325309METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR WI-FI MEDIA STREAMING USING AN ALTERNATE ACCESS POINTMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18295800OPTIMIZING WIRELESS NETWORKING USING A VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM OVERLAYApril 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18043349Channel Estimation for Configurable SurfacesFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18159575SYSTEM INFORMATION SCHEDULING IN MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2023October 2023Allow910NoNo
18006738METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FEEDBACK CHANNEL ENHANCEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910YesNo
18157944ENHANCED BROADCAST TRANSMISSION IN UNSLOTTED CHANNEL HOPPING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROLJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1010NoNo
18090349CELL MAP BUILT AND USED BY MOBILE DEVICESDecember 2022June 2023Allow500NoNo
18077437METHOD OF REPORTING RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH ON PER FRAME BASIS IN WI-FI NETWORKDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
17992257HOME APPLIANCE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING APPLICATION FOR REGISTERING THE HOME APPLIANCE TO SERVERNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17992732METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONFIGURING HARQ-ACK FEEDBACKNovember 2022May 2025Allow4010NoNo
17998660DIRECT CONNECTION CALL METHOD, CORE NETWORK DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
18049938Data Transmission Method, Terminal device, and Network DeviceOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17971732UE Baseband Capability SignalingOctober 2022April 2024Allow1830NoNo
17970154METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK CONFIGURING SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17969166APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY TRANSCEIVING PSFCH FOR V2X COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510YesNo
17967861METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONOctober 2022March 2023Allow500NoNo
17917373METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17961386METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZEOctober 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17959889SCHEDULING RESTRICTION AND SMTC CONFIGURATION FOR HIGH FREQUENCY RANGEOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17957410Sidelink Coordination Information Transmissions/ReceptionsSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3300NoNo
17950570APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AP PLACEMENT OF LARGE-SCALE WIRELESS LAN AND ADAPTIVE WIRELESS RESOURCE MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17941273ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING A WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH COEXISTENCE MODE BASED ON PACKET STATISTICS, SIGNAL CONDITION, AND APPLICATION CHARACTERISTICSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17901444Beam Management for Uplink Transmissions in Radio SystemsSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17895924TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHODAugust 2022March 2024Allow1930YesNo
17894920TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHODAugust 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17821037BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY AND RELATED TIMING DETERMINATION TECHNIQUESAugust 2022March 2023Allow700NoNo
17860661METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MDT MEASUREMENTJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17847823COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJune 2022November 2024Allow2900NoNo
17843400BEAM DETERMINATION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17784080HARQ-ACK INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJune 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17836235DUAL MODE WI-FI OPERATION IN SHARED AND NON-SHARED CHANNELSJune 2022June 2025Allow3710YesNo
17804993HANDOVER INDICATION FOR DATA STREAMJune 2022April 2025Allow3530YesNo
17751572METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR REPORTING A RESERVED LOAD TO NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17749307AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY COORDINATION WITH RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY ACCESS POINTSMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17747897FLEXIBLE SIGNALING FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT FEEDBACK DELAY AND DOWNLINK SCHEDULING DELAYMay 2022January 2025Allow3220NoNo
17745081BEAM SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17663230DETERMINING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTSMay 2022February 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17776128DUAL CONNECTION RE-ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND BASE STATIONMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17662489ACTIVATION INSTANCE FOR DYNAMIC INDICATION OF PUCCH REPETITION FACTORMay 2022November 2024Allow3010YesNo
17773555METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A MESSAGE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A ROAD USER AND AT LEAST ONE FURTHER ROAD USERApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17733573RESOURCE DETERMINING METHOD, RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICEApril 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17771626COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2022November 2023Allow1900NoNo
17771372METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SIDELINK RESOURCE IN NR V2XApril 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17726942Uplink Control Information Transmission Method and ApparatusApril 2022March 2023Allow1100NoNo
17726460METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND DEVICEApril 2022November 2024Allow3110NoNo
17723456REPEATER METHODS AND APPARATUSApril 2022December 2023Allow2010NoNo
17717485DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION VIA E2 INTERFACE IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17658451APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS IN A COMMON CHANNELApril 2022November 2024Allow3120NoNo
17766710MBSFN AREA INNER AND OUTER SAI FOR SEAMLESS MOBILITYApril 2022January 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17706740INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEMarch 2022March 2025Allow3500NoNo
