USPTO Examiner DUONG FRANK - Art Unit 2474

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18965550Communication Network with Base Station Nodes and Repeater Nodes for Wirelessly Communicating Data Between the Base Station Nodes and a Multi-Antenna Mobile HandsetDecember 2024January 2025Allow100NoNo
18605094ENHANCED NDPA FRAME FOR SENSINGMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18438716SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE PATTERN IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18429112ENTANGLED LINKS, TRANSACTIONS AND TREES FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18421742METHOD OF TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND TRANSMITTER USING THE SAMEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18416011METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION AND SENSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK OPERATING IN HALF-DUPLEX MODEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720NoNo
18528706CLASSICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTANGLEMENTDecember 2023June 2025Allow1910NoNo
18517616Communication Network with Control Plane NetworkNovember 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18516738APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL POWER BOOSTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18488352Capability Signaling in Wireless CommunicationsOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18480101DETERMINATION OF USER PRESENCE AND ABSENCE USING WIFI CONNECTIONSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18476540METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PORT SELECTION CODEBOOK ENHANCEMENTSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1600NoNo
18471628Resource Indication Method and ApparatusSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18471195ENHANCED NDPA FRAME FOR SENSINGSeptember 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18231981SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING SPECTRUM AMONG CROSS-INTERFERING RADIO NODES OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18228668SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PACKET FORWARDING THROUGHPUT FOR ENCAPSULATED TUNNELSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18359612OPTIMIZING RESOURCES IN DATA TRANSMISSIONJuly 2023February 2025Allow1910NoNo
18358864NETWORK RESOURCE SELECTION FOR FLOWS USING FLOW CLASSIFICATIONJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18357362SUPPORTING 320 MHZ OPERATING BWJuly 2023February 2025Allow1910NoNo
18355620COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODJuly 2023February 2025Allow1910NoNo
18353986Nodes for high frequency fixed wireless access networkJuly 2023March 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18221139SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS NODE UPGRADE AND SELECTIONJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18349997RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18218725SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS NODE UPGRADE AND SELECTIONJuly 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18345743Maximum Sustainable Encoding Bit Rates for Video DownloadsJune 2023December 2024Allow1820NoNo
18342732ENTANGLED LINKS, TRANSACTIONS AND TREES FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18039736METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENTJune 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18200705Clock Synchronisation Between Devices Using Message TimestampsMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18143262WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18308367DYNAMICALLY LEARNING MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSESApril 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18134530WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING MULTIPLE CHANNELSApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18133913MULTIPLE PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED NETWORKS FOR NETWORK SELECTIONApril 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18132467Method and Device for Multi-Antenna Transmission in UE and Base StationApril 2023April 2025Allow2430NoNo
18119586Creating a global Reinforcement Learning (RL) model from subnetwork RL agentsMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18114684CONNECTED MODE DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION ENABLEMENT AND PARAMETER ADAPTATIONFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18020866MULTICAST-BROADCAST SERVICES SUPPORT FOR NETWORK RELAYFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18106045QUANTUM SECURE NETWORK CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATIONFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1710NoNo
18015509A COMMUNICATION UNIT FOR SOFT-DECISION DEMODULATION AND METHOD THEREFORJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18149180SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC AUTHORIZATION OF EXTERNAL DEVICES FOR NETWORK ACCESSJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18091992REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR JITTER BUFFER CONTROLDecember 2022May 2024Allow1710NoNo
18148287FREQUENCY DEPENDENT RESIDUAL SIDEBAND INDICATIONSDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18003637Cell Selection Method and ApparatusDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18084750METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING TERMINAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH OVERHEATING AND POWER SAVING MODE OPERATION IN NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18068250Method for Handover Between Access Points, and Terminal EquipmentDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18067340POWER HEADROOM REPORTING WITH DUAL CONNECTIVITYDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18059169DYNAMIC PACKET BUFFERING DURATIONNovember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
17992574METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK CHANNEL FOR MTC TERMINAL, AND APPARATUS THEREFORNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
18056667RADIO RESOURCE SELECTION AND SENSING FOR V2X TRANSMISSIONSNovember 2022May 2024Allow1810NoNo
18054559REUSE OF TRANSMISSION RESOURCES FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710NoNo
17979811OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION METHODNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
17921061INTERLACED SIDELINK DATA FOR COMMUNICATIONOctober 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17971725BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2022March 2024Allow1710NoNo
17970787DISPLAY DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEMOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
18047810TRANSCEIVEROctober 2022January 2025Allow2600NoNo
17966973METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION AND SENSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK OPERATING IN HALF-DUPLEX MODEOctober 2022September 2023Allow1100NoNo
17964255System and Method for Tunneling Network Requests to a Device via a Persistent ConnectionOctober 2022December 2024Allow2600NoNo
18045457ENTANGLED LINKS, TRANSACTIONS AND TREES FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSOctober 2022October 2023Allow1310NoNo
17961540COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONNECTION METHODOctober 2022January 2025Allow2700NoNo
