USPTO Examiner AJAYI JOEL - Art Unit 2646

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19364455SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESOctober 2025December 2025Allow200YesNo
19308940SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2025October 2025Allow200YesNo
19282513METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PAGING EARLY INDICATION WITH PAGING SUBGROUPING ASSISTANCE AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOFJuly 2025February 2026Allow710YesNo
19272276WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTING SPATIAL CONDITIONS AND GENERATING ALERTSJuly 2025January 2026Allow610YesNo
19241855METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING CHANNEL MONITORING IN ASSOCIATION WITH SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION PROCEDUREJune 2025September 2025Allow310NoNo
19090189APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MULTI-SIM DEVICES PERFORMANCE AND OPERATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
18960523PROXIMITY SERVICES EMERGENCY CALLNovember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18818339WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2024January 2025Allow510YesNo
18839159ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND RRC STATE AWARE RADIO RESOURCE ALLOCATIONAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18742157SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DELAYING A USER EQUIPMENT PAGING OPERATION IN A NETWORK BASED ON PROPAGATION CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICSJune 2024November 2025Allow1720NoNo
18672295METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF PAGING EARLY INDICATIONMay 2024August 2025Allow1500YesNo
18669739TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2024May 2025Abandon1220NoNo
18654747Proximity-Based Session HandoverMay 2024September 2025Allow1630YesNo
18627246DETERMINING MULTIPATH IN A POSITIONING SYSTEMApril 2024January 2025Allow1010YesNo
18625870USER EQUIPMENT (UE) STATUS INFORMATION DELIVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKApril 2024May 2025Allow1320YesNo
18601071METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF PAGING EARLY INDICATIONMarch 2024May 2024Allow200YesNo
18599108METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING MODEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKMarch 2024June 2024Allow300YesNo
18538620Security Verification when Resuming an RRC ConnectionDecember 2023March 2026Allow2700YesNo
18519577Paging Method, Electronic Device, and Non-Transitory Readable Storage MediumNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500YesNo
18494299DATA GATHERING AND DATA SELECTION TO TRAIN A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMOctober 2023October 2024Allow1100YesNo
18487078LATENCY REDUCTION SYSTEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2800YesNo
18485215SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SUPPORTING DEVICE TRIGGERED RE-AUTHENTICATION OF SLICE-SPECIFIC SECONDARY AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1100YesNo
18456837COVERAGE TUNING BASED ON UPLINK AND DOWNLINK BALANCINGAugust 2023November 2025Allow2700YesNo
18235652INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN TERRESTRIAL NETWORK -- NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK INTEGRATED SYSTEMSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3100YesNo
18355422WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHODSJuly 2023April 2024Allow800YesNo
18351373PAGING OCCASION DESIGN IN NEW RADIOJuly 2023April 2024Allow900YesNo
18348331METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCATION-BASED GUIDANCE BASED ON INTERIOR CONDITIONS AT A PLURALITY OF LOCATIONSJuly 2023February 2024Allow800YesNo
18343517LOCATION-BASED CONTEXT INFORMATION SHARING IN A MESSAGING SYSTEMJune 2023September 2024Allow1500YesNo
18215782NETWORKED WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEMJune 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18215774WIRELESS CHARGING METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONJune 2023May 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18340316MOBILE DEVICE PRIVACY PROTECTION IN PUBLIC SPACESJune 2023December 2025Allow3000YesNo
18205611RADIO FREQUENCY DATA DOWNLINK FOR A HIGH REVISIT RATE, NEAR EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE SYSTEMJune 2023February 2025Allow2000YesNo
18197453Methods for Location-Based Identification BlurringMay 2023October 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18035611METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SENDING INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIAMay 2023September 2025Allow2900YesNo
18302640DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF USERS IN A MULTI-BAND NETWORK BASED ON THE ANTENNA SECTOR POWER RATIO (SPR)April 2023January 2024Allow900YesNo
18135597METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICE-BASED COOPERATIVE DATA CAPTUREApril 2023August 2024Allow1600YesNo
18299165METHOD FOR MULTI-PAGING OF USER EQUIPMENTApril 2023March 2026Abandon3520YesNo
18297254METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING POSITION ON BASIS OF ANTENNAApril 2023November 2025Allow3210YesNo
18247251NETWORK SLICE LOCAL SWITCHING AT A DISTRIBUTED UNITMarch 2023August 2025Allow2800YesNo
18190396DYNAMIC SIM ACTIVATION POLICY UPDATING FOR WIRELESS DEVICESMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18027193COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHODMarch 2023March 2026Abandon3620NoNo
18120723SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FALSE CONGESTION AVOIDANCEMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18114788TECHNOLOGIES FOR CELLULAR POSITIONINGFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3110YesNo
18110801RESOURCES CORRESPONDING TO BANDWIDTH PARTSFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1520YesNo
18169172CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES AND DATA USAGE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLEFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1420NoNo
18020764REDUCTION IN PAGING TRAFFIC IN GNB USING NEAR REAL-TIME RAN INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER XAPPFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
18106048Wireless Device PagingFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3620YesNo
18161724METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMING CHANGES IN COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT USAGE IN A NETWORKJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2030YesNo
18102594RECHARGEABLE WIRELESS POWER BANK AND METHOD OF USINGJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1310YesNo
18018061WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEMJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18016351A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A BACKEND DEVICEJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320YesNo
18004568MANAGING MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITIES IN CELLULAR NETWORKJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3110YesNo
18093076UNAUTHORIZED TRACKING DEVICE DETECTION AND PREVENTIONJanuary 2023August 2024Allow2000YesNo
18004026METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110YesNo
18147145METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110YesNo
