USPTO Examiner GONZALEZ AMANCIO - Art Unit 2642

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19187915CELL HANDOVER METHOD AND CELL HANDOVER DEVICEApril 2025June 2025Allow100YesNo
19176317Method, Apparatus and Computer ProgramApril 2025January 2026Allow920NoNo
19089099METHOD FOR PERFORMING TRACKING AREA UPDATE PROCEDURE UPON COMING OUT OF AN UNAVAILABILITY PERIODMarch 2025July 2025Allow420NoNo
18921681ANTENNA GAIN-BASED HANDOVER PROCEDURE FOR NTNOctober 2024July 2025Allow920YesNo
18886641METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2024April 2025Allow720NoNo
18772619RETRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18753725USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION PARTICIPATING IN A SYSTEM INFORMATION ACQUISITION PROCEDUREJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18746549WAVEFORM CONFIGURATION AND INDICATION FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONJune 2024February 2025Allow800YesNo
18671171MMWAVE TO WI-FI CONTROL SIGNAL OFFLOADING IN THE EVENT OF FADING IN THE MMWAVE SYSTEMMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18644756POWER INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2024January 2025Allow900YesNo
18642961DETECTION OF UNLIKELY TRAVEL OF MOBILE DEVICES INDICATIVE OF FRAUDULENT MOBILE DEVICE USAGEApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18640215SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIMING ADAPTATION FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSApril 2024May 2025Abandon1310YesNo
18608618Facilitating Self-Organizing Network (SON) EnhancementMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18597349METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING NETWORK SLICE IDENTIFIERMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18421166ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT BASE STATIONJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18409199CALL SUPPORT SYSTEM, CALL SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18402489SLICES FOR APPLICATIONS BASED ON MULTIPLE ACTIVE SIM PROFILESJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18527561WEDGE SHAPED CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18564979METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2024Allow600NoNo
18512530Control Channel ConfigurationNovember 2023September 2024Allow1020NoNo
18507844ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CALL CONTINUITY IN WEAK ELECTRIC FIELD ENVIRONMENT AND CONTROL METHODNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18507447Non-Associative Telephony and SMS MessagingNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18502781Inter-Band Handover of the Same Physical FrequencyNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18558628METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER TERMINAL WITH A NETWORK-SLICED COMMUNICATION NETWORKNovember 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18495072TRANSMIT POWER DENSITY LIMIT NORMALIZATION FOR ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE ANTENNAS WITH SCAN ANGLE VARYING DENSITY LIMITOctober 2023February 2026Allow2700NoNo
18490832METHOD FOR MONITORING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSOctober 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18487945TRACKING DEVICE PRESENCE DETECTION AND REPORTING BY ACCESS POINTSOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18484495SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SECURE PERSISTENT ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION ACCOUNT SERVICING WITH AN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANTOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18484052METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING PROCEDURES IN NEW RADIO (NR)October 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18481034NETWORK ENVIRONMENT HEALTH MONITORINGOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18478369NETWORK CONNECTION INITIATION BASED ON APPLICATION-SPECIFIC EVALUATION OF NETWORK CAPABILITIESSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2800NoNo
18552251CALL SYSTEM, EXTENSION, AND HOSTSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2600NoNo
18474050METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CONGESTION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1420NoNo
18471248CELL SELECTION FOR UNCREWED AERIAL VEHICLE COMMAND AND CONTROL LINK RELIABILITY OVER CELLULAR NETWORKSSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2600NoNo
18464954SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONSSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2420YesNo
18238359METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MOBILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18363041DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) PRE-EMPTION AND ACCESS CONTROLAugust 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18362416METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAXING RRM MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18227389METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR PRESENCE DETECTIONJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18353910COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, CORE NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND METHODSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18349357CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR WIDEBAND OPERATIONJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18343486CELL SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023November 2025Allow2800NoNo
18210903SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE INTERACTION WITH PORTABLE FIELD MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENTJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18316898USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION PARTICIPATING IN A SYSTEM INFORMATION ACQUISITION PROCEDUREMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18144023Communication EstablishmentMay 2023September 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18143385EFFICIENT PLMN ENCODING FOR 5GMay 2023June 2024Allow1310YesNo
18139956BASE STATIONS AND USER EQUIPMENTS CONFIGURED TO HANDLE ON-DEMAND SYSTEM INFORMATION IN 5G NRApril 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18137377METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HANDOVER AND BASE STATIONApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18301879mmWAVE TO WI-FI CONTROL SIGNAL OFFLOADING IN THE EVENT OF FADING IN THE mmWAVE SYSTEMApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18023146CONTROL OF EXECUTION OF NFC HANDOVER OPERATION FOR WI-FI DIRECT CONNECTIONFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3100NoNo
18172888METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18172791Physical Downlink Channel ConfigurationFebruary 2023November 2023Allow810YesNo
18169197SWITCHING WIRELESS NETWORK SITES BASED ON VEHICLE VELOCITYFebruary 2023June 2023Allow400YesNo
