USPTO Examiner BARUA PRANESH K - Art Unit 2635

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18896129SPECTRALLY INTERLEAVED OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERSSeptember 2024May 2025Allow820NoNo
18654360LOW CONGESTION ROUTING METHOD OF OPTICAL NETWORK-ON-CHIP AND RELATED DEVICEMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18644585MASSIVE MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT CHANNEL EMULATION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON OPTICAL MATRIX SWITCHINGApril 2024August 2024Allow410YesNo
18608302OPTICAL LINK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18441481PROBABILISTICALLY SHAPED UNAMPLIFIED OPTICAL SIGNALINGFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18406809OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18545597SECURED FIBER LINK SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18526376Scalable add/drop colorless, directionless, and contentionless optical architecturesDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18466507SECURED FIBER LINK SYSTEMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18228559REDUCED-COMPLEXITY INTEGRATED GUARANTEED-RATE OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18356548RECEIVER AND ASSOCIATED MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18272795VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2024Allow810NoNo
18353749OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONFIGURATIONJuly 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18215056OPTICALLY-ENHANCED MULTICHIP PACKAGINGJune 2023April 2025Allow2120NoNo
18200222HYBRID INTEGRATION OF MICROLED INTERCONNECTS WITH ICSMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18190638TRANSPORT CABLE REDUNDANCY IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM USING DIGITAL TRANSPORTMarch 2023May 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18027685Fibre Optic SensingMarch 2023May 2025Allow2610NoNo
18026409SIGNAL CONVERTING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL CONVERTING METHODMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
18025781OPTICAL BRANCHING/COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAMEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18044898SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK, OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL AND MEDIUMMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18119302OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DEVICEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2711NoNo
18118444DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TRANSMITTING A CARRIER SIGNALMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510YesNo
18043925Optical Burst TransmitterMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18023348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING OTN NETWORK RESOURCES, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18170326WAVEGUIDE DELAY BASED EQUALIZATION WITH CURRENT SUMMING IN A DIFFERENTIAL TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610YesNo
18106085TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION METHODFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18161386SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPTICAL PERFORMANCE IN A SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEMJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18015435COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAMJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2610YesNo
18067847FIBER OPTIC SIGNAL MONITORINGDecember 2022May 2025Allow2920YesNo
18081392OPTICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTICAL SOURCE REDUNDANCYDecember 2022March 2025Allow2711NoNo
18080580Compact Tunable Optical Time DelayDecember 2022May 2024Allow1700NoNo
17928982RECONFIGURABLE ARRAY FOR RF/ANALOGUE SIGNALSDecember 2022January 2025Allow2520NoNo
17926705OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2022February 2025Allow2720NoNo
18055435HIGH DENSITY MICROWAVE HERMETIC INTERCONNECTS FOR QUANTUM APPLICATIONSNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
17996836A DUAL GPON SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULEOctober 2022July 2024Allow2110NoNo
17960087OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CHANNEL SIZESOctober 2022September 2024Allow2310YesNo
17959603NETCONF BASED ALARM MANAGEMENT FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKOctober 2022January 2024Allow1600NoNo
17957070OPTICAL MODULESeptember 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17953590OPTICAL LINK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1420NoNo
17948721SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPARSE DATA SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17913015MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAMSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2520NoNo
17933785DUAL-POLARIZATION ROTATIONALLY-INSENSITIVE MONOSTATIC TRANSCEIVER WITH STANDARD FIBERSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17946219INTEGRATED CONNECTOR-WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING DEVICE AND FIBER OPTIC MODULE INCLUDING SUCH DEVICESSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3330NoNo
17910557DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910NoNo
17941401APPARATUS AND CASCADING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DUMMY OPTICAL SIGNALSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2110NoNo
17940910SENSOR FOR DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1320NoNo
17929170COMPUTATION OF OPTIMUM FIBER INPUT POWERSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1600NoNo
17899688APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FIBER OPTIC BI-DIRECTIONAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKSAugust 2022May 2025Abandon3340NoNo
17801076UNDETERMINED TERMINAL-BASED ACCELERATED JOINT QUANTUM REMOTE STATE PREPARATION METHODAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17814431LASERLESS OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERJuly 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17805342TUNABLE OPTICAL WEDGE FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK IN WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCHJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17826523WAVELENGTH-TUNED SLED USED AS OPTICAL SOURCE FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND WAVELENGTH REFERENCEMay 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17804443Visible-Light Software-Defined ModemMay 2022October 2024Allow2830NoNo
17731333IC-TROSA POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEMApril 2022June 2024Allow2610NoNo
17766740Distributed Optical Circuit Allocation in Optical Data-Center Networks (ODCN)April 2022February 2025Allow3420YesNo
