USPTO Examiner CASCA FRED A - Art Unit 2644

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19220147DUAL FUNCTION EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING UE-SPECIFIC BEAMFORMINGMay 2025October 2025Allow410YesNo
19181175GROUND DATA TRANSMISSION AND FAN OUT FOR A TERMINAL OF A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2025January 2026Allow910YesNo
19169238BEAM NULLING METHOD FOR CROSS-SECTOR INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSIONApril 2025July 2025Allow300NoNo
19052970METHOD FOR SATELLITE HANDOVER BETWEEN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEFebruary 2025January 2026Allow1120NoNo
18926068TRANSFORMER-BASED DECODER FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION COMPRESSION, AND RELATED DEVICES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMSOctober 2024February 2025Allow410YesNo
18779125DIGITAL TWIN-BASED DEDUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT REFLECTING SURFACE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1820NoNo
17422931METHOD EXECUTED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENTMay 2024June 2024Allow3610YesNo
18652262COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHODMay 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
186962336G PERVASIVE CHANNEL MODELING METHOD SUITABLE FOR ALL FREQUENCY BANDS AND ALL SCENARIOSMarch 2024July 2025Allow1530YesNo
18599935Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Capability Information for Power SavingsMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18439560SERVICE TYPE SYMBOLSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18434244PACKET-DISCARDING-AWARE CONFIGURED GRANT PATTERN ADAPTATIONFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18429031MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHODS OF USEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1411NoNo
18416401TOOL TRACKING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE AND APPLICATION SETTABLE BEACON TRANSMISSION RATESJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18413367AUTOMATED BORDER COORDINATION FOR RADIOFREQUENCY NETWORK SECTORSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18400977ENABLEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLICATIONS IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION MODEDecember 2023May 2025Allow1711NoNo
18397427DUAL FUNCTION EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING UE-SPECIFIC BEAMFORMINGDecember 2023March 2025Allow1411NoNo
18393979MICRO-LOCATION MONITORING TECHNIQUESDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110YesNo
18391340COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18516714APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18489406COVER FOR FOLDING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HINGE PROTECTIONOctober 2023April 2024Allow610YesNo
18554206COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AREA CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAMOctober 2023August 2024Allow1100YesNo
18481655LOCALIZATION VIA MACHINE LEARNING BASED ON PERCEIVED CHANNEL PROPERTIES AND INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT SUPERVISIONOctober 2023November 2025Allow2600NoNo
18479605ASSET MOVEMENT AND LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USEOctober 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18474603METHOD FOR PERFORMING LOCATION-SPECIFIC SERVICES, BROADCASTING UNIT AND MOBILE RECEIVING DEVICESeptember 2023February 2025Allow1720YesNo
18472055WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2850YesNo
18471354NETWORK ACCESS MANAGEMENTSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18471115SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE LOCATION DETERMINATION BY BEAMFORMING OF A POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1620NoNo
18468437Robotic Roaming Test SystemSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18455272ASSET LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USEAugust 2023November 2025Allow2730YesNo
18454511FULL-BODY PROTECTIVE PHONE CASE FOR FULLY PROTECTED FOLDABLE SCREENAugust 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18237080WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1840YesNo
18452398APERTURE MAGNIFICATION USING REFLECTIVE COMPONENTS FOR SPATIALLY MULTIPLEXED LINE OF SIGHT COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18449472INTER-SATELLITE HANDOVER OPTIMIZATION BASED ON TERRESTRIAL OBSTACLE OBSTRUCTION PREDICTION BY USER DEVICE IN OBSTRUCTION SCENARIOSAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600YesNo
18364435VEHICLE-TO-PEDESTRIAN POSITIONING WITH JOINT LOCALIZATION IN VEHICLESAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18362165AOCS SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN PLANARITY FOR SPACE DIGITAL BEAM FORMING USING CARRIER PHASE DIFFERENTIAL GPS, IMU AND MAGNET TORQUES ON LARGE SPACE STRUCTURESJuly 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18354478SIMULATION OF WI-FI SIGNAL PROPAGATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATIONJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18219147RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18340966SMART VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND CONTROL LOGIC FOR DYNAMIC DIGITAL RADIO SELECTION BASED ON VEHICLE LOCATIONJune 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18205624PORT MAPPING BETWEEN INPUT PORTS AND OUTPUT PORTS OF RCFT DEVICES FOR UL TRANSMISSIONJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18203819TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE THROUGH DYNAMIC UPLINK POWER MODIFICATIONMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18322089ASSET LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USEMay 2023February 2026Allow3210YesNo
18196877DISTRIBUTED LOCATION DETERMINATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKSMay 2023June 2024Allow1310YesNo
18315951METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTENNA INTEGRATED RADIO (AIR) DOWNLINK AND UPLINK BEAM POLARIZATION ADAPTATIONMay 2023January 2024Allow810YesNo
18142075ON-DEMAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2023October 2025Allow2900NoNo
18308871ADJACENT BEAM DETERMINATIONApril 2023April 2024Allow1110YesNo
18302355Downlink Control Information (DCI) Transmission and ReceptionApril 2023February 2026Allow3411NoNo
18031040A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS INFORMATION AND ENERGY TRANSFER USING DISTRIBUTED BEAMFORMINGApril 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18295708DIVERSITY GAIN FOR SPACE MOBILE SYSTEMSApril 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18246505SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONGESTION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION DEPLOYMENT AREAMarch 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18044374BEAM MANAGEMENTMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910YesNo
18117744WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023August 2023Allow620NoNo
18115819Coordinated Transmissions Over a Transient Roving Wireless Communication ChannelMarch 2023July 2023Allow510NoNo
18043643WI-FI POSITIONING BASED CONTACT TRACINGMarch 2023January 2026Allow3511NoNo
