USPTO Examiner WASHINGTON ERIKA ALISE - Art Unit 2644

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19375380Timing Advance Reporting Procedure in Non-Terrestrial NetworksOctober 2025February 2026Allow400NoNo
19353927WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPECTRUM SENSING ACROSS MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDSOctober 2025December 2025Allow200NoNo
19300235Multi-Consecutive Slots Transmission with Sidelink Discontinuous ReceptionAugust 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19282349METHOD FOR STOPPING TIMER IF STORE AND FORWARD SATELLITE OPERATION IS SUPPORTED AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOFJuly 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19281413METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORT BLOCK GENERATION WITH RETRANSMISSION OF MIMO IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19227043SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INCREASE REPRESENTATIVITY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT AND SPEND DATA FOR ANALYTICS PURPOSES THROUGH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA-BALANCINGJune 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
18867837METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROXIMITY BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES, METHOD FOR MANAGING A DATABASE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MOBILE DEVICENovember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18861377METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEASUREMENT-BASED NEW RADIO COVERAGE MAPOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18889886SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONINGSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18845675METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING CROSS-CONNECTED CELLS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKSeptember 2024January 2025Allow500NoNo
18788317LOCKDOWN CAPABILITIES IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES CALL LOCATION DATAJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18642728INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODApril 2024October 2024Allow610NoNo
18621055PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL EXTENSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18603123SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ASSET TRACKING, ASSET GROUPING, AND ERROR RECOVERYMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010NoNo
18421607SYSTEM TO FACILITATE A CORRECT IDENTIFICATION OF A SERVICE PROVIDERJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2510NoNo
18394363CALLER AND RECIPIENT ALTERNATE CHANNEL IDENTITY CONFIRMATIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18522241APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT SETUP AND METHODS FOR TESTING AN APPARATUSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18499131COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2023February 2025Allow1520NoNo
18494980LAYER 2 UE TO UE DATA FORWARDINGOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18382864IDENTIFYING EMERGENCY RESPONSE VALIDITY AND SEVERITYOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310YesNo
18489617SELECTIVE TRIGGERING OF NEURAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENT FEATURE PROCESSING AT A USER EQUIPMENTOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18379474MOBILITY HANDLING OF CROSS-NODE MACHINE LEARNING SESSION IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORKOctober 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18379469MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-NODE MACHINE LEARNING OPERATIONS IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORKOctober 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18553719METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING FIELD FOR INSTRUCTING TRANSMISSION OF A-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18371197METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING AND DISPLAYING PRIMARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY DATASeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18469380INDICATION OF NON-STATIONARY INTERFERENCE CONDITIONSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18280363PROXIMITY AND DIRECTION BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICE PAIRINGSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2920NoNo
18279015METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN A DOMAINAugust 2023September 2025Allow2500NoNo
18448812LATTICE MESHAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18447972PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION FOR QUALITY-OF-SERVICE FLOWS IN 5G NETWORK SLICESAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18263556SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH ARTICLE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTJuly 2023September 2025Allow2500NoNo
18361870COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL DISTANCINGJuly 2023April 2025Allow2020YesNo
18360841COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18272314METHOD FOR TERMINAL TO TRANSMIT FIRST SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR SAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18260804DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18219974LOCATION DETERMINATION CELLULAR SYSTEMJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18220221MISSED TELEPHONE CALL MANAGEMENT FOR A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18343509UWB ON/OFF OPERATION METHOD TO MINIMIZE DEGRADATION OF RANGING PERFORMANCE AND UWB ANCHOR USING THE SAMEJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18334299TRAINING POSITIONING MODELS FOR DIFFERENT UPLINK TRANSMIT POWER CONFIGURATIONSJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18266892METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A FIRST AND A SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18326970LOCATION BASED ROUTING THAT BYPASSES CIRCUIT-BASED NETWORKSMay 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18325612USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18318580MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTNs)May 2023September 2025Allow2810NoNo
18143704METHOD FOR SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENT AND RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENCE SURFACEMay 2023September 2025Allow2810NoNo
18144011MULTICAST TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18141120MAP GENERATOR FOR MAP-BASED DEVICE MANAGEMENTApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18308200SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISABLING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST IN INTERNET OF THINGS-NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18305044RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED POSITION INFORMATION TRANSFERApril 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18137380SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ASSET TRACKING, ASSET GROUPING, AND ERROR RECOVERYApril 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18032731Provision of UE's Surrounding InformationApril 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18303203DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18136852SYSTEM AND METHODS OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18301047ACTIVE GEO-LOCATION FOR ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK DEVICESApril 2023September 2023Allow510NoNo