18012800METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING PAGING CAUSE OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420NoNo
18064554SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SESSION SETUP IN A CORE NETWORKDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420YesNo
18009694PAGING METHODS, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110YesNo
18072302PAGING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICENovember 2022May 2025Allow2910YesNo
18072092SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SECURITY AND USER AUTHENTICATION VIA NETWORK AUGMENTATIONNovember 2022November 2023Abandon1110NoNo
17994157METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL RESELECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2022October 2025Allow4610YesNo
18055677POLICY ENFORCEMENT ACROSS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS OVER APPLICATION FUNCTIONSNovember 2022July 2023Allow810YesNo
17986218ENTERPRISE PROFILE ASSOCIATED WITH A SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM)November 2022July 2025Allow3210YesNo
17971247MULTI-SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMSOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
17920316INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEOctober 2022August 2025Allow3320YesNo
17996783METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPORTING MOBILITY STATE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022July 2025Allow3320YesNo
18046820Device-Driven Mobility for Non-Terrestrial Communication NetworksOctober 2022April 2025Allow3000YesNo
17598129METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION OF PAGING OCCASIONSOctober 2022April 2025Allow4200YesNo
17917217USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION INVOLVED IN PAGINGOctober 2022March 2025Allow2900YesNo
17916404METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SECURITY CONTEXT RELATED TO UESeptember 2022July 2025Allow3310YesNo
17950128METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3520NoNo
17945640NETWORK SYSTEM AND NETWORK SLICE GENERATION METHODSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910YesNo
17943161METROPOLITAN AREA MESH NETWORK WITH ADAPTIVE LOAD-BALANCED NODESSeptember 2022February 2023Allow500YesNo
17902661SECURE ZERO-EXCHANGE PROVISION SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS MESH ACCESS POINTSSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2900YesNo
17898491METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCATION-BASED GUIDANCE BASED ON INTERIOR CONDITIONS AT A PLURALITY OF LOCATIONSAugust 2022March 2023Allow700YesNo
17895283SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREAAugust 2022January 2025Allow2900YesNo
17799542METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PLMN SELECTION BASED ON REQUIRED SERVICES/SLICES FOR ROAMING SUBSCRIBERSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210YesNo
17886090SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING REAL-TIME LOCATIONAugust 2022February 2024Allow1820YesYes
17795582HANDLING INCOMPATIBLE WIRELESS DEVICESJuly 2022August 2025Allow3620YesNo
17759500A MECHANISM FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION FOR OPERATION OVER CELLULAR NETWORKSJuly 2022July 2025Allow3520YesNo
17873069METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2026Abandon4340YesNo
17861152SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKSJuly 2022July 2025Allow3630YesNo
17844443Security Verification when Resuming an RRC ConnectionJune 2022September 2023Allow1520NoNo
17835748INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2022July 2024Allow2650YesNo
17831629SPATIALLY AWARE CELLSJune 2022September 2025Allow3940YesNo
17746260ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED SERVICE QUALITY RESPONSE SYSTEMMay 2022August 2024Allow2700YesNo
17745432DYNAMIC ROAMING PARTNER PRIORITIZATION BASED ON SERVICE QUALITY FEEDBACKMay 2022November 2023Abandon1820YesNo
17731091PAGING OCCASION DESIGN IN NEW RADIOApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17724778PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SAFETY ALERTSApril 2022April 2025Allow3630YesNo
17708479METHOD OF PERFORMING PAGING RECEPTION AND RELATED DEVICEMarch 2022August 2024Allow2800YesNo
17708990FOLDABLE TERMINALMarch 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17707717COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICEMarch 2022May 2024Abandon2500NoNo
17655575SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION ACCESS CONTROLMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510YesNo
17699092WIRELESS CHARGING METHOD AND SYSTEMMarch 2022May 2022Allow200YesNo
17696155METHOD FOR SELECTING CELL USING A 5G USER EQUIPMENT AND A 5G UEMarch 2022March 2024Allow2440YesNo
17654788METHOD TO IMPROVE UE PERFORMANCE BY REDUCING SCAN ON LEGACY GSM/WCDMAMarch 2022December 2025Allow4650YesNo
17693695RADIO-ACCESS-TECHNOLOGY-SPECIFIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONSMarch 2022November 2023Allow2020YesNo
17693311METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULESMarch 2022April 2023Allow1410YesNo
17692156METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULESMarch 2022February 2023Allow1100YesNo
17638511METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POSITION OF TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3210YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
19
Examiner Affirmed
13
(68.4%)
Examiner Reversed
6
(31.6%)
Reversal Percentile
48.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage 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
60
Allowed After Appeal Filing
23
(38.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
37
(61.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.0%
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, 38.3% 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 AJAYI, JOEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AJAYI, JOEL works in Art Unit 2646 and has examined 775 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 16 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AJAYI, JOEL's allowance rate of 90.6% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by AJAYI, JOEL receive 1.31 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 AJAYI, JOEL is 16 months. This places the examiner in the 98% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +30.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AJAYI, JOEL. This interview benefit is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 61% 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 26.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 36% 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, 54.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 47% 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 65.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% 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, 42.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 33% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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 27% 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:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

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.

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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.