USPTO Examiner KRUEGER KENT K - Art Unit 2474

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18786357WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING TRAINING SIGNALJuly 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18781010VIRTUAL SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CARD FOR EDGE DEVICEJuly 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18649855TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024December 2024Allow810YesNo
18617414GRADUAL SENSING FOR USER EQUIPMENT POWER SAVING IN SIDELINK OPERATIONMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18615223DEVICES AND METHODS OF SIGNALING FOR RESOURCE SELECTION AND RESERVATION IN SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320NoNo
18595946METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDCCH REPETITION IN MULTI-TRP SYSTEMMarch 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18440884DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DATA FLOW CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICESFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620NoNo
18439447NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18294052FREQUENCY OFFSET MEASUREMENT FOR IMPROVED BEAM SELECTIONJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18425622METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK DATA INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18413697METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING WIRELESS DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18406674UPLINK SIGNALING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITYJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18529683Technique for Configuring a Phase Tracking Reference SignalDecember 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18512740DISCONTINUOUS DOWNLINK CHANNEL MONITORINGNovember 2023August 2024Allow5000NoNo
18497841METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF SCHEDULING TIMING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18552480FEEDBACK INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, BASE STATION, USER EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18370230UPLINK TRANSMISSION SWITCHING FOR INTRA-BAND NONCONTIGUOUS UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATIONSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18467028FLEXIBLE SCOPE OF PACKET FILTERS FOR REFLECTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICESeptember 2023June 2024Allow910YesNo
18279821METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK MONITORING AND BEAM FAILURE DETECTION MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18453473CYCLIC SHIFT DIVERSITY-BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18547241METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING BANDWIDTH FIELD BY EXCLUDING BIT INDICATING SPECIFIC BANDWIDTH OF TB A-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMAugust 2023September 2025Allow2500NoNo
18451395APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL ACCORDING TO CHANNEL STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910YesNo
18228857PHYSICAL LAYER IMPROVEMENTS FOR SHORT RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18263272CONFIGURING TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCESJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18360345METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT MODE SELECTION PROCEDURE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINTSJuly 2023December 2025Allow2810YesNo
18356203FALLBACK PROCEDURES FOR TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18352427METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LIGHT CONNECTION IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJuly 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18335931PRACH PROCESSING FOR O-RUJune 2023July 2024Allow1300YesNo
18332108SUPERIMPOSED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS ON UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSIONSJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18331708NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALINGJune 2023December 2023Allow600YesNo
18331116F1 CONNECTION OPTIONS IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL HANDOVER SCENARIOSJune 2023November 2025Allow2900NoNo
18256009UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION RECEPTION METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICEJune 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18256011SIDELINK RESOURCE CONFLICT INDICATIONJune 2023December 2025Allow3010YesNo
18265037TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2023February 2026Abandon3310NoNo
18254080METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMMay 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18254097Communication Method and Apparatus, Chip, Storage Medium, and Program ProductMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
183182345G NETWORK HAVING AN EXTERNAL MULTI-PATH TRANSPORT PROTOCOL PROXY NODEMay 2023December 2023Allow700YesNo
18195379WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING TRAINING SIGNALMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18195032Method for Determining Transmission Frequency and Communication DeviceMay 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18141494COOPERATION WITH DIGITAL FREQUENCY-TRANSLATION REPEATER FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION-REPEATER BEHAVIORMay 2023August 2025Allow2700NoNo
18300946METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAMEApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18295591METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK DATA INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18193833RADIO PDCCH TO FACILITATE NUMEROLOGY OPERATIONSMarch 2023October 2023Allow700YesNo
18246271METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION (CQI), AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18124141COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC OR CHANGING MAPPING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE SET OF DOMAIN NAMES AND THE NETWORK ADDRESSESMarch 2023June 2024Allow1510YesNo
18109273METHOD FOR PERFORMING MESH CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18104700APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER CONFIGURATION AND REPORTING OF VIRTUAL SERVICESFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710YesNo
18157575SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELAY SERVICESJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18157032COHERENT PUCCH FORMAT FOR THE TIME-DOMAIN SINGLE-CARRIER WAVEFORMJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3420NoNo
18015967Methods for selectively enabling and disabling UL HARQ retransmission in NTN communications and communication apparatus utilizing the sameJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18096495Method And Apparatus For Satellite Access Network Measurement Within Overlapping GapsJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110YesNo
18014719HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ)-ACKNOWLEDGMENT (ACK) ENHANCEMENT FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULED (SPS) PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PDSCH) IN AN UNLICENSED NEW RADIO SPECTRUM (NR-U)January 2023January 2026Allow3610NoNo
