USPTO Examiner BAYARD EMMANUEL - Art Unit 2633

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18857330DIVIDER, PROCESSOR, AND CALCULATION APPARATUSOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18781124PROCESSOR BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA MATRIXJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18781379MOBILE PHONE METHOD FOR IMAGE RESTORATIONJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18781265SYSTEM FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE RESTORATIONJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18707266MULTI-USER WIRELESS DIGITAL COMMUNICATION OVER SOUND WAVE IN AIR BY COUPLING DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM - ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (DSSS-OFDM) FOR LOW SNR REGIMEMay 2024October 2024Allow600NoNo
18613748METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING A MILLIMETER WAVE RADIOMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18591805METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A LOW PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO (PAPR) DATA AND REFERENCE SIGNALFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18398982ENCODING AND DECODING OF INFORMATION FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION USING MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSCEIVERSDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18541643EFFICIENT ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE DSP-BASED LONG-REACH SERDESDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18537856Signal predistortion circuit configurationDecember 2023February 2025Allow1400NoNo
18566337METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PHASE NOISEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18519626ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENVELOPE TRACKINGNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18564286TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYMBOLS OVER AN ORTHOGONAL TIME FREQUENCY SPACE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SUBJECT TO DOPPLER SPREAD AND MULTIPATHNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18517215MULTIPLE-ACCESS CONSTANT ENVELOPE ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2023April 2025Allow1700NoNo
18387063MULTI-FUNCTIONAL RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENCE SURFACE INTEGRATING SIGNAL REFLECTION, REFRACTION AND AMPLIFICATION AND ENERGY HARVESTING AND APPLICATION THEREOFNovember 2023February 2025Allow1500NoNo
18289393METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING BINARY DATANovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18496166FREQUENCY MODULATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18495671COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS USING VERY LARGE MULTIPLE-IN MULTIPLE-OUT (MIMO) ANTENNA SYSTEMS WITH EXTREMELY LARGE CLASS OF FAST UNITARY TRANSFORMATIONSOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18557290APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONOctober 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18489803Systems and Methods for Determining a Keep-Out Zone of a Wireless Power TransmitterOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18484852CAN TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD FOR THE CAN TRANSCEIVEROctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18485075ASYMMETRIC CONSTELLATIONS FOR CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATIONOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18475399SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PREDISTORTIONSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1400NoNo
18282697METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF RADIO SIGNALS BETWEEN A TRANSMITTER DEVICE AND A WIRELESS TRANSMIT-RECEIVE UNIT USING A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICESeptember 2023March 2025Allow1700YesNo
18469164RF COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHODSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910NoNo
18281717Transmitting Data or Determining A Frequency and Timing Estimate of a Received SignalSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2010NoNo
18548859SOUNDING AND TRANSMISSION PRECODING MATRIX INDICATION DETERMINATION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18456249AI/ML EMPOWERED HIGH ORDER MODULATIONAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18453459Systems and Methods for Extremely High Throughput Sounding Process IndicationAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18446386CM BASED CHANNEL STATUS INFORMATION ENHANCEMENTAugust 2023December 2024Allow1600NoNo
18263447UE SELF-CALIBRATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210NoNo
18355041CODING MODULE FOR A TRANSCEIVERJuly 2023April 2025Allow2110NoNo
18261928MULTI-AGENT POLICY MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18347405COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18260094SUPPORTING VARIOUS CONSTELLATIONSJune 2023May 2025Allow2210NoNo
18269964DELAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF TRANSMISSION DELAYJune 2023November 2024Allow1600NoNo
18339065SMOOTHING UNIVARIATE SIGNAL EDGES WITH STABLE AND UNSTABLE SUBSEQUENCE DETECTION AND GEOMETRIC EXTRAPOLATIONJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18210062ANTENNA SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18334580PASSIVE EQUALIZATION CIRCUITJune 2023February 2025Allow2010YesNo
18266868NETWORK NODE AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PRECODER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKJune 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18331518CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJune 2023August 2024Allow1500YesNo
18255961CONFIGURING A POLARIZATION TYPEJune 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18205027POWER MANAGEMENT FOR REMOTE ANTENNA UNITS IN DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMSJune 2023June 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18205286PHOTONIC COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SIGNAL PROCESSINGJune 2023January 2025Allow1900NoNo
18039866PILOT-LESS CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND EVALUATION FOR LOS-MIMO MICROWAVE RADIO LINKSJune 2023August 2024Allow1400NoNo
18255446ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICEJune 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18324323SENSING BASED DYNAMIC BEAMSMay 2023November 2024Allow1800NoNo
18038268CSI REPORTING BASED ON LINEAR COMBINATION CODEBOOKMay 2023January 2025Allow2010NoNo
18038132SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICESMay 2023December 2024Allow1910NoNo
18320110SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE WIRELESS NOISE CANCELLATIONMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18035544Methods and Devices for Cell Measurement in a Cellular NetworkMay 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18312947OBTAINING RELIABLE AND SPECIFIC DATA FOR ADAPTIVE DIGITAL PREDISTORTIONMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18309896NON-INTEGER INTERPOLATION FOR SIGNAL SAMPLING AT ASYNCHRONOUS CLOCK RATESMay 2023October 2024Allow1800NoNo
18308060FILTER REUSE IN RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-ENDSApril 2023November 2024Allow1910NoNo
