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
18618524RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18593634SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK ACCESSMarch 2024October 2025Allow2020NoNo
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
18582088VORONOI TESSELATION FOR OPTIMIZING BASE STATION DEPLOYMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKSFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18419271HANDOVER PROCEDURES INVOLVING SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18413121FRONTHAUL LINK SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1320NoNo
18402345Adaptive Network Systems and Methods For Identifying And Recovering Lost PacketsJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18399704QoS-AWARE SERVICE MIGRATION METHOD FOR IoV SYSTEM BASED ON CVX DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18544726Time-Synchronized Radio Bearer For Supporting Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) Based Time Sensitive Network (TSN) ApplicationsDecember 2023April 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18540429DISCOVERY OF RECONFIGURABLE SURFACESDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18539926SITE STATUS DASHBOARD FOR 5G WIRELESS NETWORKDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18563640METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEASUREMENT GAP COMBINATION, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUMNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
18515525ENABLING 2G AND 3G CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OVER A PACKET-BASED OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK FRONTHAUL INTERFACENovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18562906Methods and Apparatus Supporting Dynamic Ethernet VLAN Configuration in a Fifth Generation SystemNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
18515822BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT IMPROVE PROCESSING FOR CHANGING CONNECTION DESTINATIONNovember 2023November 2025Allow2400NoNo
18289600OPEN-LOOP DISTRIBUTED BEAMFORMING FOR MULTIPLE DESTINATIONSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2500NoNo
18289305IDLE MODE MOBILITY IN ULTRA LOW POWER SYSTEMSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2400NoNo
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
18477779Crowdsourced Data Assisted Personalized Network SlicingSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18476644CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION CSI REPORT MAPPING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICESeptember 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18550545DEVICE TESTINGSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18280562SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18459168TECHNIQUES FOR NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18279813EVENT-BASED TRIGGERING OF CHANNEL QUALITY MEASURESAugust 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18457892DEVICES, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BEAM REPORTINGAugust 2023March 2026Allow3020NoNo
18457474APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A USE OF MU-MIMO IN RESPECT OF FREQUENCY BANDS, INCLUDING THE FR2 FREQUENCY BANDSAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18548133MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18236206TRANSMISSION DELAY COMPENSATION FOR INTRA-FREQUENCY BAND COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18360688MEASUREMENT DATA COLLECTION TO SUPPORT RADIO ACCESS NETWORK INTELLIGENCEJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18358911DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL PARTITIONING FOR SECURITY PASS-THROUGH VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION (VNF)July 2023May 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18356798CELL ACTIVATION PROCEDURESJuly 2023September 2025Allow2500NoNo
18355687METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN AN EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM AND A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR PROVIDING EDGE COMPUTING SERVICEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1720NoNo
18272955METHOD FOR EVALUATING CHANNEL INFORMATION OF DATABASE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, DATABASE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18222329Application-Independent Detection of Wireless Environment ImpactsJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500YesNo
18272511METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OPERATION FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES IN 5GJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18222295Systems and Methods for Aperiodic Measurement Reference Signal Transmission in Multiple Antenna SystemsJuly 2023January 2025Allow1820NoNo
18261186ASSOCIATING TRANSMIT BEAMS AND SENSING BEAMSJuly 2023October 2025Allow2701NoNo
18350638UE REPORTING FOR RAKE RECEIVER CONFIGURATIONJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18218336CONCURRENT VISUALIZATION OF TIME-SERIES NETWORK METRICS FOR CORRELATION INFERENCEJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910YesNo
18345055DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF MEASUREMENT REPORTING CHARACTERISTICSJune 2023March 2026Allow3211NoNo
18268528METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND OPERATION IN A WIRLESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNICAST AND MULTICAST/BROADCAST SERVICEJune 2023March 2026Allow3320NoNo
18334503RELAY SELECTION FOR COOPERATIVE RELAYINGJune 2023August 2024Allow1400NoNo
18334318DELAY STATES AND ASSOCIATED CONFIGURATIONSJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18333702THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING FOR WIRELESS GATEWAY DEVICESJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
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
18249456CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT OPERATIONApril 2023July 2025Allow2700NoNo
18248423RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023March 2026Allow3520NoNo
18296696MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICEApril 2023May 2025Allow2640NoNo
18189136FAILURE DETECTION IN COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION (CJT)March 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18123351METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR RELAY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18027225METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18185856COORDINATED SIDELINK AIR INTERFACE RESOURCE SELECTION FOR FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18245527UPLINK CONTROL RESOURCE DETERMINATION FOR SCHEDULED COMMUNICATIONS WITH DELAYED FEEDBACK REPORTINGMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18182042UPLINK SKIPPING AND UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MULTIPLEXINGMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
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
18115005METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR RELAY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18174476OBTAINING SECURE TIME OVER A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2801NoNo
18173384GROUPING ACCESS POINTS FOR AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY COORDINATIONFebruary 2023August 2025Allow2901NoNo
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
18164693RESOURCE MULTIPLEXING INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RELAY NODEFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18040683MEASUREMENT METHOD, INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE EQUIPMENTFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3411NoNo
18164498Method and Apparatus for Receiver Assisted Transmission in Shared SpectrumFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3520YesNo
18006748ULTRA-LOW LATENCY CSI TIMELINE FOR URLLC CSI REPORTINGJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3620NoNo
18159039THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION FOR A WIRELESS DEVICEJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810YesNo
18158095COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18099761APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING TRAINING UE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3311NoNo
18155447COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18013949CONFIGURATION OF QOE MEASUREMENTS AND ASSOCIATED MEASUREMENT DURATION TIME SUPPORTING MOBILITYDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
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
17990061METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING A NODE IN A LOCAL AREA NETWORKNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
17925839ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2022May 2025Allow3011YesNo
17998889SELECTING AN APPLICATION INSTANCENovember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
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
17981054USER EQUIPMENT FOR MEASURING AN INTERFERENCE SIGNAL AND REPORTING A MEASUREMENT RESULT TO A BASE STATION, A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AN OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAMENovember 2022September 2025Allow3411YesNo
18052659TARGETED MICROCELL INSTALLATIONS FOR CELLULAR NETWORK GAPSNovember 2022April 2025Allow3900NoNo
18052548RESOLVING SR AND BSR DELAY FROM MEASUREMENT GAP CONFLICT FOR LOW LATENCYNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
18047179TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING ADJACENT CARRIER FREQUENCIES FOR POWER BACKOFF CONTROLOctober 2022August 2025Allow3420YesNo
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

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
18
Examiner Affirmed
14
(77.8%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(22.2%)
Reversal Percentile
35.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 22.2% 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
44
Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(38.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
27
(61.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.7%
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, 38.6% 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 785 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.3%, 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 87.3% 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 WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J receive 1.74 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 WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J 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 +3.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J. 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, 30.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 59% 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 36.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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 27% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 49% 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 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, 57.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% 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 70% 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 2.6% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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

    Important Disclaimer

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