18023699LINK PERFORMANCE PREDICTION USING SPATIAL LINK PERFORMANCE MAPPINGFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18165737BEAM SWITCHING USER DATA OUTAGE REDUCTION IN A SPOT BEAM SATELLITE SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2023Allow800YesNo
18153095TECHNIQUES FOR JOINT SIDELINK POSITIONINGJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18004698MULTI-USER PHYSICAL LAYER PACKET FOR SENSINGJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3000NoNo
18013967MULTISTATIC RADAR SYSTEM USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICESDecember 2022January 2026Allow3711NoNo
18146781TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND SYSTEMDecember 2022June 2023Allow600NoNo
18003239RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH INFORMATION CALCULATION METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAMDecember 2022March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18085718PROTECTIVE CASE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2022March 2023Allow300NoNo
18008732WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2022October 2025Allow3411YesNo
18062039WEARABLE DEVICEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3300NoNo
18061977COORDINATED BEAMFORMING FROM CLIENT DEVICESDecember 2022March 2025Allow2800YesNo
18071029APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMED ULTRA-WIDEBAND DATANovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
18057568GROUP-BASED POSITIONING DESIGN IN ASYNCHRONOUS VEHICULAR NETWORKSNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510YesNo
17987771Xx/Xn Protocol ProgrammabilityNovember 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
17919066Folding Apparatus and Electronic DeviceOctober 2022August 2025Allow3400NoNo
17936442ADJUSTING TRANSMISSIONS BASED ON DIRECT SENSING OF THE IONOSPHERESeptember 2022April 2024Allow1810YesNo
17955441MOBILE DEVICE SLEDSeptember 2022October 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17954211COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310YesNo
17950950HINGESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17945834MIMO Capability Information per Cell Group for Power SavingsSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310YesNo
17931470WIDEBAND-ASSISTED ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) SENSINGSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17910874SERVICE LINK SWITCHING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3520NoNo
17897820VISUAL INTERFACES FOR TELEPHONE CALLSAugust 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17886755METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY AND SELECTABILITY OF CELL TOWERS FOR DATA TRANSFERAugust 2022September 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17760217WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKAugust 2022January 2025Allow3020YesYes
17760095Conditional Configuration in a Distributed Base StationAugust 2022July 2025Allow3620NoNo
17817335METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ORTHOGONAL STREAM SPATIAL MULTIPLEXINGAugust 2022January 2024Abandon1710YesNo
17872852SERVICE CONNECTING ANTENNAS TO REMOTE REGIONSJuly 2022May 2024Allow2111NoNo
17759248COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHODJuly 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17794348Methods And Apparatus Of Timing Handling For Integration Of Terrestrial Network And Non-Terrestrial network CommunicationsJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17867757SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RADIO PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SITEJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17861098Multi-Beam and Multi-Polarization Electromagnetic Wavefront ShapingJuly 2022October 2022Allow300NoNo
17844867Cell Phone Water Bottle HolderJune 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17844943BASE STATION ANTENNA AND SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR BASE STATION ANTENNAJune 2022June 2025Allow3601NoNo
17830808ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HINGE STRUCTUREJune 2022June 2025Allow3710NoNo
17664441SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRANULAR USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION DETERMINATION USING QUANTUM COMPUTINGMay 2022March 2023Allow1000NoNo
17746165DIVERSITY CONTROL FOR MULTI-ACCESS WIRELESS NETWORKSMay 2022April 2024Allow2300NoNo
17743431SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE LOCATION DETERMINATION BY BEAMFORMING OF A POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17662526POWER CONSUMPTION CALCULATION AND REPORTINGMay 2022March 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17734538MICRO-LOCATION MONITORING TECHNIQUESMay 2022August 2023Allow1510YesNo
17659162USER INTERFACE FOR MIMO NETWORKSApril 2022December 2023Allow2010YesNo
17658862SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFICATION OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORK PARAMETERS BASED ON CHANNEL PROPAGATION MODELS GENERATED USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUESApril 2022March 2023Allow1110NoNo
17764085AERIALLY DISTRIBUTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEMarch 2022April 2023Allow1310YesNo
17689520ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND METHODMarch 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17686226Coordinated Transmissions Over a Transient Roving Wireless Communication ChannelMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110NoNo
17638002AUTOMATICALLY CALIBRATING ANCHOR DEVICES IN AN INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMFebruary 2022December 2025Abandon4610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CASCA, FRED A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
21
Examiner Affirmed
17
(81.0%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(19.0%)
Reversal Percentile
30.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 19.0% 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
55
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(18.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
45
(81.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
22.1%
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, 18.2% 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 CASCA, FRED A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CASCA, FRED A works in Art Unit 2644 and has examined 585 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CASCA, FRED A's allowance rate of 86.0% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CASCA, FRED A receive 2.32 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 65% 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 CASCA, FRED A is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CASCA, FRED A. This interview benefit is in the 49% 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, 29.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 55% 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 35.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 34.1% 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, 55.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 58% 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 1.5% of allowed cases (in the 71% 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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