18017436COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONNECTION DESTINATION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18157753REFERENCE CELL CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610NoNo
18098230CONCENTRIC CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18016248COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONNECTION DESTINATION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610NoNo
18096189POSITION INFORMATION ASSISTED NETWORK CONTROLJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18005236ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONSJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3001YesNo
18089906Communications Support for Connected VehiclesDecember 2022January 2026Allow3610YesNo
18012171METHODS FOR PROCESSING HANDOVER PARAMETERS, AND TERMINALDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18075752WEDGE SHAPED CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18072399EMERGENCY DATA GATEWAY DEVICENovember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
18058943SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SECURE PERSISTENT ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION ACCOUNT SERVICING WITH AN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANTNovember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18059233CELL RESELECTION METHOD, CELL RESELECTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022November 2025Allow3510NoNo
17991559VOICE CALL METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022August 2025Allow3310YesNo
17988694CAMPING METHOD, APPARATUS AND TERMINALNovember 2022April 2025Allow2900NoNo
17998516CELL SELECTIONNovember 2022January 2026Allow3811NoNo
17961812COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17936818MEASUREMENT AND CELL RESELECTION IN A NTNSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17952421Location ManagementSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17906921CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHODSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310YesNo
17949739MOBILITY IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKSSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010NoNo
17933965WIRELESS INTERNET MONITORING APPLICATIONSeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17948265Ethernet Physical layer transceiver with graceful temperature protectionSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3100NoNo
17948594SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REMOTE INTERACTION WITH PORTABLE FIELD MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENTSeptember 2022May 2023Allow710NoNo
17944515WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17905533OPEN-LOOP POWER CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIASeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17902581CELL HANDOVER METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17898952GATEWAY STATION SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2022November 2025Allow3811YesNo
17896628Voice Call Transfer Method and Electronic DeviceAugust 2022March 2025Allow3100NoNo
17802419MOBILE TERMINALAugust 2022February 2025Allow3000NoNo
17895530METHOD, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND BASE STATION FOR DEFENDING ATTACK FROM FAKE BASE STATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKAugust 2022March 2025Allow3100NoNo
17893240Non-Associative Telephony and SMS MessagingAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17892289METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING PROCEDURES IN NEW RADIO (NR)August 2022July 2023Allow1110YesNo
17892092ADAPTIVE SIDELINK DATA SPLIT AND DUPLICATIONAugust 2022October 2024Allow2600NoNo
17819427CHANNEL PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022May 2025Allow3410NoNo
17883535ROAD SIDE POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17816853NETWORK ENVIRONMENT HEALTH MONITORINGAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17872306Inter-Band Handover of the Same Physical FrequencyJuly 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17793899CELL RESELECTION METHOD, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2022January 2025Allow3000YesNo
17854083Data Signaling for High Frequency NetworksJune 2022July 2024Allow2440YesNo
17846482TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING NETWORK PROTOCOLSJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17805682SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HANDOVERJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17747324COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM PRODUCTMay 2022May 2025Allow3620YesNo
17746976TRACKING DEVICE PRESENCE DETECTION AND REPORTING BY ACCESS POINTSMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17662665CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR WIDEBAND OPERATIONMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17662644END OF SERVICE PERIOD INDICATIONMay 2022March 2025Allow3410YesNo
17775074Validity Area for Early MeasurementMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17662238WIRELESS TERMINAL ROAMINGMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
20
Examiner Affirmed
15
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
39.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% 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
67
Allowed After Appeal Filing
26
(38.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
41
(61.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.9%
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, 38.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner GONZALEZ, AMANCIO - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GONZALEZ, AMANCIO works in Art Unit 2642 and has examined 827 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GONZALEZ, AMANCIO's allowance rate of 91.4% places them in the 76% 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 GONZALEZ, AMANCIO receive 1.68 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% 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 GONZALEZ, AMANCIO is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GONZALEZ, AMANCIO. 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, 31.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 66% 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 41.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% 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, 125.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 84% 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 70.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 51.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 62.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 64% 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 6.6% of allowed cases (in the 84% 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:

  • 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.

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.

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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.