USPTO Examiner SHIVERS ASHLEY L - Art Unit 2477

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19288358MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMSAugust 2025December 2025Allow500YesNo
19286782MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMSJuly 2025December 2025Allow400YesNo
19286806MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMSJuly 2025March 2026Allow800YesNo
19286731MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMSJuly 2025March 2026Allow800YesNo
18934998METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK (UL) MULTIPLEXING AND PRIORITIZATION IN NEW RADIO (NR) COMMUNICATIONNovember 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18748297METHOD FOR LOW LAYER INTER-CELL MOBILITY MANAGEMENTJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18747348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING HARQ RETRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2024September 2024Allow300YesNo
18737407CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) WITH SPATIAL AND TIME DOMAIN COMPRESSIONJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18635345METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF UNLICENSED BAND AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONApril 2024September 2024Allow500YesNo
18606601METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING COMMUNICATION IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION NETWORKMarch 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18419427WAKE-UP SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONS VIA SIDELINK CHANNELSJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18417980INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICEJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2330YesNo
18508419BEAMFORMING FOR DYNAMIC CELL SWITCHINGNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18506395METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEASUREMENT REPORTS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK INCLUDING INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODENovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18503610BEAMFORMING FOR DYNAMIC CELL SWITCHINGNovember 2023February 2025Allow1600NoNo
18494437DATA DELIVERY USING ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSIONSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18487421METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK CONTROL SIGNALING WITH MASSIVE CARRIER AGGREGATIONOctober 2023July 2025Allow2120YesNo
18476788APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SYNCHRONIZATION OF RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE (RIS) REFLECTION PATTERN IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18474966POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR UNCONFIGURED CARRIERS WITH UNCONFIGURED UPLINKSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18283817METHODS, TERMINAL, BASE STATION, CIRCUITRY AND SYSTEM FOR A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18473810USER EQUIPMENT (UE) HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18549133NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACESSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18461242METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AND/OR USING PACKETS TO FACILITATE FAULT DETECTIONSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18453367DATA -EMBEDDED VOICE COMMUNICATION IN A MESH NETWORKAugust 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18453813MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMSAugust 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18546556AUTONOMOUS TIMING ADVANCE COMPENSATION FOR AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023February 2025Allow1800NoNo
18446976RELAY STATION, TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR RELAY STATION, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18227994SATELLITE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOLOCATING A RADIOFREQUENCY TRANSMITTERJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18352499TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND METHODJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18347772HARMONIC DIVISION MULTIPLEXING FOR RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACESJuly 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18260437DELAY DRIFT RATE COMPENSATION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATIONSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1900NoNo
18257947METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATH SWITCH IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18257691CELL RESELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18208284Transmission ManagementJune 2023January 2024Allow710NoNo
18313912PROCESSING STATE INFORMATIONMay 2023December 2023Allow710YesNo
18313279USER EQUIPMENT BEAM SELECTION BASED ON SERVICE DEMANDSMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18310267MANAGING RADIO-BASED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE USING UNMANNED VEHICLESMay 2023July 2024Allow1410YesNo
18249776TIMING ADVANCE (TA) MAINTENANCE IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN)April 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18295502AIRCRAFT BEAM MUTING FOR MULTI-AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY MESSAGE RELAYINGApril 2023December 2024Allow2000NoNo
18029263NETWORK NODE, DEVICE AND METHODS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKMarch 2023July 2025Allow2700YesNo
18182885TIMING OFFSET PARAMETER UPDATE METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18182164TIMING OFFSET PARAMETER UPDATE METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMarch 2023September 2025Allow3000YesNo
18111148METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF UNLICENSED BAND AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18169712METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES OF AMPLIFYING WIRELESS SIGNALS OF LESS CONGESTED NETWORK ACCESS POINTS UTILIZING A REPEATERFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18019072METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING RESOURCE COLLISION BETWEEN MULTIPLE NETWORKS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2600NoNo
18162288NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK SATELLITE BEAM SWITCHINGJanuary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18103110COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023July 2023Allow500YesNo
18155506WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18005422METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TIMING INFORMATIONJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18096230METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RADIO NODE INFORMATIONJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3000NoNo
18004653TRACKING AREA CODE TRANSMISSION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18091804DATA DELIVERY USING ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSIONSDecember 2022June 2023Allow600YesNo
18069298METHOD FOR ZERO-WAIT DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAMEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18011812TIMING ADVANCE INDICATION METHOD AND UPLINK SIGNAL SENDING METHODDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18067065METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE PRIORITY SERVICES TO UE IN WIRELESS NETWORKDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18058842CLOUD-BASED SATELLITE INFORMATION RECEPTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODNovember 2022September 2025Allow3400NoNo