17958513DYNAMIC ON-DEMAND VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) SESSION DISTRIBUTION FOR GATEWAYSOctober 2022January 2025Allow2800NoNo
17956266METHOD OF TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND TRANSMITTER USING THE SAMESeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310NoNo
17930873METHOD FOR REDUCING FALSE DETECTION OF SUCCESSFUL DECODING OF CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK CODESSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310NoNo
17930405ACK COALESCING PERFORMANCE THROUGH DYNAMIC STREAM SELECTIONSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17889949MULTI-MEMBER BLUETOOTH DEVICE CAPABLE OF REDUCING COMPLEXITY OF UPDATING INTERNAL CLOCK OF BLUETOOTH CIRCUITAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17889083RETRANSMISSION OF MESH LINK ESTABLISHMENT ADVERTISEMENTS IN A THREAD NETWORKAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17799844Backhaul Adaptation Protocol Path Identity for Fair Scheduling in an Integrated Access Backhaul NodeAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17888371EXTREMELY HIGH THROUGHPUT (EHT) MULTI-BAND TRANSMISSIONAugust 2022May 2024Allow2121NoNo
17888464ZCNET - LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORK (LPWAN) CODE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (CDM) AND MODULATION SYSTEM, PROCESS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND CIRCUITRYAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17887114SIDELINK BEAM MANAGEMENTAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17887316CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN FULL-DUPLEX NETWORKSAugust 2022November 2024Allow2700NoNo
17819294MODIFICATION OF JOINT DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CYCLEAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17818418Fast Secondary Cell Activation with Temporary Reference SignalsAugust 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17818590TECHNIQUES FOR TIMING ADVANCE MAINTENANCE FOR DEACTIVATED CELLS BASED ON A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL OPERATIONAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17798269TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2022March 2025Allow3120NoNo
17760029Fast Secondary Cell Activation with Temporary Reference SignalsAugust 2022April 2025Allow3320NoNo
17878247Method and Apparatus for Receiving CPRI Data Stream, Method and Apparatus for Receiving Ethernet Frame, and SystemAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17759844APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIDELINK AUXILIARY CARRIER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17874020Optimized Eco-system Design with Thread DevicesJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17872324INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2022July 2023Allow1210NoNo
17794568BANDWIDTH PART ALLOCATION CONTROLJuly 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17812469IOT GATEWAY FOR REMOTE NATURAL GAS COMPRESSION SYSTEMSJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17857159LONG TERM EVOLUTION-PRIMARY WIFI (LTE-PW)July 2022August 2023Allow1310NoNo
17758239UPLINK TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION STATE SIGNALINGJune 2022January 2025Allow3110YesNo
17852813Service Processing Method, Apparatus, and SystemJune 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17851410SIGNALING FOR ENABLING FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A TIMING ADVANCEJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17850815METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING A CABLE CONNECTIONJune 2022August 2023Allow1310NoNo
17787958An Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Ultra-Isolation DC-100 Gigahertz Front-End Module with Integrated Duplexer, Low Noise Amplifier, and Power Amplifier for Wireless Communication ApplicationsJune 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17808021REPORTING OF PUNCTURING BASED INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE COVARIANCE MATRIX MEASUREMENTSJune 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17842884NETWORK AND NODE SYNCHRONIZATION METHODJune 2022May 2025Allow3510NoNo
17842756METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17833334NETWORK-INITIATED GROUP DISCONNECT FOR WIRELESS DEVICESJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17832159INTEGRITY VERIFIED PATHS BETWEEN ENTITIES IN A CONTAINER-ORCHESTRATION SYSTEMJune 2022June 2023Allow1310YesNo
17831744MULTI-MEMBER BLUETOOTH DEVICE CAPABLE OF SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO PLAYBACK BETWEEN DIFFERENT BLUETOOTH CIRCUITSJune 2022May 2023Allow1210NoNo
17781859METHODS, UE AND FIRST NETWORK NODE FOR HANDLING MOBILITY INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKJune 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17756463DEVICE-TO-DEVICE PERIODIC SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17779541METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING RADIO-LINK FAILURE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17751498DUPLICATING PDCP PDUS FOR A RADIO BEARERMay 2022June 2023Allow1310NoNo
17746840DETERMINATION OF USER PRESENCE AND ABSENCE USING WIFI CONNECTIONSMay 2022June 2023Allow1310NoNo
17662294LOW-LATENCY CHANNEL EQUALIZATION USING A SECONDARY CHANNELMay 2022August 2023Allow1610YesNo
17774647COMMUNICATION METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) CONTROL ELEMENT (CE) LATENCY CONTROLMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17734804Synchronization of Content Between Networked DevicesMay 2022April 2025Allow3610NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
4
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
51.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
28
Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(53.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(46.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
84.1%
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, 53.6% 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 DUONG, FRANK - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DUONG, FRANK works in Art Unit 2474 and has examined 1,434 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DUONG, FRANK's allowance rate of 93.0% places them in the 80% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by DUONG, FRANK receive 1.09 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 16% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by DUONG, FRANK is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DUONG, FRANK. This interview benefit is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 42.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 93% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 63.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 63.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 50% 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 79.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 56.5% 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, 47.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 56% 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 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 71% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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.

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