17700115SELECTIVE CELLULAR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR GNSSMarch 2022May 2025Allow3810YesNo
17699590ALLOCATING RADIO RESOURCES BASED ON USER MODEMarch 2022September 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17699874RESOURCE SET CONFIGURATION METHOD, TERMINAL, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022July 2024Allow2710NoNo
17639390Methods and Devices for Wireless CommunicationMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17650927REQUEST-BASED INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENTFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3510NoNo
17635285INACTIVITY TIMER CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17564638COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17597137METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING STARTING POSITION OF CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIMEDecember 2021February 2025Allow3810NoNo
17557776ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING ERROR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMEDecember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17554494USER EQUIPMENT AND SCHEDULING NODEDecember 2021September 2024Allow3320YesNo
17551517METHOD FOR PROVIDING QOS DIFFERENTIATION IN A MULTI-TENANT NETWORK AND NETWORKING DEVICE EMPLOYING METHODDecember 2021October 2023Abandon2210NoNo
17596473RADIO COMMUNICATION NODE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17543455TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHODDecember 2021April 2023Allow1600NoNo
17457636PT-RS CONFIGURATION IN SEMI-PERSISTENT OR AGGREGATED MODE OF TRANSMISSION FOR INCREASED THROUGHPUT AND RELIABILITYDecember 2021January 2025Allow3820NoNo
17516396METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE A CUSTOM INSTALLABLE OPEN VIRTUALIZATION APPLICATION FILE FOR ON-PREMISE INSTALLATION VIA THE CLOUDNovember 2021September 2023Allow2200NoNo
17508787ENHANCED BROADCAST TRANSMISSION IN UNSLOTTED CHANNEL HOPPING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROLOctober 2021November 2022Allow1300NoNo
17451637PER-CHILD RESOURCE CONFIGURATION ALLOCATION IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) SYSTEMOctober 2021March 2024Allow2910NoNo
17500888WLAN SYSTEM RESOURCE INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2021July 2023Allow2100NoNo
17493979DISTRIBUTED UNIT, CENTRAL UNIT, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHOD THEREFOROctober 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17490705SELECTIVE NETWORK SWITCHING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITYSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2610NoNo
17487440METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION RESOURCESeptember 2021December 2023Allow2600NoNo
17485877Communications Method and ApparatusSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310NoNo
17484855USER PAIRING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICESeptember 2021July 2024Allow3410NoNo
17440342OVERHEAD REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEXING (FDD) MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO)September 2021February 2025Allow4120NoNo
17447666SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3230YesNo
17469394WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO DELIVER PAGES TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON WIRELESS FIDELITY NETWORK IDENTIFIERSSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2410NoNo
17461787SWITCHING CONNECTIONS OVER FREQUENCY BANDS OF A WIRELESS NETWORKAugust 2021March 2023Allow1910NoNo
17408179METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR WI-FI MEDIA STREAMING USING AN ALTERNATE ACCESS POINTAugust 2021February 2023Allow1810NoNo
17400477Uplink Transmission Method and Communications ApparatusAugust 2021February 2024Allow3010NoNo
17430211EFFICIENT SIGNALING OF RATE MATCHING PATTERNSAugust 2021October 2023Allow2700NoNo
17397392SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF DESCRIBING SLOT INFORMATIONAugust 2021January 2025Allow4120YesNo
17396592Partial Sensing Enhancement For Sidelink Resource AllocationAugust 2021July 2024Allow3610NoNo
17395390TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE OPPORTUNISTIC CSI FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONAugust 2021July 2023Allow2300NoNo
17428461GNSS Enhanced Cell RankingAugust 2021February 2024Allow3010NoNo
17444408RESOURCE SELECTION FOR SIDELINK COORDINATION INFORMATION REPORT MESSAGESAugust 2021September 2024Allow3740YesNo
17443393Proximity Signaling and Procedure for LTEJuly 2021May 2024Allow3420NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner COX, BRIAN P.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
3
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.0% 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
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(29.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(70.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
41.3%
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, 29.4% 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 COX, BRIAN P - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner COX, BRIAN P works in Art Unit 2474 and has examined 494 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner COX, BRIAN P's allowance rate of 86.0% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by COX, BRIAN P receive 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 51% 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 COX, BRIAN P is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COX, BRIAN P. This interview benefit is in the 33% 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, 30.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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 38.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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, 88.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 65% 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 72.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 76.9% 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, 72.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 50% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 49% 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:

    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

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