USPTO Examiner WEIDNER TIMOTHY J - Art Unit 2476

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18635992MODULATION ORDER ADAPTATION FOR PARTIAL SUBFRAMESApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18590763MANAGEMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE RELAY METHOD FOR LOST-DEVICE BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY SIGNALINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18588917OPERATION METHOD OF UE RELATED TO SIDELINK COMMUNICATION AND FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18587501SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND ISSUE DETECTIONFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18419271HANDOVER PROCEDURES INVOLVING SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18413121FRONTHAUL LINK SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18544726Time-Synchronized Radio Bearer For Supporting Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) Based Time Sensitive Network (TSN) ApplicationsDecember 2023April 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18540429DISCOVERY OF RECONFIGURABLE SURFACESDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18515525ENABLING 2G AND 3G CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OVER A PACKET-BASED OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK FRONTHAUL INTERFACENovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18497414COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES (RAT) FOR A MULTI-MODE USER EQUIPMENT (UE)October 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18384062BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18484716BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND SYSTEMOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18378947SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING AND AUTHORIZING ACCESS TO AND ACCOUNTING FOR WIRELESS ACCESS VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT CONSUMPTION BY CLIENT DEVICESOctober 2023April 2025Allow1820NoNo
18479145SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING WIRELESS MESH NETWORKSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18236206TRANSMISSION DELAY COMPENSATION FOR INTRA-FREQUENCY BAND COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18358911DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL PARTITIONING FOR SECURITY PASS-THROUGH VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION (VNF)July 2023May 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18355687METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN AN EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM AND A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR PROVIDING EDGE COMPUTING SERVICEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1720NoNo
18222295Systems and Methods for Aperiodic Measurement Reference Signal Transmission in Multiple Antenna SystemsJuly 2023January 2025Allow1820NoNo
18334503RELAY SELECTION FOR COOPERATIVE RELAYINGJune 2023August 2024Allow1400NoNo
18322151Enhanced Network Connectivity for a Connected Car and Onboard User EquipmentMay 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18199040DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023October 2024Allow1720NoNo
18198485Method of Managing Traffic by a User Plane Function, UPF, Corresponding UPF, Session Management Function and Network Data Analytics FunctionMay 2023June 2024Allow1320NoNo
18317831SELF INTERFERENCE AND CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT OF BIDIRECTIONAL SMART REPEATERSMay 2023July 2024Allow1420NoNo
18305407SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING WIRELESS MESH NETWORKSApril 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18296696MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICEApril 2023May 2025Allow2640NoNo
18185856COORDINATED SIDELINK AIR INTERFACE RESOURCE SELECTION FOR FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18177869SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR ENABLING RELAY SERVICES FOR USER EQUIPMENT TO ACCESS 5GC VIA A RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYMarch 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18043684THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION SYSTEM, THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION DEVICEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18174476OBTAINING SECURE TIME OVER A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2801NoNo
18169071PRIORITIZING AN ISSUE REPORTED BY A USER OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18166810CONGESTION CONTROL FOR POWER SAVINGS IN USER EQUIPMENT FOR DIRECT LINK COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1120NoNo
18165491ENHANCED BEAM SWITCHINGFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18159039THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION FOR A WIRELESS DEVICEJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810YesNo
18158095COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18089649TECHNIQUES FOR GAP-BASED FEEDBACK MEASUREMENT IN NEW RADIO WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORKDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18013120DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-LINK FUNCTION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18079159COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18009594METHOD, PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING MASTER CELL GROUP, MCG, FAILURE AND RADIO LINK FAILURE, RLF, REPORTINGDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
17925839ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2022May 2025Allow3011YesNo
17986694NON-STANDALONE ARCHITECTURE FRAME ALIGNMENTNovember 2022July 2024Allow2130NoNo
18054797COMPRESSED MEASUREMENT FEEDBACK USING AN ENCODER NEURAL NETWORKNovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
18053913USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONINGNovember 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
17981896METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING CHANNEL STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2022December 2023Allow1320NoNo
18052659TARGETED MICROCELL INSTALLATIONS FOR CELLULAR NETWORK GAPSNovember 2022April 2025Allow3900NoNo
18052548RESOLVING SR AND BSR DELAY FROM MEASUREMENT GAP CONFLICT FOR LOW LATENCYNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
17918834INTER-CELL BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR 5G SYSTEMSOctober 2022June 2025Allow3211NoNo
18045273MANAGEMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE RELAY METHOD FOR LOST-DEVICE BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY SIGNALINGOctober 2022November 2023Allow1420NoNo
17961739PRACTICAL EASYCONNECT ONBOARDING OF EXTENDERSOctober 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17961417METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING PUCCH RESOURCES TO USER EQUIPMENTS IN A COMMUNCATION NETWORKOctober 2022April 2025Allow3101NoNo
17937551HARQ FEEDBACK REPORTING FOR CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULINGOctober 2022November 2023Allow1420YesNo
17916701TIMING DIFFERENCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022February 2025Allow2810NoNo
17937146HARQ FEEDBACK REPORTING FOR CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULINGSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3220NoYes
17956790LAYER 2 MEASUREMENT METHOD AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17915856INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17934974TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17951056INCREASING UTILIZATION OF UEs USED IN TESTING A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17947510System and Method for Network AccessSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1321NoNo