18299320CELLULAR DEVICE GEOLOCATION BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE DATAApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18298061Method and System of Two-Tier Location TrackingApril 2023November 2023Allow711NoNo
18297387RANGING ASSISTED PEDESTRIAN LOCALIZATIONApril 2023March 2025Allow2321YesNo
18295447SINGLE CLUSTER FORMATION TECHNIQUE FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA)April 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18194047COGNITIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENTMarch 2023October 2025Allow3010YesNo
18194409METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2023July 2024Allow1620NoNo
18127594LEARNING EMERGENT INDOOR LOCATIONS OF INTEREST WITH MINIMAL INFRASTRUCTUREMarch 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18187623POSITIONING MODEL VALIDITY CONDITION SIGNALING AND INDICATIONMarch 2023February 2026Allow3420YesNo
18245418PHYSICAL DISTANCING TRACKING AND NOTIFICATIONMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18183601APPLICATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICEMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18170049SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT-BASED DOCKING OF INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMSFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
18167622WEARABLE DEVICE LOCATION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTUREFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18166684DEVICE-BASED TIMELY EMERGENCY CALL ROUTINGFebruary 2023October 2023Allow910NoNo
18106758PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TIME TO USER EQUIPMENT FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION BEFORE COMMUNICATING AN SMS MESSAGE TO AN EMERGENCY NUMBERFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18106783CALCULATING A LOCATION OF USER EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO COMMUNICATING AN SMS MESSAGE TO AN EMERGENCY NUMBERFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3110YesNo
18018239RANGING CAPACITY REQUEST METHOD, RANGING CAPACITY SENDING METHOD, AND RANGING CAPACITY RECEIVING METHODJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18006673METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICESJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18005255METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLOSE CONTACT TERMINAL DEVICE AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18015837CONTROL DEVICE AND SYSTEMJanuary 2023November 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18087376SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING GROUPCAST MEDIA STREAMING USING METRIC INFORMATION IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18082034ALARM SYSTEM DETECTOR GEOFENCINGDecember 2022December 2025Allow3620NoNo
18079948DRINK-LOCATING BANDDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
17991675Mobile Offloading for Disconnected Terminal OperationNovember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
17999219METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ITEMS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A MOBILE DEVICE OR WITHIN A DIGITAL IMAGENovember 2022March 2026Allow4021NoNo
17990100TASK PERFORMANCE BASED ON LOCATIONNovember 2022August 2025Allow3320NoNo
18057154USER EQUIPMENT TRUST RE-EVALUATIONNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
17923604COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2022August 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18053358OPTIMIZATION OF RANGING SESSIONS INITIATED BY VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN UESNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17971517System and Method for CommunicationOctober 2022September 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17970062ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17918187PREDICTIVE SECTORIZED AVERAGE POWER CONTROLOctober 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17960762APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE A DEVICE IN A TRANSPORT NETWORK TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH A DEVICE IN AN ACCESS NETWORKOctober 2022March 2025Allow2911YesNo
17995419WIRELESS BASE STATIONOctober 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17936879COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHODSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17953828SELECTING MODULATION AND CODING SCHEMESeptember 2022December 2022Allow200NoNo
17953150APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT SETUP AND METHODS FOR TESTING AN APPARATUSSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17933226METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEIGHT-BASED LOCATION UPDATE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17932602CERTIFIED LOCATION FOR MOBILE DEVICESSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1320NoNo
17932111POSITION MESSAGE UPDATE RATE ADAPTATION FOR VEHICLE-TO-PEDESTRIAN COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310YesNo
17931375AUTOMATED EVENT WITNESS IDENTIFICATIONSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17823917MOBILE STATION RELAYING VERIFICATIONAugust 2022April 2025Allow3110YesNo
17899032GEO-LOCATING OF WIRELESS DEVICES USING A BINNING FUNCTIONAugust 2022May 2023Allow910NoNo
17898941SERVICE INDICATION METHOD AND RELEVANT DEVICESAugust 2022March 2024Allow1821NoNo
17822665SYSTEM TO FACILITATE A CORRECT IDENTIFICATION OF A SERVICE PROVIDERAugust 2022September 2023Allow1220YesNo
17895805POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17891970RF SIGNAL REPEATER DEVICE MANAGEMENT FOR 5G WIRELESS NETWORKSAugust 2022February 2024Allow1820YesNo
17891233UWB ON/OFF OPERATION METHOD TO MINIMIZE DEGRADATION OF RANGING PERFORMANCE AND UWB ANCHOR USING THE SAMEAugust 2022April 2025Allow3120NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
73.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.8%
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, 66.7% 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

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Examiner WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE works in Art Unit 2644 and has examined 310 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 18 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE's allowance rate of 93.9% places them in the 82% 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 WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE receive 1.28 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% 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 WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE is 18 months. This places the examiner in the 96% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE. This interview benefit is in the 22% 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, 32.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 67.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 46.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 41% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 20% 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 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:

  • 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.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.