USPTO Examiner WEBB MARGARET G - Art Unit 2641

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18967335ENRICHED A-KID FOR AKMA AUTHENTICATION SERVICEDecember 2024September 2025Allow920NoNo
18625693SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING REAL-TIME LOCATIONApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18616896METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-MODAL PREDICTION USING A TRAINED STATISTICAL MODELMarch 2024April 2025Allow1300NoNo
18584367METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNCATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18440117COMMUNICATION CLASS AWARE IDLE MODE CELL RESELECTIONFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2020YesNo
18422168METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18406029WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow920YesNo
18542489METHODS AND NETWORK NODES FOR HANDLING BASEBAND PROCESSINGDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18532096DATA AND CONTROL CHANNELS IN SYNCHRONIZATION BURSTS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE NEW RADIODecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18383591Registration Request Indicating Failure of NetworkOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18287343METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL STATE OF A SECONDARY CELL GROUP IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2800NoNo
18485170SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT INFORMATIONOctober 2023February 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18479529WIRELESS HEADSET WITH REMOTE PARENTAL CONTROLSOctober 2023December 2025Allow2750YesYes
18477667METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING, FILTERING, AND IDENTIFYING OBJECTS IN STREAMING VIDEOSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2220NoNo
18370844Layers in Messaging ApplicationsSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18469359PENETRATION TESTING OF CELLULAR NETWORK ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2700NoNo
18463939INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) BASED ON A SHARED SUBSCRIBER PROFILESeptember 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18462273INTELLIGENT SYNTHETIC DATA INJECTIONSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18238094METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP PAGING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18546732PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow2900NoNo
18361644BROADCAST OR MULTICAST SUPPORT FOR STANDALONE MODEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18360552BEAM HANDOVER FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVINGJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18263070SURVIVAL TIME DEPENDENT FLEXIBLE HANDOVER EXECUTIONJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18346117CALL CONTENT MANAGEMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICESJune 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18256627A RAPID SIGNALING RELEASE SOLUTION AFTER PAGING RESPONSEJune 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18324074MULTI-WIRELESS DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18142962METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERSISTENT CROSS-APPLICATION MOBILE DEVICE IDENTIFICATIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18306532REGISTRATION METHODS USING ONE-TIME IDENTIFIERS FOR USER EQUIPMENTS AND NODES IMPLEMENTING THE REGISTRATION METHODSApril 2023November 2025Allow3100NoNo
18137240MANAGING CONNECTION STATES FOR COMMUNICATIONS DEVICESApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18029097COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODSMarch 2023July 2025Allow2700NoNo
18245078OPTIMISING SYSTEM INFORMATION ACQUISITION FOR NR DEVICESMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18180448DRX CONTROL FOR WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENTMarch 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18172301METHODS AND NETWORK NODES FOR HANDLING BASEBAND PROCESSINGFebruary 2023August 2023Allow610NoNo
18169079Systems, Devices, Methods, and Program Products Enhancing Structure WalkthroughsFebruary 2023January 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18108347MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18163044BI-STATIC SENSING CHARGING SUBSCRIPTIONFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18159585METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION OF RADIOS CONTROLLED BY A SHARED SPECTRUM SYSTEMJanuary 2023July 2023Allow610NoNo
18016085UI/UX DISPLAY METHOD DURING TIMER T ADJUSTMENT DUE TO DISASTER ROAMING OCCURRENCE, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAMEJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3200NoNo
18014325ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, FIRST NETWORK NODE, SECOND NETWORK NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18013211NETWORK FUNCTION REALLOCATION WITH SECURITY CONTEXTDecember 2022January 2026Allow3710YesNo
18077489METHOD FOR GROUP CALL FLOOR CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610YesNo
17927019Methods and Apparatus Relating to Machine-Learning in a Communications NetworkNovember 2022February 2026Allow3910NoNo
17991420Registration Request Indicating Failure of NetworkNovember 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
18046979APPLICATION TO DETERMINE READING/WORKING DISTANCEOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
17915182UPLINK CHANNEL MULTIPLEXING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND TERMINALSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3611NoNo
17946720Dynamic Image Analysis and CroppingSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310YesNo
17930788APPARATUS FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION BASED ON RELATIVE IMAGE MOTIONSeptember 2022March 2026Allow4210NoNo
17903031METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17820119SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOISE AGNOSTIC FEDERATED LEARNINGAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17879186PRODUCING A DEPTH MAP FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESAugust 2022October 2025Allow3910NoNo
17875409METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNCATION SYSTEMJuly 2022November 2023Allow1620NoNo
17872957SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROADCASTING A WAKE-UP SIGNAL TO USER EQUIPMENTJuly 2022October 2025Allow3920YesNo
17813343FACILITATING AN INTERFERENCE LEAKAGE DEPENDENT RESOURCE RESERVATION PROTOCOL IN ADVANCED NETWORKSJuly 2022December 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17856466METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINALS REGISTERED VIA MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORKSJuly 2022March 2025Allow3330NoNo
17850997MESSAGE EXTENSION APP STOREJune 2022May 2024Allow2310NoNo
17788843TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2022July 2025Allow3630YesNo
17841134METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UWB COMMUNICATIONJune 2022February 2026Allow4430NoNo
