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
18582475RAN Centralization SolutionFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
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
18571822DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS FOR SINGLE-CHANNEL MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKSDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18562371TIMING ADVANCE OFFSET FOR RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE (RIS) AIDED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
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
18223742SIGNALING METHOD FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION DRX OPERATIONJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18272500METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UE POWER SAVING USING TRS AND CSIRS CONFIGURATIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18217602METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJuly 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18345943METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDEBAND OPERATION ON UNLICENSED SIDELINKJune 2023November 2025Allow2810YesNo
18337479WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18335742INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18266946FILE SHARING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEJune 2023January 2026Allow3120NoNo
18266482VOICE CALL CONTINUITY IN VOICE-OVER-WI-FI AND EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM FALLBACKJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
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
18251139METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION PROCESSING, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18033836Radio ReceiverApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18301628METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18300635Resource Reselection Assistance Method and Apparatus and Resource Reselection Method and ApparatusApril 2023March 2026Allow3520NoNo
18299860REFERENCE SIGNAL DETERMINING METHOD, REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICEApril 2023March 2026Allow3520NoNo
18248522HYBRID CLOCKING SCHEME FOR TRANSMITTING PACKETIZED AUDIO AND POWER OVER A COMMON CONDUCTORApril 2023December 2025Allow3200NoNo
18297369METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING BEAM FAILURE DETECTION RESOURCE OF TRP IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023January 2026Allow3320NoNo
18295800OPTIMIZING WIRELESS NETWORKING USING A VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM OVERLAYApril 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18247339SSB Enhancement for NR CDRX and DRX OperationMarch 2023March 2026Allow3611NoNo
18123324MEASUREMENT METHOD, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICEMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18185874METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING NETWORK MODE OF ELECTRONIC TERMINALMarch 2023January 2026Allow3420YesNo
18024415Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) Handover During URLLC Packet DuplicationMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18043349Channel Estimation for Configurable SurfacesFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18042868DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18171674METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18041388COMMUNICATION CHIPFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18165828Broadband Satellite TerminalFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3130NoNo
18164528WIRELESS CELL ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATIONFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3720NoNo
18018474OPERATING METHOD OF RELAY UE RELATED TO BWP IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3620NoNo
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
18016089METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING GROUP INFORMATIONJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18093103METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPETITIVE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION CONSIDERING BEAM APPLICATION TIME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18004121A METHOD FOR PROTOCOL STACK SHARING IN DUAL CONNECTIVITYJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18013630COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18090349CELL MAP BUILT AND USED BY MOBILE DEVICESDecember 2022June 2023Allow500NoNo
18147571CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18010433DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18077437METHOD OF REPORTING RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH ON PER FRAME BASIS IN WI-FI NETWORKDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
18062740UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL ADJUSTMENTDecember 2022October 2025Allow3400NoNo
18075808METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING AI MODEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022February 2026Allow3820NoNo
18072936INDICATING CHANNEL PUNCTURING IN A PHY HEADERDecember 2022January 2026Allow3710NoNo
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
17926640METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONNovember 2022August 2025Allow3220YesNo
17998660DIRECT CONNECTION CALL METHOD, CORE NETWORK DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17984799QUASI CO-LOCATION PARAMETER WEIGHTING FOR COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSIONSNovember 2022July 2025Allow3200NoNo
17978921METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID BEAMFORMING WITH AUTONOMOUS BEAMFORMERS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2022November 2025Allow3710NoNo
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
17919998IDENTIFYING RELAY USER EQUIPMENT FOR SIDELINK RELAYOctober 2022October 2025Allow3620NoNo
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
17961386METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZEOctober 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17917373METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
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
17881083MAXIMUM POWER REDUCTIONAugust 2022January 2026Allow4140YesNo
17860661METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MDT MEASUREMENTJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17810474DELTA SIGNALING OF CELL CONFIGURATION FOR INTER-CELL MOBILITYJuly 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
17851043METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2022November 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17847823COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJune 2022November 2024Allow2900NoNo
17843400BEAM DETERMINATION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17841341MACHINE LEARNING BASED INTERFERENCE DETECTION FOR TIERED LICENSING DEPLOYMENTSJune 2022August 2025Allow3820NoNo
17784431NR SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTIONJune 2022August 2025Allow3820NoNo
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
17777529METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE IN EDGE NETWORK INCLUDING MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS, AND SYSTEM THEREFORMay 2022July 2025Allow3810NoNo
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
17733573RESOURCE DETERMINING METHOD, RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICEApril 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17773555METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A MESSAGE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A ROAD USER AND AT LEAST ONE FURTHER ROAD USERApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo

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
61.7%
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
44.1%
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 431 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.9%, 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 84.9% places them in the 61% 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 1.87 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% 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 COX, BRIAN P is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COX, BRIAN P. This interview benefit is in the 36% 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, 29.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% 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 38.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 59% 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 67% 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 60% 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, 78.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 83% 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 53% 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 56% 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:

    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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