17946662ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DECIDING CELL ON OR OFF THRESHOLD BASED ON TRAFFICSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17943260COMMUNICATION-PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION VIA AUGMENTED REALITYSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17931144MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT LAYER ADAPTATIONSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3220YesNo
17906030TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONSeptember 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17822768CELLULAR VOICE AND SERVICE DIAGNOSTIC TEST SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS DEVICESAugust 2022January 2025Allow2900NoNo
17892305CROSS-SUBNET CONTROLLER DISCOVERY VIA A PROXYAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17820125Systems and Methods for Reverse Affinity Link Exclusion for Ultra-Reliable Low Latency CommunicationAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17799365METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CHANNEL FROM MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION POINTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022October 2024Allow2600NoNo
17884059RESOURCE UTILIZATION BASED EVENT TRIGGERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2022May 2023Allow1010YesNo
17882715NETWORK ENTITY BACKOFF POWER ADAPTATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17882001METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17760295DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17817316METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSAugust 2022January 2025Allow3000NoNo
17796821BEAM SWITCHING UPON NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECEPTIONAugust 2022June 2025Allow3510YesNo
17870393CELL SITE ENERGY UTILIZATION MANAGEMENTJuly 2022January 2025Allow2900NoNo
17791388USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SIM OPERATIONJuly 2022October 2024Allow2700NoNo
17857899End-to-End Prioritization for Mobile Base StationJuly 2022February 2024Allow1920NoNo
17810433OPTICAL MODULE FOR CXL STANDARDJuly 2022April 2023Allow910YesNo
17855159METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL MEASUREMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMJune 2022October 2024Abandon2840YesNo
17853784SELECTIVE RETRANSMISSIONS ON A NON-ORTHOGONAL CHANNELJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17808512CODEWORD LAYER MAPPING FOR RATE-SPLITTING MIMO COMMUNICATIONJune 2022July 2024Allow2500NoNo
17846943TRANSMISSION DELAY COMPENSATION FOR INTRA-FREQUENCY BAND COMMUNICATIONJune 2022April 2023Allow1010YesNo
17787984Method and Apparatus for Selecting Plurality of Terminal Devices for Uplink and Downlink TransmissionsJune 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17845002Management of GNB in Network Functions Virtualization FrameworkJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17841528METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING FAILURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEJune 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17837219SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-LAYER CLIENT ASSURANCE ARCHITECTURE FOR PRIVATE CELLULAR NETWORKINGJune 2022February 2025Allow3301NoNo
17836895MANAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION INSTANCES FOR ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICESJune 2022December 2024Allow3000NoNo
17783420CELL MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17832071SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING AND AUTHORIZING ACCESS TO AND ACCOUNTING FOR WIRELESS ACCESS VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT CONSUMPTION BY CLIENT DEVICESJune 2022July 2023Allow1301NoNo
17805209BEAM MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS IN MODEL-BASED CHANNEL TRACKINGJune 2022November 2024Allow3000NoNo
17826811ACTIVATION OF SECONDARY CELL CONTAINING BANDWIDTH PARTSMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17778360TECHNIQUES FOR DOWNLINK AND UPLINK DATA DCI TRIGGERING FOR FULL DUPLEX UES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022December 2024Allow3001NoNo
17756041LIGHTWEIGHT FRAGMENTATION AND RELIABILITY FOR FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE ACCESS STRATUM AND NON-ACCESS STRATUM SIGNALINGMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17743905Packet Forwarding Method, First Network Device, and First Device GroupMay 2022September 2024Allow2801NoNo
17744518METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTING IN SIDELINKMay 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17776505METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDING OVER TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17737871SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK SOFTWARE PARAMETER OPTIMIZATIONMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17774568SUB-BAND INDICATION IN DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BANDMay 2022June 2024Allow2520NoNo
17662112DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR LICENSED AND UNLICENSED NEW RADIOMay 2022January 2025Allow3321YesNo
17737987WAKE UP SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, WAKE UP SIGNAL CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICEMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17733789CODE BLOCK GROUP-BASED RETRANSMISSION AND FEEDBACK FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING COMMUNICATIONSApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17730291ENABLING 2G AND 3G CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OVER A PACKET-BASED OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK FRONTHAUL INTERFACEApril 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17729499Methods for Quality-Aware Reporting of RSSI-Based Measurements to Avoid RSSI Window SplitApril 2022December 2023Abandon2020NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
16
Examiner Affirmed
13
(81.2%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(18.8%)
Reversal Percentile
29.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 18.8% 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
40
Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(37.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
25
(62.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
59.0%
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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J works in Art Unit 2476 and has examined 898 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J's allowance rate of 88.8% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J receive 1.57 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 41% 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 WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 61% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J. This interview benefit is in the 20% 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, 31.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% 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 38.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% 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, 20.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 34.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 57.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 73% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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 3.0% 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:

    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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