USPTO Examiner LAM KENNETH T - Art Unit 2631

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18846431COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AREA CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAMMay 2025December 2025Allow1510NoNo
19074415COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, FLIGHT VEHICLE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODMarch 2025September 2025Allow620YesNo
19073324ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19024141DOWNLINK CALIBRATION FOR A NON-BEAMFORMING RADIO UNIT BASED ON UE CHANNEL STATE INFORMATIONJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1320NoNo
18878877NEAR-FIELD BEAM SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024July 2025Allow600NoNo
18982810Sixty Gigahertz Wireless Communication SystemsDecember 2024July 2025Allow720NoNo
18631255Beam Failure Measurements of Overlapping Reference SignalsApril 2024November 2025Allow2000NoNo
18631308METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING, MEASURING, AND/OR LOCATING PASSIVE INTERMODULATION (PIM) SOURCES VIA BEAMFORMINGApril 2024February 2025Allow1030YesNo
18623354ADAPTATION OF MIMO MODE IN MMW WLAN SYSTEMSApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18406294COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODSJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18403478SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED MULTI-BEAM OPERATIONJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2320NoNo
18394214TRANSMITTING SECURE NAVIGATION SIGNALS VIA APPLYING ENCRYPTIONDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410NoNo
18532739PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18513828COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT ARE USED FOR POSITIONINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18508103SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EMERGENCY MESSAGING SERVICESNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18506782DYNAMIC ANTENNA BEAM MANAGEMENTNovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18556187METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CHARGING IN TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18479105ORTHOGONAL SIGNAL GENERATOR AND METHOD THEREOF, PHASE SHIFTER AND METHOD THEREOF, AND AMPLIFYING DEVICEOctober 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18477361SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL SIGNALING FOR BEAM SEARCHING LATENCY REDUCTIONSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18474152POSITIONING BASED SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SMART REPEATERS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMING CAPABILITIESSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910YesNo
18281670METHODS FOR POSITIONING A WIRELESS DEVICE, A RELATED WIRELESS NODE AND A RELATED LOCATION NETWORK NODESeptember 2023March 2026Allow3020NoNo
18465344Beam Management in Multi-TRP OperationSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2010NoNo
18549414OBTAINING MACHINE LEARNING (ML) MODELS FOR SECONDARY METHOD OF ORIENTATION DETECTION IN USER EQUIPMENT (UE)September 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18548183BROADCASTING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA FOR AERIAL USER EQUIPMENTAugust 2023March 2026Allow3020NoNo
18547290TIME REVERSAL PRECODING FOR SIDELINK BASED POSITIONINGAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18446320ADAPTATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING MODELS BASED ON SITE-SPECIFIC DATAAugust 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18364381LOCATION ASSISTANCE DATA FOR WIDEBAND POSITIONINGAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18272787TIMING MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE UNDER SRS ANTENNA PORT SWITCHINGJuly 2023March 2026Allow3211NoNo
18260903MAPPING OF REFERENCE SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS TO ANGLES OF DEPARTUREJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18218736SELECTIVE RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) REFERENCE BEAM RADIATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (WCS) BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT (UE) LOCATIONSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18214452SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF A NETWORK ENABLED LOCATION TRACKING DEVICEJune 2023February 2025Allow2010NoNo
18258172INCREASED ANGLE OF DEPARTURE MEASUREMENT GRANULARITYJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18326348PHASE DETECTORS WITH EXTRAPOLATION OF TIMING EVENTSMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18254431WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKMay 2023December 2023Allow610NoNo
18254424Directional Channel Occupancy Monitoring for Spectrum SharingMay 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18317769AUTONOMOUS BEAM CONFIGURATION IN RADIO FREQUENCY REPEATERSMay 2023November 2024Allow1810NoNo
18317460TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING DIGITAL TWINS OF CELLULAR NETWORKS AND FOR NAVIGATING THEREWITHMay 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18195171METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERYMay 2023October 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18307768ADAPTIVE PREFERRED SCAN CHANNELS IN WIRELESS NETWORKSApril 2023October 2025Allow3010YesNo
18033688Positioning Based on Multiple Measurement ReportsApril 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18304737TECHNIQUES FOR BLOCKAGE SENSOR ASSISTED BEAM MANAGEMENTApril 2023October 2024Allow1810YesNo
18249260TRANSFERRING DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER CONNECTION SIGNALS VIA A COAXIAL CABLEApril 2023November 2023Allow710NoNo
18301442SIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSApril 2023November 2024Allow1910NoNo
18298740Apparatus and Methods for Determining Line of Sight (LOS) from Intensity MeasurementsApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18130615Restrictions in Beam Failure DetectionApril 2023December 2023Allow810YesNo
18247463SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING INTELLIGENT REFLECTING SURFACES (IRS) IN NETWORKSMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18127741Deterministic Low-Complexity Beam Alignment for 5G and 6G UsersMarch 2023October 2024Allow1911NoNo
18125317Low-Complexity Procedure for 5G/6G Beam AlignmentMarch 2023July 2024Allow1611NoNo
18169451AUTOMATED ALIGNMENT OF AN ANTENNA'S FRAME OF REFERENCE TO THAT OF A TRANSIT CRAFTFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3620YesNo
18021433PRIORITIZATION OF DISORIENTED CELLS IN WIRELESS NETWORKFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18018236SIGNAL RANDOMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18158567CELL-FREE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR COMMUNICATING WITH DISTRIBUTED USERS AND RELATED METHODSJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2511NoNo
18158351POSITIONING SYSTEM, POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110YesNo
18157258COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1720NoNo