18057683PROCESSING STATE INFORMATIONNovember 2022March 2023Allow400YesNo
17998499SYNCHRONIZATION OF TN DATA AND NTN DATA BASED ON COMMUNICATION DELAYNovember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17978250MULTI-USER PARALLEL CHANNEL ACCESS IN WLAN SYSTEMSNovember 2022March 2023Allow400NoNo
17964269PREAMBLE MANAGEMENT FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESOctober 2022July 2023Allow1010YesNo
17961767METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022May 2025Allow3100NoNo
17959186Managing Control Plane Latency for Integrated Access and BackhaulOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17955141METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR THE SAMESeptember 2022December 2022Allow300NoNo
17913713TERMINALSeptember 2022November 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17930800Multimodal Inroute timing synchronization systemSeptember 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17905839METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DAS-BASED POSITIONINGSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3100NoNo
17930215SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE-ASSISTED SEAMLESS TRANSFER BETWEEN EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEMS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKSeptember 2022March 2023Allow610NoNo
17909878SUPPORTING QOS FLOW SPECIFIC UNCERTAINTY ATTRIBUTESeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17892825TECHNIQUES FOR TIMING ADJUSTMENTAugust 2022June 2024Allow2200NoNo
17796866SIGNAL TRANSFER SYSTEM, TERMINAL FUNCTION APPARATUS, SUBSTITUTE TRANSFER AGENT APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSFER METHODAugust 2022June 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17815899DETECTION OR SENSING-BASED INTER-GNB CLI MITIGATIONJuly 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
17867139METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DATA CHANNEL AND CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022January 2025Allow3020NoNo
17864919SHARED PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT AND BINDINGJuly 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17789922METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING DATA IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022December 2025Allow4210YesNo
17851331QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE REPORTING OVER NON-ACCESS STRATUM (NAS) SIGNALINGJune 2022October 2024Allow2710YesNo
17849649Assignment of Satellite Beam Allocations for the Scheduled Wireless Communication Between Wireless Devices and a Base StationJune 2022August 2023Allow1410NoNo
17844179TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND METHODJune 2022April 2023Allow1000NoNo
17807561SPECTRUM SHARING BETWEEN NETWORKSJune 2022June 2025Allow3600NoNo
17807108BEAM INDICATION FOR INTER-CELL OPERATIONJune 2022January 2026Abandon4330NoNo
17782612UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022May 2025Allow3520YesNo
17752940MANAGING RADIO-BASED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE USING UNMANNED VEHICLESMay 2022February 2023Allow910NoNo
17752819METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT AND COMPUTATION FOR HIGH MOBILITYMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17751290RANDOM ACCESS IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKMay 2022July 2024Allow2650YesNo
17751140RECOMMENDATION GENERATION BASED ON SELECTION OF SELECTABLE ELEMENTS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATIONMay 2022February 2023Allow910NoNo
17775878VEHICULAR DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM OPERATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMEMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17770973METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING TIMER RELATED TO RADIO LINK FAILURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022January 2025Allow3310NoNo
17724259NODE SELECTION FOR NETWORK SHARINGApril 2022October 2022Allow600YesNo
17709247COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMarch 2022May 2024Allow2600NoNo
17657043METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AND/OR USING PACKETS TO FACILITATE FAULT DETECTIONMarch 2022May 2023Allow1300NoNo
17700771METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PSFCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17694967COMMUNICATION IN A MESH NETWORK USING MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONSMarch 2022May 2023Allow1410YesNo
17695332METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING CHANNEL OCCUPANCY DURATION OF UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BANDMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010YesNo
17694383APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMarch 2022September 2024Allow3020YesNo
17693417METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMarch 2022November 2025Allow4410NoNo
17693562METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK SIGNALMarch 2022July 2025Allow4010NoNo
17692874METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PRIORITY REGARDING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3620YesNo
17691131ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, A CENTRAL NODE APPARATUS AND A NETWORK SIDE APPARATUS, A TRANSMISSION METHOD AND A CONFIGURATION METHODMarch 2022May 2023Allow1510NoNo
17636166ADAPTATION OF MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17632863Wireless Device, Network Node and Methods for Efficient Sidelink ManagementFebruary 2022May 2025Allow4001NoNo
17592059NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK SATELLITE BEAM SWITCHINGFebruary 2022October 2022Allow800NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SHIVERS, ASHLEY L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
3
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.0% 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
27
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(29.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(70.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
44.6%
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, 29.6% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner SHIVERS, ASHLEY L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHIVERS, ASHLEY L works in Art Unit 2477 and has examined 693 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHIVERS, ASHLEY L's allowance rate of 90.6% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHIVERS, ASHLEY L receive 1.57 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 29% 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 SHIVERS, ASHLEY L is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHIVERS, ASHLEY L. This interview benefit is in the 42% 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, 33.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 71% 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 42.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 65% 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, 87.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 66% 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 78.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 34.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 22% 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 4.6% of allowed cases (in the 85% 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 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:

  • 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.