USPTO Examiner SMARTH GERALD A - Art Unit 2478

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18633311AUTOMATIC POLICY CONFIGURATION FOR PACKET FLOWSApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18590564OPTIMIZING LAYER ASSIGNMENT DURING EPS FALLBACK PROCEDURESFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18432865Managing Local Emergency NumbersFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18294147PON SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR INTERNET OF THINGSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow600YesNo
18400881WEIGHTED MULTICAST JOIN LOAD BALANCEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18544783Signalling of Frequency-Domain Resource AssignmentDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18473384METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER PLANE RESOURCE SELECTION FOR 5G CORESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18281455PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (PRACH) RECEIVER FOR DETERMINING CELLS IN WHICH A PREAMBLE HAS BEEN TRANSMITTEDSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18239008MODULAR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18449738COMMUNICATION METHOD IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORKS (SD-WAN) AND RELATED APPARATUSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18448410FILE DELIVERY FAILURE FEEDBACK AND APPLICATION FEEDBACKAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18276230Failure protection Method and Apparatus, Storage Medium, and Electronic DeviceAugust 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18222992AiNO: AN AI NETWORK OPERATORJuly 2023September 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18222425WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING TXOP AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAMEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18348455Communication Method, Access Network Device, Core Network Device, and User Equipment for handling a handover requestJuly 2023September 2024Allow1510YesNo
18219617WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING VARIABLE-LENGTH WAKE-UP FRAMEJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510NoNo
18259992NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18341167METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A RELAY NODEJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18329916SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVED EMBEDDED APPLICATION DATA MANAGEMENTJune 2023October 2024Allow1610NoNo
18328995SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE SETTINGS SYNCHRONIZATION FOR FIFTH GENERATION (5G) TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKSJune 2023January 2026Allow3200NoNo
18036533COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEMay 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18308932METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTION OF OPTIMAL ACCESS POINTSApril 2023April 2025Allow2430YesNo
18308552KEEP-ALIVE SIGNAL FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING IN A WIRELESS NETWORKApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18033460FILE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2023Allow400NoNo
18299673SYNC RASTER CONFIGURATION FOR CELL SEARCHApril 2023January 2026Allow3320YesNo
18299400EFFICIENT SESSION MANAGEMENTApril 2023July 2024Allow1510YesNo
18297650TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODSApril 2023April 2024Allow1210YesNo
18132366METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING OF SYSTEM INFORMATIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18130792PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL REDUNDANCY AND LOAD BALANCING ACROSS A SET OF ACTIVE TIME SERVERSApril 2023March 2026Allow3510NoNo
18120205METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW POWER WAKE-UP SIGNAL WAVEFORM DESIGN AND MULTIPLEXING WITH NEW RADIO WAVEFORMMarch 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18170051USER EQUIPMENT MOBILITY WITH SPECIFIC UPLINK BANDWIDTH PARTFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18169739VEHICLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODFebruary 2023February 2026Abandon3610NoNo
17438616USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY SIGNALING FOR MEASUREMENT GAP ENHANCEMENTSFebruary 2023February 2026Allow5310NoNo
18166775BIER OVERLAY SIGNALING ENHANCEMENTFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1210YesNo
18019463SUB-CHANNEL REQUEST METHOD, SUB-CHANNEL INDICATION METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18163285USER EQUIPMENT THAT DETERMINES RADIO LINK FAILURE USING TIMER AND RADIO LINK QUALITY, AND CORRESPONDING BASE STATIONFebruary 2023November 2023Allow1010NoNo
18100319METHOD FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION BY UE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SAMEJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18156175METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING, AND PROCESSING PACKETS ACCORDING TO, A FLOW FILTERING RULEJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1320NoNo
18015869Radio Network Nodes, User Equipment, and Methods Performed in a Wireless Communication NetworkJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18148946QUICK RECOVERY INDICATION AND RETRANSMISSION REQUESTDecember 2022January 2026Allow3620NoNo
18147349RELAY SERVICE BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720NoNo
18084132FREQUENCY BAND HAVING VARIABLE DUPLEX SPACINGDecember 2022February 2026Abandon3820NoNo
17928167TECHNIQUES FOR RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATION SUPPORT USING REMOTELY-LOCATED NODES IN A WIRELESS NETWORKNovember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18058566RADIO BEARER SWITCHING IN RADIO ACCESSNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
17992128USING AN UPLINK GRANT AS TRIGGER OF FIRST OR SECOND TYPE OF CQI REPORTNovember 2022July 2024Allow2030NoNo
17926225MANAGEMENT OF FREQUENCY BANDS SELECTION AND MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATIONSNovember 2022October 2025Allow3510NoNo
17926037Beam Failure Recovery in Secondary Cell ActivationNovember 2022December 2025Abandon3720YesNo
18049300COORDINATION OF TRANSMIT AUTHORIZATION IN A SHARED SPECTRUM ENVIRONMENT FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORKOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510NoNo
17966917GEOGRAPHICAL IDENTIFICATION FORWARDING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AREA-ORIENTED ADDRESSINGOctober 2022April 2023Allow600YesNo
18046741WEIGHTED MULTICAST JOIN LOAD BALANCEOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110YesNo
17916082MESSAGE INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710NoNo
17956212Managing Local Emergency NumbersSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1220NoNo
17949453WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SENSING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND CHIPSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510YesNo
17946705RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODESSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1520NoNo
17911723WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS CONTROL METHOD, AND WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUSSeptember 2022June 2025Abandon3320NoNo
17908142Policy for Optimising Cell ParametersAugust 2022November 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17898985SYSTEM AND METHOD USING IMPROVED MESSAGE QUEUE AND PACKING SCHEME FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022April 2024Allow2010NoNo