18017343TECHNIQUE FOR ROTATING MULTI-SECTOR ANTENNAS ON AIRCRAFTSJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3730NoNo
18156792BEAM CHANGING FOR A REPEATER NODEJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18098336METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-PHASE POSITIONING WITH MULTIPLE FREQUENCIESJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3720YesNo
18097511Wireless communication device and method for determining data transmission rateJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320NoNo
18154947RADIO FREQUENCY MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010YesNo
18154927CLOSED LOOP SPATIAL INTERFERENCE CONTROL IN FULL DUPLEXJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
17758969COMMUNICATION TERMINALJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3610NoNo
18153952SELF POWERED BASE STATION FOR MODULAR HOUSEJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18095395EFFICIENT ADAPTABLE WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM WITH AGILE BEAMFORMINGJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1000NoNo
18093602Coordination-Free mmWave Beam Management With Deep Waveform LearningJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2030NoNo
18004324MILLIMITER-WAVE ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR RADIOMOBILE COMMUNICATIONS IN VEHICLESJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18087089PREPLANNED SITE SWAPDecember 2022June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18085311METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING RATE PLAN FEATURES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKDecember 2022October 2023Allow1000NoNo
18067607DYNAMICALLY LAYERED BEAMFORMED SIGNALS FOR FIFTH GENERATION (5G) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
18062378SIGNALING FOR BIDIRECTIONAL PERCEPTION-ASSISTANCEDecember 2022May 2025Allow2911NoNo
18061039TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED BEAM MANAGEMENTDecember 2022March 2024Allow1610YesNo
17928431CHANNEL EQUALIZATION-FREE SINGLE-CARRIER BROADBAND TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
18059193SYSTEM TO DETERMINE ANTENNA POINTING DIRECTIONNovember 2022July 2025Allow3110YesNo
17993103SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2022March 2025Allow2700YesNo
17993314METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN UNLICENSED BAND AND APPARATUS THEREFORNovember 2022November 2024Allow3450NoNo
17993582COMMUNICATION CIRCUITRY INCLUDING AMPLIFYING MODULE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATION CIRCUITRYNovember 2022September 2025Allow4420YesNo
18058280ROADSIDE UNIT, A PROCESSING MODULE FOR PROCESSING A ROADSIDE UNIT SIGNAL, AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING A ROADSIDE UNIT SIGNALNovember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
17927363METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY SIGNALING IN A 5G NR SYSTEMNovember 2022February 2026Allow3930NoNo
17978067INDICATING FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTSOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510YesNo
17921989ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17920170MANAGING A NODE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKOctober 2022June 2025Allow3120YesNo
18046643CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17965408OPERATING COMMUNICATION DEVICESOctober 2022October 2023Allow1320NoNo
17918537NETWORK HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022September 2025Allow3530NoNo
17957134Resource-Efficient Beam Selection in 5G and 6GSeptember 2022February 2023Allow411NoNo
17934500GUIDED ALIGNMENT OF WIRELESS DEVICE ORIENTATIONSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17933601Injecting a Frequency-Modulated Signal into a ReceiverSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17902693PAGING MESSAGE COMMUNICATION IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3220NoNo
17823575TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED BEAM MANAGEMENTAugust 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17802218METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZATION FOR RESOURCE OFFLOADING IN M2M SYSTEMAugust 2022October 2024Allow2600NoNo
17894189COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODSAugust 2022August 2023Allow1220NoNo
17891829JOINT NETWORK ENTITY/USER EQUIPMENT-AND-USER EQUIPMENT/USER EQUIPMENT RANGINGAugust 2022June 2025Allow3420YesNo
17820615PHONE ACCESSORYAugust 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17890145BEAM SPECIFIC NETWORK ADMISSIONAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17888762Triangular Beam Configurations for Rapid Beam Alignment in 5G and 6GAugust 2022March 2023Allow710YesNo
17904275DETERMINING AN ACCESS NETWORK RADIO ACCESS TYPEAugust 2022September 2025Allow3730NoNo
17887847Man in the Middle Attack Detection in BLE High Accuracy Distance MeasurementAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17887688Method and Apparatus for Information Exchange in Online ChargingAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17799842BEAM DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEAugust 2022August 2025Abandon3620NoNo
17798735REGISTERED UE COUNT IN SLICE SERVICE AREAAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17818641SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOLOGRAPHICALLY PRESENTING ITEMS BASED ON ITEM COMPATIBILITY WITH ACCOUNT FEATURESAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAM, KENNETH T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
8
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
52.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
23
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(26.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(73.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
37.7%
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, 26.1% 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 LAM, KENNETH T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LAM, KENNETH T works in Art Unit 2631 and has examined 739 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 17 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LAM, KENNETH T's allowance rate of 89.9% places them in the 73% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LAM, KENNETH T receive 1.44 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 23% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LAM, KENNETH T is 17 months. This places the examiner in the 97% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAM, KENNETH T. This interview benefit is in the 29% 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 44.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% 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, 18.2% 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 27.8% 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, 60.5% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 50% 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 18.1% of allowed cases (in the 93% 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.

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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