Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19073324 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18878877 | NEAR-FIELD BEAM SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18631308 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING, MEASURING, AND/OR LOCATING PASSIVE INTERMODULATION (PIM) SOURCES VIA BEAMFORMING | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18532739 | PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506782 | DYNAMIC ANTENNA BEAM MANAGEMENT | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18465344 | Beam Management in Multi-TRP Operation | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364381 | LOCATION ASSISTANCE DATA FOR WIDEBAND POSITIONING | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218736 | SELECTIVE RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) REFERENCE BEAM RADIATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (WCS) BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT (UE) LOCATIONS | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF A NETWORK ENABLED LOCATION TRACKING DEVICE | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326348 | PHASE DETECTORS WITH EXTRAPOLATION OF TIMING EVENTS | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254431 | WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317769 | AUTONOMOUS BEAM CONFIGURATION IN RADIO FREQUENCY REPEATERS | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195171 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY | May 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18304737 | TECHNIQUES FOR BLOCKAGE SENSOR ASSISTED BEAM MANAGEMENT | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18301442 | SIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18249260 | TRANSFERRING DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER CONNECTION SIGNALS VIA A COAXIAL CABLE | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130615 | Restrictions in Beam Failure Detection | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18127741 | Deterministic Low-Complexity Beam Alignment for 5G and 6G Users | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18125317 | Low-Complexity Procedure for 5G/6G Beam Alignment | March 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18018236 | SIGNAL RANDOMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158567 | CELL-FREE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR COMMUNICATING WITH DISTRIBUTED USERS AND RELATED METHODS | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18157258 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156792 | BEAM CHANGING FOR A REPEATER NODE | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154927 | CLOSED LOOP SPATIAL INTERFERENCE CONTROL IN FULL DUPLEX | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095395 | EFFICIENT ADAPTABLE WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM WITH AGILE BEAMFORMING | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093602 | Coordination-Free mmWave Beam Management With Deep Waveform Learning | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004324 | MILLIMITER-WAVE ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR RADIOMOBILE COMMUNICATIONS IN VEHICLES | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18087089 | PREPLANNED SITE SWAP | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18085311 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING RATE PLAN FEATURES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067607 | DYNAMICALLY LAYERED BEAMFORMED SIGNALS FOR FIFTH GENERATION (5G) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18062378 | SIGNALING FOR BIDIRECTIONAL PERCEPTION-ASSISTANCE | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18061039 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED BEAM MANAGEMENT | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17928431 | CHANNEL EQUALIZATION-FREE SINGLE-CARRIER BROADBAND TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17993103 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17993314 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN UNLICENSED BAND AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 34 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058280 | ROADSIDE UNIT, A PROCESSING MODULE FOR PROCESSING A ROADSIDE UNIT SIGNAL, AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING A ROADSIDE UNIT SIGNAL | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978067 | INDICATING FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTS | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17921989 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920170 | MANAGING A NODE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18046643 | CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965408 | OPERATING COMMUNICATION DEVICES | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957134 | Resource-Efficient Beam Selection in 5G and 6G | September 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17934500 | GUIDED ALIGNMENT OF WIRELESS DEVICE ORIENTATION | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933601 | Injecting a Frequency-Modulated Signal into a Receiver | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17902693 | PAGING MESSAGE COMMUNICATION IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17823575 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED BEAM MANAGEMENT | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17802218 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZATION FOR RESOURCE OFFLOADING IN M2M SYSTEM | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17894189 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891829 | JOINT NETWORK ENTITY/USER EQUIPMENT-AND-USER EQUIPMENT/USER EQUIPMENT RANGING | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17820615 | PHONE ACCESSORY | August 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890145 | BEAM SPECIFIC NETWORK ADMISSION | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888762 | Triangular Beam Configurations for Rapid Beam Alignment in 5G and 6G | August 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17887847 | Man in the Middle Attack Detection in BLE High Accuracy Distance Measurement | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887688 | Method and Apparatus for Information Exchange in Online Charging | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17798735 | REGISTERED UE COUNT IN SLICE SERVICE AREA | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818641 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOLOGRAPHICALLY PRESENTING ITEMS BASED ON ITEM COMPATIBILITY WITH ACCOUNT FEATURES | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883183 | RADIO FREQUENCY DOMAIN BEAMFORMING ROUTER | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17797162 | Paging and Signaling Optimisation | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17797077 | OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION GENERATION APPARATUS, OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17870757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TRIGGER SENDING UPLINK MESSAGES | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812941 | CALL CONNECTION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL | July 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812255 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 5G CORE NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUSHING VEHICLE INFORMATION, USER ACCOUNT SERVER, AND USER EQUIPMENT | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17843923 | Geospatial Operating System and Method | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786519 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE | June 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838659 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAPPING AND DEMAPPING DIGITIZED SIGNALS FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION | June 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17784227 | AIDED ANTENNA CALIBRATION FOR SHARED RADIO SYSTEMS | June 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829044 | COMPENSATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY DIVIDER CIRCUIT | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828256 | DYNAMIC ANTENNA BEAM MANAGEMENT | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17780450 | Three-Dimensional, Seamless and Colored Cover for an Electronic Device | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750936 | Resource-Efficient Beam Selection in 5G and 6G | May 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17749989 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA BOOSTER ARCHITECTURE WITH A SINGLE SWITCH | May 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17748141 | SENSING-ASSISTED CHANNEL ESTIMATION | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17748243 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17738298 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING USER POSITION | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735710 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE | May 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733240 | Communication Method and Communication Apparatus | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729702 | MULTI-TRP CODEBOOK | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767289 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING NETWORK DATA RELATED TO TERMINAL IN ROAMING STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17712790 | DEVICE REGION ESTIMATION FOR NEAR-FIELD OPERATION | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17711328 | RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER CO-CALIBRATION OF VOLTAGE LEVELS IN PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION LINKS | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17710927 | METHOD OF CHANGING ANTENNA CONFIGURATION, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17702373 | POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17655867 | METHOD FOR CONCEALING A SUBSCRIPTION IDENTIFIER AT A USER EQUIPMENT OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | March 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754039 | OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17699828 | MULTI CHANNEL MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT BEAMFORMING TRAINING IN MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17694130 | PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17642309 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING TARGET IDENTIFICATION, SERVICE ENTITY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691536 | BEAM COVERAGE ASSESSMENT FOR CHANNEL ACCESS | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17640247 | OPERATING A WIRELESS RECEIVER | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17684453 | BASE STATION ANTENNAS HAVING FIELD-ENABLED REMOTE ELECTRONIC TILT CAPABILITIES | March 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17639674 | Data Sharing Between a Non-RT-RIC and a NearRT-RIC for Radio Resource Management | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683106 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF A NETWORK ENABLED LOCATION TRACKING DEVICE | February 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17637167 | Technique of Determining a Measure of Proximity between Two Devices | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676379 | MILLIMETER WAVE BEAM TRACKING AND BEAM SWEEPING | February 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17636153 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE WITH HEATING AND CHARGING FUNCTIONS | February 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635030 | TEST MODE FOR SIM MODULE WITH AUTOMATIC TEST ENVIRONMENT DETECTION | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592590 | BEAMFORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17591892 | RECONFIGURABLE MEANS FOR ALERTING A MOBILE DEVICE | February 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17631809 | SDN-BASED INTRUSION RESPONSE METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE NETWORK AND SYSTEM USING SAME | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAM, KENNETH T.
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.
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, 28.6% 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.
✓ 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 LAM, KENNETH T works in Art Unit 2631 and has examined 835 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 17 months.
Examiner LAM, KENNETH T's allowance rate of 90.1% places them in the 71% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LAM, KENNETH T receive 1.40 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 30% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LAM, KENNETH T is 17 months. This places the examiner in the 96% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAM, KENNETH T. This interview benefit is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 67% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 45.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% 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.
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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 61.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 31.2% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 52.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 65% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 18% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 16.2% of allowed cases (in the 91% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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