17802387Methods for automatically configuring a broadcast network and federating a plurality of corresponding broadcast networks, entities and computer program.August 2022December 2025Allow4010NoNo
17890053DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HARQ OPERATIONAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910YesNo
17820042DUAL BAND CHANNEL BONDING AND PUNCTURINGAugust 2022September 2023Allow1320NoNo
17882207AI/ML BASED SS BURST SET & CSI-RS TRS CONFIGURATION OPTIMIZATION AND IMPROVING NR NETWORK POWER AND SPECTRAL EFFICIENCYAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17881435NR SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTIONAugust 2022May 2025Allow3300YesNo
17880644ENDC Connectivity with Virtualized eNBsAugust 2022July 2025Allow3510NoNo
17880135Assistance Information for SPCell SelectionAugust 2022November 2023Allow1520NoNo
17816659METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A RELAY NODEAugust 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17872098WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2025Allow3911NoNo
17871891WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING VARIABLE-LENGTH WAKE-UP FRAMEJuly 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17871107Dynamic Assignment of Signals to Ports in an Access PlatformJuly 2022May 2023Allow1010NoNo
17810105Real-time Relay of Wireless CommunicationsJune 2022August 2023Allow1410NoNo
17850537EARLY AND EFFICIENT PACKET TRUNCATIONJune 2022June 2024Allow2410YesNo
17841215USER-PLANE CONGESTION MANAGEMENTJune 2022October 2023Allow1620NoNo
17827812INSERTING VIRTUAL CARRIER IN CONVENTIONAL OFDM HOST CARRIER IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMMay 2022August 2024Allow2730NoNo
17827299CODE BLOCK GROUP-BASED TRANSMISSIONS FOR MULTI-CODEWORD CHANNELSMay 2022December 2025Allow4330NoNo
17778819METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING PPDU VIA MULTIPLE RU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMMay 2022August 2025Allow3910NoNo
17777491METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING PUCCH ON DETERMINED PUCCH RESOURCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022January 2026Allow4430NoNo
17662900TARGET CELL SELECTION FOR MOBILITYMay 2022February 2025Allow3400NoNo
17740481AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF UPLINK TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTIMAL EXPERIENCEMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17738632NTN-BASED DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022November 2025Allow4230NoNo
17732534METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING COMMUNICATION CHANNEL USING SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NODESApril 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17727925WIRELESS ACCESS POINT SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR CLASSIFYING NETWORK DATA PACKETS TO IMPROVE PACKET FORWARDING PERFORMANCEApril 2022January 2023Allow910NoNo
17727348MULTICAST-ONLY THIN DODAG IN LOW POWER AND LOSSY NETWORKApril 2022October 2023Allow1820YesNo
17723563SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATIONS OVER SHARED SPECTRUM USING O-RAN FRONTHAUL INTERFACE IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKSApril 2022November 2025Allow4311NoNo
17659314RELAY DEVICES FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORKSApril 2022June 2025Allow3810NoNo
17717381COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM IN HANDOVER CARRYING NSSAI, AND CORRESPONDING CORE NETWORK DEVICEApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17717385COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BY RRC CARRYING NSSAI, AND CORRESPONDING CORE NETWORK DEVICEApril 2022April 2023Allow1320NoNo
17754709TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONApril 2022January 2026Allow4630YesNo
17716852METHODS FOR CONFORMING NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION TO TERRESTRIAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONSApril 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17716254OFFLINE MESH MESSAGING NETWORK WITH BLUETOOTH BROADCASTINGApril 2022February 2025Allow3520YesNo
17657917METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC STEERING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022April 2024Allow2410NoNo
17708912HYPERLINK WITH GRAPHICAL CUEMarch 2022January 2026Allow4640NoYes
17705608METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SESSION MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17763990RELAYING COMMUNICATIONS WITH MOBILE OBJECTSMarch 2022March 2025Allow3640YesNo
17700490WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING TXOP AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAMEMarch 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17642208DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRAFFIC IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2024Allow2320NoNo
17753204HARQ OPERATION AT PHY LAYER LEVELFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3920NoNo
17665803BLUETOOTH CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENTFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2430NoNo
17592188Downlink Control Information For Multiple Beam Procedure TypesFebruary 2022December 2025Allow4630NoNo
17586638METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION AND USAGE OF RADIO RESOURCE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA THROUGH UNLICENSED BAND CHANNEL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACCESS OF RADIO RESOURCEJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3710NoNo
17577837INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINALJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3320NoNo
17625198Mapping Information for Integrated Access and BackhaulJanuary 2022December 2025Allow4731NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SMARTH, GERALD A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
17
Examiner Affirmed
13
(76.5%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(23.5%)
Reversal Percentile
37.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 23.5% 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
55
Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(27.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
40
(72.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.6%
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, 27.3% 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 SMARTH, GERALD A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SMARTH, GERALD A works in Art Unit 2478 and has examined 704 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SMARTH, GERALD A's allowance rate of 87.8% 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 SMARTH, GERALD A receive 1.72 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 36% 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 SMARTH, GERALD A 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 +9.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SMARTH, GERALD A. 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, 32.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% 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 33.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% 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 66.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 51.5% 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, 41.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 32% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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 0.0% 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:

    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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