USPTO Examiner NOWLIN ERIC - Art Unit 2474

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18745493CONSOLIDATED FEEDBACK INDICATION AND FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18677415TECHNOLOGIES FOR STREAMING DEVICE ROLE REVERSALMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18668849METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZING REMOTE PROFILE MANAGEMENTMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18622244UNIVERSAL PROTOCOL TRANSLATORMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18617383METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNICATION ENTITY OPERATING IN NEW BAND IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18607812Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Aided Smart Agriculture NetworksMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400YesNo
18589589JOINT RESOURCE MAP DESIGN OF DM-RS AND PT-RSFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1420YesNo
18438629BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING AND DETERMINATION OF A CONTENTION WINDOWFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18421466FULL DUPLEX EXPANDER IN A FULL DUPLEX NETWORKJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18409248DISABLING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACKJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18392983DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) FOR SIDELINK GRANTDecember 2023February 2025Allow1420YesNo
18521230DORMANT BANDWIDTH PART (BWP) CONFIGURATION FOR FULL-DUPLEX OPERATIONNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18519771METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CHANNEL CODING AND DECODING IN COMMUNICATION OR BROADCASTING SYSTEMNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18504249MANAGEMENT OF SINGLE-SHOT HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKS ALONG WITH HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKS WITH SET PRIORITY LEVELSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18492667Small Cell Demodulation Reference Signal and Initial SynchronizationOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18488640METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING UPLINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18381110NETWORK FUNCTION INSTANCE SELECTIONOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520NoNo
18485347INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18370421UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION/CONFIGURATION INDICATION METHOD AND DEVICE, TERMINAL AND BASE STATIONSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1420NoNo
18470074Enhanced fault isolation in connectivity fault management (CFM)September 2023January 2026Allow2810YesNo
18368636DECODING & FORWARDING REPEATERSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2700NoNo
18462284DISCONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION CONFIGURATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSITION ESTIMATION SESSION OR A SENSING OPERATIONSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18460048TECHNIQUES FOR RETRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18453771SPATIAL DOMAIN RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATION HANDLINGAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18453597Coordinated Transmission and Control for Audio Output DevicesAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18230217Contention Resolution Window Size Based on Uplink Carrier SwitchingAugust 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18361792USER EQUIPMENT MONITORING CAPABILITY FOR MULTIPLE SLOT PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORINGJuly 2023October 2024Allow1520YesNo
18272437MAC CE BASED COMMON BEAM INDICATIONJuly 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18261164DYNAMIC INDICATION OF PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) TRANSMISSION TO A SINGLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINT (TRP) OR MULTIPLE TRPSJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18350631DCI SIZE ALIGNMENT FOR A SCHEDULED CELL WITH MULTIPLE SCHEDULING CELLSJuly 2023November 2025Allow2800NoNo
18349856METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DCI SIZE FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULINGJuly 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18215183Interface circuit and memory controllerJune 2023January 2026Allow3100NoNo
18013771METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023December 2025Allow3610NoNo
18214665USING STATEFUL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DATA TO PERFORM PACKET PROCESSINGJune 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18338029METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION FOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONJune 2023November 2025Allow2910YesNo
18210088COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18209698WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICEJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18333450METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP-BASED MULTI-BEAM OPERATIONJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18208374BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18206619METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CELL GROUP-BASED HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSJune 2023March 2026Allow3310YesNo
18206081WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR COEXISTENCE WITH LEGACY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINALJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18255710DYNAMIC TRIGGERING OF TYPE 3 CODEBOOK FEEDBACKJune 2023March 2026Allow3320YesNo
18255223METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACKMay 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18039370METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONMay 2023September 2025Allow2810YesNo
18324839CROSS-PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL RATE MATCHING FOR MULTIPLE COORDINATED TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINTS WITH MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATIONMay 2023February 2026Allow3210YesNo
18314209COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023January 2026Allow3320NoNo
18313939METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING COVERAGE FOR PDCCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18035490COHERENT UPLINK (UL) MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO)May 2023September 2025Allow2910YesNo
18250825FEEDBACK SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKApril 2023January 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18137316TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) SLOT FORMAT CONFIGURATION INDICATION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSApril 2023July 2024Allow1520YesNo
18302102WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2023August 2024Allow1620YesNo
18032156PDCCH TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PDCCH RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18299945COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSApril 2023January 2026Allow3320NoNo
