USPTO Examiner MOUTAOUAKIL MOUNIR - Art Unit 2476

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18651768SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR END-TO-END BEAMFORMINGMay 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18637043COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODApril 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18581423Allocation of shared reserve memoryFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18432165SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MESH NETWORKS USING POLE STRUCTURESFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18427261DYNAMIC PEAK REDUCTION TONE ALLOCATION WITH LOW OVERHEADJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18408143FLEXIBLE CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18379477DISTRIBUTED LINK DESCRIPTOR MEMORYOctober 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18233713USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATIONS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2023August 2024Allow3510NoNo
18346067COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2023January 2024Allow700YesNo
18331783METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18324670PACKET SENDING METHOD, NETWORK NODE, AND SYSTEMMay 2023May 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18321147System and Method for End-to-End BeamformingMay 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18313986BASE STATION AND POWER ALLOCATION METHODMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18141026CONTENT PROVIDER RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE TARGETTING AND OTHER SETTINGSApril 2023October 2024Allow1820YesNo
18040243SUBSCRIBER STATION FOR A SERIAL BUS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION IN A SERIAL BUS SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18160517AUTOMATIC DEVICE ORDERINGJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18157283DETERMINING TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES FOR UPLINK CANCELLATIONJanuary 2023October 2023Allow900YesNo
18156813CONTROL CHANNEL CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1700YesNo
18096194FLEXIBLE BEAMFORMING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1810NoNo
18095385FLEXIBLE CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMJanuary 2023October 2023Allow900YesNo
18066978COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2022April 2023Allow410YesNo
17928458WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TIMING DETERMINATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMNovember 2022June 2025Allow3000YesNo
17980611System and Method for Return End-to-End BeamformingNovember 2022February 2023Allow300NoNo
17923074METHOD FOR PROVIDING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN RANDOM-ACCESS MESSAGESNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17922178METHOD FOR ACQUIRING NETWORK RESOURCE, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMOctober 2022May 2025Allow3000NoNo
17946902DISTRIBUTED LINK DESCRIPTOR MEMORYSeptember 2022June 2023Allow900YesNo
17931226METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022January 2023Allow400YesNo
17940471COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE A RANDOM ACCESS SUCCESS RATE OF A TERMINAL DEVICESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17929639TIMELINES AND CONDITIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT INFORMATIONSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17896298METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATAAugust 2022March 2023Allow700NoNo
17820717PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION FOR DEFERRED TRANSMISSION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT FEEDBACKAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17819285COLLISION DETECTION AND COLLISION RESOLUTION FOR PRIORITIZED FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17882572TUNNEL PROVISIONING WITH LINK AGGREGATIONAugust 2022September 2023Allow1410YesNo
17874925METHOD OF LOAD FORECASTING VIA ATTENTIVE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, AND AN APPARATUS FOR THE SAMEJuly 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17873772METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM PROVIDING MULTICAST SERVICESJuly 2022May 2025Allow3410NoNo
17790111Multiple Transmit-Receive Points (TRPs) or Antenna Panels Based CQI Measurement Reporting Method, Apparatus, Network Side Device and TerminalJune 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17847571VIRTUAL CARRIER CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS WITH LARGE CARRIER BANDWIDTHJune 2022November 2022Allow500YesNo
17845217DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA PACKETSJune 2022May 2024Allow2310NoNo
17831683SEQUENCE DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICEJune 2022March 2024Allow2200YesNo
17756870TERMINAL AND MEASUREMENT REPORT TRANSMISSION METHODJune 2022May 2025Abandon3520NoNo
17778275TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEMMay 2022February 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17742394DATA REASSEMBLY METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022February 2024Allow2220NoNo
17740079Scheduling Request Handling with Multiple Configured TTIsMay 2022January 2024Allow2020NoNo
17738261Data Transmission Method and ApparatusMay 2022January 2025Allow3301YesNo
17737803MOBILE STATION AND POWER ALLOCATION METHODMay 2022February 2023Allow910YesNo
17774349METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ANALYSIS INFORMATION FOR RFSP INDEX SELECTION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKMay 2022April 2025Allow3610NoNo
17774124METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A CONFIGURATION PARAMETER IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND RELATED APPARATUSMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17733337COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMApril 2022July 2024Allow2610YesNo
17731845Methods and Apparatus for Measurement and Report Information FeedbackApril 2022March 2025Allow3420YesNo
17768836METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION AND DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022March 2025Allow3520NoNo
17708067COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3520NoNo
17706274METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SERVICE FLOW TRANSMISSION, AND SYSTEMMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17689347MONITORING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONMarch 2022February 2025Allow3620NoNo
17652420MANAGING SATELLITE DEVICES WITHIN A BRANCH NETWORKFebruary 2022October 2023Allow2010YesNo
17677674PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL PDCCH TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17590832CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210NoNo
17588385Allocation of Shared Reserve Memory to Queues in a Network DeviceJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2410NoNo
17631465METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ANTENNA PANELJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4030NoNo