17806809SCALABLE AND DISTRIBUTED INTER-CLUSTER COORDINATION IN UWBJune 2022July 2024Allow2500NoNo
17827718COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022January 2024Allow2020NoNo
17827717COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022January 2024Allow1920NoNo
17752946SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUB-ACTIVITIES IN VIDEOS AND SEGMENTING THE VIDEOS WITH LITTLE TO NO ANNOTATIONMay 2022April 2025Allow3400NoNo
17748328MITIGATING SIGNAL LOSS AND DIRECTIONAL AMBIGUITY WITH DYNAMIC LOCATION DATA SAMPLINGMay 2022May 2025Allow3610YesNo
17777614METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULES AT A NETWORK DEVICE WITH ONE SIM CARDMay 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17743987MOVEMENT TRACK RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17775278POSITIONING OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICEMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17737493MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMay 2022June 2025Allow3830YesNo
17733350ONLINE STEREO CALIBRATIONApril 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17725258INDICATOR TRIGGERED ACTIVATION OF AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES WITHIN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICEApril 2022August 2025Allow3930NoNo
17725292MULTI-TASK DEEP LEARNING-BASED REAL-TIME MATTING METHOD FOR NON-GREEN-SCREEN PORTRAITSApril 2022December 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17721046Mobile Application Redirect by Way of Triggered Push NotificationsApril 2022June 2025Allow3820YesNo
17710784IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3510NoNo
17701671COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110NoNo
17695241METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FACE RECOGNITIONMarch 2022August 2025Allow4110NoNo
17694483IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3620NoNo
17689151COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022June 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17636462A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE IDENTITY OF AN ANIMAL OF A HERD OF ANIMALSFebruary 2022November 2025Allow4510NoNo
17634577Live Display of PET Image DataFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3720NoNo
17433718INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ASSOCIATING METHOD, AND ASSOCIATING PROGRAMFebruary 2022June 2024Allow3410NoNo
17631505POWER-SAVING SIGNAL CONFIGURATION AND TRANSMISSION METHODS AND APPARATUSESJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17649095APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINED INTRABAND AND INTERBAND MULTI-FRAME DEMOSAICINGJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17583255INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MODEL GENERATION METHODJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3330NoNo
17584158INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3620NoNo
17583259MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, FONT LIBRARY ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022March 2024Abandon2600NoNo
17624586DEEP LEARNING OF ELETRICAL PROPERTIES TOMOGRAPHYJanuary 2022October 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17567731TRAVEL DOCUMENT VALIDATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND UNSUPERVISED LEARNINGJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2410NoNo
17645842ENHANCED WI-FI FAST ROAMING TRANSITION FOR MOBILE DEVICESDecember 2021October 2025Allow4620NoNo
17551291MOBILE TRANSCEIVER HAVING ROUTE MONITORING AND METHOD OF OPERATIONDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17544657CONTINUOUSLY ONLINE 5G RADIO UNIT SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2021February 2024Allow2710YesNo
17539061MULTIPLE CALLER NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO MULTIPLE CALLED DEVICESNovember 2021November 2024Allow3520NoNo
17538914MULTIPLE CALLER NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO A CALLED DEVICENovember 2021March 2025Allow3940YesNo
17611956Computer-Implemented Method of Analyzing an Image to Segment Article of Interest ThereinNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17522469ADAPTIVE OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN FIXED CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION EDGE TERMINAL USING NETWORKNovember 2021August 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17517552LANE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON LIDAR FOR VEHICLENovember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17452557FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS MOVEMENT SIMULATIONOctober 2021April 2024Allow3000NoNo
17451558IDENTIFICATION OF REAL AND IMAGE SIGN DETECTIONS IN DRIVING APPLICATIONSOctober 2021June 2024Allow3210YesNo
17503121CONFIDENCE AIDED UPSAMPLING OF CATEGORICAL MAPSOctober 2021January 2024Allow2710NoNo
17502680QUALITY ESTIMATION MODELS FOR VARIOUS SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICSOctober 2021July 2024Allow3310NoNo
17497478Network FailureOctober 2021July 2022Allow920YesNo
17496588APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING CLOTHING ATTRIBUTES BASED ON DEEP LEARNINGOctober 2021January 2024Allow2810NoNo
17601655LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH ESTIMATION METHODOctober 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WEBB, MARGARET G.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
6
(85.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(14.3%)
Reversal Percentile
26.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 14.3% 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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(6.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(93.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.2%
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, 6.7% 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 WEBB, MARGARET G - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WEBB, MARGARET G works in Art Unit 2641 and has examined 466 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WEBB, MARGARET G's allowance rate of 82.0% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WEBB, MARGARET G receive 2.05 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WEBB, MARGARET G is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WEBB, MARGARET G. This interview benefit is in the 41% 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, 29.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 56% 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 26.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 38% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 44% 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 56.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 55.6% 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, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 30% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 53% 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 26% 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:

    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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