18031910ADAPTING CHANNEL MONITORING PATTERNS UNDER POWER SAVINGApril 2023August 2024Allow1600NoNo
18249150PERFORMING CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME SENSINGApril 2023September 2024Allow1700NoNo
18295957BLIND TWO-DIMENSIONAL-SIMO CHANNEL IDENTIFICATION USING HELIX TRANSFORM AND CROSS RELATION TECHNIQUEApril 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18130233SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CALL HANDLINGApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18026372BEAMFORMING SETTING SELECTIONMarch 2023November 2024Allow2010NoNo
18116831FRAME STRUCTURE INDICATION METHOD, FRAME STRUCTURE UPDATING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICEMarch 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18175540MODELING INTERFERENCE PATTERN IN A MASSIVE MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) DEPLOYMENTSFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1700NoNo
18114329BEAM AND ANTENNA ARRAY SPLIT CONFIGURATION OPTIMIZATIONFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1600NoNo
18171223METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BEAMFORMINGFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2210NoNo
18108818HYBRID MIMO OVER MULTIPLE MULTI-ANTENNA SATELLITESFebruary 2023June 2023Allow410NoNo
18167397Wireless Transmitters Having Self-Interference Cancellation CircuitryFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2820NoNo
18165267RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN WEATHER SENSINGFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2620YesNo
18019593BEAM INDICATION BASED ON TCI STATE GROUPFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2520YesNo
18164428LOW RESOLUTION OFDM RECEIVERS VIA DEEP LEARNINGFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1600NoNo
18040296DFT-S-OFDM MULTIPLE LAYER AND SUBBAND TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1700NoNo
18104895Control of BWP Inactivity Timer for Primary Cell Based on Deactivation Timer of Secondary CellFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18158662FAST LOCKING DUAL LOOP CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY CIRCUITSJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18157521HIGH-THROUGHPUT DATA COMMUNICATION FOR RAIL-MOUNTED DEVICESJanuary 2023January 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18091527METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A LOW PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO (PAPR) DATA AND REFERENCE SIGNALDecember 2022November 2023Allow1110YesNo
18003557SIGNAL DISTORTION PRE-CORRECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022June 2024Allow1710NoNo
18089294COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18086351SIGNALING OVER RC-DOMINATED TRANSMISSION LINESDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
18085565TERMINAL CALIBRATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
18002167BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR USER EQUIPMENT IN A NETWORKDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210NoNo
18063809OSCILLATOR MONITORING CIRCUITS FOR DIFFERENT OSCILLATOR DOMAINSDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18009570COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210NoNo
18000898MITIGATION OF LOCAL OSCILLATOR LEAKAGEDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18061379ENHANCED POWER CONTROL FOR PSEUDO-NOISE CANCELLATIONDecember 2022May 2024Allow1800NoNo
18056824Cross-Communication Between Wireless Devices with Multiple AntennasNovember 2022November 2023Allow1210NoNo
17922943METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING SUBCARRIER-SPECIFIC PHASE ROTATION TO BROADBAND IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMNovember 2022December 2023Allow1400NoNo
17977760BIT INTERLEAVED CODED MODULATION-ITERATIVE DECODER FOR HIGH-SPEED RECEIVEROctober 2022June 2024Allow1910NoNo
17969380METHOD FOR SETTING RECEPTION BEAM IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECEIVING SIGNALS TRANSMITTED FROM PLURALITY OF TRPS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2022April 2024Allow1800NoNo
17919984EMBEDDED GPU-BASED WIDEBAND PARALLEL CHANNELIZED RECEIVING METHODOctober 2022March 2023Allow500NoNo
18045809TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING VEHICLE DESIGN DEVIATIONS USING DEEP LEARNING WITH NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2022July 2023Allow1010YesNo
1796317510BASE-T TRANSMITTER USING WAVEFORM SHAPING FOR APPLYING PRE-COMPENSATION OF INTER-SYMBOL INTERFERENCE AND ASSOCAITED METHODOctober 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17917631SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CIRCUITOctober 2022April 2024Allow1800YesNo
17917878High Speed Single Frequency Network Beam Failure RecoveryOctober 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17961293PDCCH LINK CONTROL BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE AND USER SERVICE BEAM MODE IN MASSIVE MIMO SYSTEMSOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17938313BEAMFORMING MULTIPATH WIRELESS CHANNELS USING NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2022March 2024Allow1700NoNo
17953454DIVERSITY RECEIVER PRODUCT ARCHITECTURES FOR HIGH BAND, ULTRA-HIGH BAND AND E-UTRAN NEW RADIOSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1700NoNo
17934548DYNAMIC ANTENNA SET SWITCHING FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATIONSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1400NoNo
17949614CHANNEL-AWARE SEMANTIC CODINGSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17946418APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HARMONIC INTERFERENCE CANCELLATIONSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17943140Methods and Apparatus for Providing An Adaptive Beamforming Antenna for OFDM-Based Communication SystemsSeptember 2022April 2023Allow700NoNo
17940978DELAY-LINE BASED TRANSCEIVER CALIBRATIONSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1100NoNo
17939657DUPLEXER MEASUREMENT AND TUNING SYSTEMSSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BAYARD, EMMANUEL.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.9%
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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner BAYARD, EMMANUEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BAYARD, EMMANUEL works in Art Unit 2633 and has examined 972 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 16 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BAYARD, EMMANUEL's allowance rate of 94.3% places them in the 84% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BAYARD, EMMANUEL receive 1.16 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 BAYARD, EMMANUEL is 16 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 +2.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BAYARD, EMMANUEL. This interview benefit is in the 21% 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, 43.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 75.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 93% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 75.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 48.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 57% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 45% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.