17754583NETWORK AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION WITH POLARISED LIGHT SIGNALApril 2022June 2025Allow3940YesNo
17714139SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COHERENT OPTICAL BACKHAULINGApril 2022May 2024Allow2511NoNo
17763879OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION (OWC) UNITMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17763562Node ApparatusMarch 2022July 2023Allow1600NoNo
17762224ROF Communication Remote Machine And ROF SystemMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17699915STATE OF POLARIZATION SENSITIVE COHERENT OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRYMarch 2022April 2025Allow3701YesNo
17760541OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMMarch 2022December 2023Allow2110YesNo
17680157ENABLING COMMUNICATION WITH A DRONE OVER A WIDE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA USING A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2700NoNo
17677748MODULAR INTEGRATED OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS AND ARRAYS FORMED THEREWITHFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2830YesNo
17651438METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL MODULATOR, AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTERFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2100NoNo
17674245AUTOMATIC WAVELENGTH SETTING SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICEFebruary 2022November 2024Abandon3340NoNo
17587314SINGLE FIBER COMBINING MODULEJanuary 2022March 2024Abandon2530YesNo
17576576Optical Network Defragmentation Utilizing Mixed Integer Linear Programming ApproachesJanuary 2022March 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17647862OPTICAL SWITCH WITH INTEGRATED FAST PROTECTIONJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17623672Optical Signal Processing ApparatusDecember 2021February 2024Allow2620NoNo
17621347CONCENTRIC-CORE FIBERS AND SYSTEM USING SAMEDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3311NoNo
17556271Data Transmission Device of Mobile Terminal, and Mobile TerminalDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17549843OPTICAL LASER COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS AND COUPLING ARRANGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHODSDecember 2021May 2023Allow1710NoNo
17546934USB and Thunderbolt Optical Signal TransceiverDecember 2021September 2023Allow2200YesNo
17457528Apparatus and Methods for Transmitting Signals Using Optical Lens as a BeamformerDecember 2021March 2024Allow2720YesNo
17537962RECONFIGURABLE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) HARDWARENovember 2021February 2024Allow2711YesNo
17526341SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FULL FIELD TRANSCEPTIONNovember 2021August 2023Allow2120NoNo
17609121METHOD FOR DECODING A LUMINOUS COMMUNICATION SIGNAL AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMNovember 2021December 2023Abandon2510NoNo
17503643SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COHERENT OPTICAL BACKHAULINGOctober 2021March 2024Allow2821YesNo
17448644COLORLESS SPLITTER/COMBINER CABLE ASSEMBLYSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3240YesNo
17448280LIGHT-BASED DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLOADING DATA FROM A VEHICLESeptember 2021May 2024Abandon3120NoNo
17478141OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICESeptember 2021January 2025Allow4050NoNo
17447720Optical Signal Communication Method and Device, Biometric Data Monitoring System Using the SameSeptember 2021October 2024Abandon3701NoNo
17409171TRANSMISSION DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2021September 2024Allow3750YesNo
17395903COHERENT PHOTONIC COMPUTING ARCHITECTURESAugust 2021March 2025Allow4300NoNo
17395849COHERENT PHOTONIC COMPUTING ARCHITECTURESAugust 2021July 2023Allow2310NoNo
17395099DISTRIBUTED RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS (RANS) SUPPORTING COORDINATED AMPLIFIER GAIN OPTIMIZATIONAugust 2021October 2023Allow2710NoNo
17392782PROBABILISTICALLY SHAPED UNAMPLIFIED OPTICAL SIGNALINGAugust 2021November 2023Allow2830YesNo
17422939LARGE-AREA WAVEGUIDED PHOTODETECTION FOR OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJuly 2021January 2024Allow3021NoNo
17361301OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH EXPOSED HEAT SPREADER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING THE SAMEJune 2021October 2023Allow2730NoNo
17330291User Equipment and Method of Image Sensor Communication of SameMay 2021February 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17320260Light-Interactive System And Light-Interactive Control MethodMay 2021January 2024Abandon3220NoNo
17286446ASSEMBLY OF NETWORK SWITCH ASIC WITH OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERSApril 2021September 2023Allow2940NoNo
17197573FlexO/ZR subrating and partial survivabilityMarch 2021August 2023Allow2930NoNo
17174197PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT-BASED OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY CALIBRATION TECHNIQUEFebruary 2021January 2024Allow3610NoNo
17134063Transmitting and Receiving Data Using a Satellite Communications NetworkDecember 2020July 2023Allow3020NoNo
17100507AERIAL LIGHTING FIXTURE CONNECTORNovember 2020November 2023Allow3530NoNo
17075372OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUITOctober 2020April 2024Allow4110NoNo
16967791SERVICE TRANSMITTING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND SERVICE RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICEAugust 2020April 2024Allow4450NoNo
16967205Optical Signal Processing DeviceAugust 2020January 2024Allow4210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BARUA, PRANESH K.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
2
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
7.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
3.7%
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 BARUA, PRANESH K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BARUA, PRANESH K works in Art Unit 2635 and has examined 122 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BARUA, PRANESH K's allowance rate of 89.3% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BARUA, PRANESH K receive 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% 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 BARUA, PRANESH K is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 61% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BARUA, PRANESH K. This interview benefit is in the 44% 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, 27.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 33.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 85.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 23% 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

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