17631148SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AUTOMATING CONTEXT SPECIFIC NETWORK FUNCTION CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2500YesNo
17631237TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR RADIO LINK MONITORINGJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010NoNo
17631308METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL LAYER SUB-CELL IDENTITY ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3620NoNo
17631430TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR PREDETERMINED PROCESSING CORRESPONDING TO CONDITIONAL CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2810NoNo
17582747CONTROL CHANNEL CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2022October 2022Allow900YesNo
17572349ENHANCED PER-STREAM RECURSIVE DEMAPPING TECHNIQUESJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17571317COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODJanuary 2022October 2022Allow900YesNo
17566853SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING CARRIER AGGREGATION IN SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2021January 2023Allow1310NoNo
17565525Providing and Using a Distributed Forwarding ServiceDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17558214USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATIONS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2021May 2023Allow1620NoNo
17555225FLEXIBLE BEAMFORMING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2021October 2022Allow1000YesNo
17643103CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PORT MAPPING FOR BASE STATION ANTENNA ADAPTATIONDecember 2021January 2025Allow3710YesNo
17614757TRANSMIT FEEDBACK FOR UNLICENSED NETWORKSNovember 2021April 2025Allow4040NoNo
17455041APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WITHIN REDUCED DURATIONNovember 2021April 2025Allow4120YesNo
17611435METHOD FOR UE TRANSMITTING SIDELINK SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING SIDELINK, AND DEVICE THEREFORNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17595367USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2021June 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17608679METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING TRANSMISSION RESOURCE IN NR V2XNovember 2021November 2024Allow3610YesNo
17491130NR-U WIDEBAND ENHANCEMENTSSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110YesNo
17488833Use Of Ip Networks For Routing Of Cellular Data PacketsSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2800NoNo
17487408FLEXIBLE CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSeptember 2021September 2022Allow1200YesNo
17593840Dynamic Measurement Gap OperationSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
17442535SEMI-STATIC CHANNEL ACCESS FOR TRAFFIC WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIESSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2700YesNo
17481704METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION AND TRANSMITTING INFORMATIONSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17478026INTERFERENCE MITIGATION OF STRONG NEIGHBOR CELL NON-COLLIDING CRSSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3511NoNo
17478203SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR TIMING RECOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICESSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2600NoNo
17470853Transmitter and Receiver, Serializer and Deserializer and Methods for Transmitting and Receiving, Serializing and DeserializingSeptember 2021November 2024Allow3820NoNo
17466404REPORTING USER EQUIPMENT SPECIFIC TIMING ADVANCE IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4140YesNo
17383201DYNAMIC PEAK REDUCTION TONE ALLOCATION WITH LOW OVERHEADJuly 2021October 2023Allow2700YesNo
17367742METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLOT FORMAT DETERMINATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2021March 2023Allow2010NoNo
17362071Use Of IP Networks For Routing Of Cellular Data PacketsJune 2021April 2023Allow2210NoNo
17359154SWITCH FOR AN AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION METHODJune 2021February 2024Allow3250YesNo
17356461METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR OPTIMIZING NETWORK TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION USING TIMESLOT-BASED TRACKED PRODUCER NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) PERFORMANCE DURING PRODUCER NF SELECTIONJune 2021February 2024Allow3210YesNo
17347297CONVERGED DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN SATELLITE NETWORKSJune 2021August 2023Allow2620NoNo
17330432ARRAY CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE ARRAY MODULES AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFMay 2021October 2023Allow2810YesNo
17316335DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2021August 2023Allow2720NoNo
17313919APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING AN EXTREMELY HIGH THROUGHPUT (EHT) PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU)May 2021January 2024Allow3210YesNo
17306431METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ANTENNA PORT INDICATION TO USER EQUIPMENTMay 2021September 2023Allow2910NoNo
17288978USER-MODE PROTOCOL STACK-BASED NETWORK ISOLATION METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2021August 2022Abandon1610NoNo
17240159ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTENTApril 2021March 2023Allow2320NoNo
17240726Use Of IP Networks For Routing Of Cellular Data PacketsApril 2021September 2022Allow1700NoNo
17233409CONVERGENCE FUNCTION TO AVOID MICRO-LOOPSApril 2021August 2022Allow1600NoNo
17217089MOBILE WIRELESS BASE STATIONS, NETWORK USAGE MONITORING, AND DEPLOYMENTMarch 2021May 2024Abandon3720YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
14
Examiner Affirmed
10
(71.4%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(28.6%)
Reversal Percentile
43.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.6% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
58
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(24.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
44
(75.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
29.4%
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, 24.1% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR works in Art Unit 2476 and has examined 717 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR's allowance rate of 86.6% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR receive 1.71 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% 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 MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR. This interview benefit is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 26.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 28% 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, 92.7% 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 77.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 55.3% 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, 22.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.1% of allowed cases (in the 78% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.9% of allowed cases (in the 71% 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:

  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.