18296909TRANSPORT BLOCK TRANSMISSION OVER MULTIPLE SLOTS WITH SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX OPERATIONApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18030094INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18029813TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18191618JOINT RESOURCE MAP DESIGN OF DM-RS AND PT-RSMarch 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18190613METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL ACCESS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2023November 2023Allow710NoNo
18189602ASSISTANCE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18126222METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSIONMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18124739Consecutive Listen-Before-Talk Procedures Based on Bandwidth Part SwitchingMarch 2023November 2023Allow710NoNo
18186628DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR DORMANCY INDICATION AND ONE-SHOT HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACKMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320YesNo
18119728FULL DUPLEX EXPANDER IN A FULL DUPLEX NETWORKMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18118960ENHANCED SINGLE-DCI MULTI-PANEL UPLINK TRANSMISSIONSMarch 2023February 2026Allow3520YesNo
18044153MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) TABLE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023January 2026Abandon3410NoNo
18113916WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18172351BASE STATION AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
18042133MULTI-PANEL UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS WITH PRECODINGFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210YesNo
18021952CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18041641USE EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY HOPPINGFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310NoNo
18168748MULTIPLE CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULING COMPONENT CARRIERSFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18040837METHODS FOR OPERATING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST WITH DISABLING PER HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESSFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18020056METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION OR DOWNLINK RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18019658DAI and HARQ Codebook for Multi-Cell SchedulingFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18019134CONFIGURING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE SETSFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3110YesNo
18018695METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3420NoNo
18160862UPLINK AND/OR DOWNLINK SCHEDULING ALIGNMENT FOR PERIODIC MULTIMEDIA TRAFFICJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310YesNo
18154285Systems and Methods for Transmission of Uplink Control Information over Multiple Carriers in Unlicensed SpectrumJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1320NoNo
18097063METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING DATA CHANNELJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18153715HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CODEBOOK RETRANSMISSION FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION BASED MULTIPLE TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINTJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18015399TRANSMISSION USING DMRS FROM TWO CODE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING GROUPSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110YesNo
18014505ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18150150FALLBACK OPERATION FOR A SEMI-STATIC HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK CODEBOOK FOR MULTICASTJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3520YesNo
18012726CONTROL SIGNAL CONFIGURATION WAVEFORM TYPEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18145766METHOD FOR DETERMINING CELL PARAMETERS BY TERMINALDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18011342DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18078254METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210YesNo
18073907METHOD FOR UTILIZING ANALYTICS ON POWER CONSUMPTION INFORMATIONDecember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
18007717WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE ACTIVE BANDWIDTH PARTSDecember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
17927299LOCATION AWARE RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CO-EXISTING PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING PREDICTIONSNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
18057590BEAM INDICATION REUSENovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
17989208INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICENovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17987434Cell Configuration For Packet DuplicationNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17986307INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMNovember 2022April 2024Allow1730YesNo
17998107INDICATION OF DOPPLER PRE-COMPENSATION IN MULTI-TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINT COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
18049242APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17996908BROADCAST OR MULTICAST WAKEUP SIGNALS AND DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTIONOctober 2022August 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17966352METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CHANNEL CODING AND DECODING IN COMMUNICATION OR BROADCASTING SYSTEMOctober 2022October 2023Allow1220NoNo
17918123HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK METHOD, TERMINAL AND BASE STATIONOctober 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17962813TIME DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
4
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
73.0%
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
24
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(37.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(62.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
61.6%
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, 37.5% 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 NOWLIN, ERIC - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner NOWLIN, ERIC works in Art Unit 2474 and has examined 752 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner NOWLIN, ERIC's allowance rate of 89.0% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by NOWLIN, ERIC receive 1.95 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 48% 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 NOWLIN, ERIC is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NOWLIN, ERIC. This interview benefit is in the 37% 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, 31.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 65% 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 59.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 85% 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, 53.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 47% 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 70.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.9% 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, 47.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 42% 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 53% 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.

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.