18092969INTER-BUNDLE CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DOWNLINK DATA RECEPTIONJanuary 2023June 2025Allow3000NoNo
18148365AUTOMATING CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT IN CELLULAR NETWORKSDecember 2022June 2025Allow3000NoNo
18003674CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) PROCESSING FOR UE INITIATED CSI AND DOWNLINK GRANT CSIDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610NoNo
18145987APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONDecember 2022July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18145836TRANSMISSION DELAY COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18084798DEEP PACKET ANALYSISDecember 2022July 2023Allow610YesNo
18011309CORE NETWORK NODE, MEC SERVER, EXTERNAL SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAMDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18084185WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18002465METHOD FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BY TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18076672APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FRONTHAUL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022June 2025Allow3000NoNo
18073991METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING WIRELESS DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022September 2023Allow1020YesNo
18007720SCHEDULING FOR ACTIVE BANDWIDTH PARTSDecember 2022December 2025Allow3710NoNo
18007631WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17928348RADAR METADATA IN FRONTHAUL MANAGEMENT PLANE SIGNALINGNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17758378TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2022December 2024Allow2900YesNo
17992123CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR FULL DUPLEX WIRELESS SYSTEMSNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010YesNo
17789371PRE-CONFIGURED PRS TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING, AND APPARATUS THEREFORNovember 2022June 2025Allow3600NoNo
17986486Technique for Configuring a Phase Tracking Reference SignalNovember 2022June 2023Allow710YesNo
17985934UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2022August 2025Allow3310YesNo
18051154TECHNIQUES FOR RETRANSMISSION WITH COMPONENT CARRIER SWITCHING CONFIGURATIONOctober 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
18050170COMMUNICATION SIMULATION BETWEEN AN ACCESS POINT AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2600NoNo
17996567TECHNIQUES FOR REPEATING A TRANSPORT BLOCK USING SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXINGOctober 2022April 2025Allow3020YesNo
17967561DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
179109444X LTF SEQUENCE FOR 320MHZ BANDSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17910274COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17939919SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION NODESeptember 2022December 2025Allow3930NoNo
17801069DISCOVERY AND PROVISIONING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17904188TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONAugust 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17886028GATEWAY HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2022July 2025Allow3510NoNo
17868049DEDICATED PILOT SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIO FREQUENCY IMPAIRMENT COMPENSATIONJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17868588FALLBACK PROCEDURES FOR TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURESJuly 2022April 2023Allow910NoNo
17758458REPETITION AND TIME DOMAIN COVER CODE BASED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCES FOR ANTENNA SWITCHINGJuly 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17850107FRAME DATA PROCESSINGJune 2022April 2025Allow3300NoNo
17850190UPLINK SIGNALING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITYJune 2022October 2023Allow1520NoNo
17806942DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DATA FLOW CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICESJune 2022October 2023Allow1620NoNo
17838270METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA, AND DEVICESJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17751163METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17741032Communication Method, Network Device, and TerminalMay 2022February 2023Allow1010NoNo
17775481RACH PROCEDURES BASED UPON DOWNLINK RECEIVE CAPABILITY LEVEL OF A USER EQUIPMENTMay 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17727087ON-BOX BEHAVIOR-BASED TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATIONApril 2022November 2022Allow610YesNo
17718099NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALINGApril 2022March 2023Allow1110NoNo
17765497Determination of PRACH Occasions and PUSCH Occasions for 2-Step Random AccessMarch 2022August 2025Allow4020NoNo
17765615ENHANCEMENT FOR HIGH SPEED TRAIN MEASUREMENTS AND SIGNALINGMarch 2022July 2024Allow2700NoNo
17703430ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FLOW CONTROL IN 5G CELLULAR NETWORKS AND BEYONDMarch 2022July 2025Allow4010YesNo
17655537ENHANCED APERIODIC OR SEMI-PERSISTENT CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT ON MULTI-BEAM PUSCH REPETITIONMarch 2022March 2024Allow2400NoNo
17655488SIDELINK BEAM MANAGEMENTMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17655507SCHEDULING ENHANCEMENTS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17694060ON-BOX BEHAVIOR-BASED TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATIONMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KRUEGER, KENT K.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
1
(33.3%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(66.7%)
Reversal Percentile
86.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 66.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
11
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(36.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(63.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
59.6%
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, 36.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner KRUEGER, KENT K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KRUEGER, KENT K works in Art Unit 2474 and has examined 383 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KRUEGER, KENT K's allowance rate of 87.2% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KRUEGER, KENT K receive 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% 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 KRUEGER, KENT K is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KRUEGER, KENT K. This interview benefit is in the 44% 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, 32.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 31.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 46% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% 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 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 43.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 36% 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 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:

    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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