USPTO Art Unit 2416 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18814015PAGING IN A WIRELESS NETWORKAugust 2024May 2025Allow920YesNo
18789534SYSTEMS/METHODS OF 5G AGILITYJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18751995SYSTEMS/METHODS OF BANDWIDTH VARIABILITY AND/OR AIR INTERFACE VARIABILITY RESPONSIVE TO A SIZE OF DATA TO BE TRANSMITTED/RECEIVEDJune 2024September 2024Allow310NoNo
18750866ELECTRONIC DEVICE IDENTIFICATION USING EMITTED ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALSJune 2024January 2025Allow701NoNo
18748817METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAMEJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18736392METHODS AND APPARATUS DIRECTED TO NON-ACCESS STRATUM PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION WITH LAYER 2 RELAYINGJune 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18680881TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATIONMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18675514METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING FREQUENCY LAYERS FOR POSITIONINGMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18673252Apparatus for Sharing Network Device Connection DataMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18671565METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR TRANSFERRING DATA WITH DIFFERENT RELIABILITIESMay 2024September 2024Allow410YesNo
18658356METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-UE PRIORITIZATION CONSIDERING UL GRANT RECEIVED IN RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSEMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18655338METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING RECEIVED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONSMay 2024December 2024Allow800YesNo
18650131COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18647824TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEMApril 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18637717NETWORK SLICE QUOTA MANAGEMENT DURING ROAMINGApril 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18633178METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING FREQUENCY LAYERS FOR POSITIONINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18699796DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF VEHICLE SENSOR DATA BASED ON FORECAST NETWORK CONDITIONSApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18630136COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONFIGURATIONApril 2024June 2024Allow200NoNo
18696391SWITCH CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2024May 2024Allow200NoNo
18617510METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALLING RADIO LINK FAILUREMarch 2024June 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18601582REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR REMOTE INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENTMarch 2024April 2025Allow1300YesNo
18600187FLEXIBLE REPETITION OF PUSCH MINI-SLOTS WITHIN A SLOTMarch 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18594718SYSTEMS/METHODS OF BANDWIDTH VARIABILITY AND/OR AIR INTERFACE VARIABILITY RESPONSIVE TO A SIZE OF DATA TO BE TRANSMITTEDMarch 2024May 2024Allow210NoNo
18591398TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING APPARATUSFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900YesNo
18587798SYSTEMS/METHODS OF CARRIER AGGREGATIONFebruary 2024June 2024Allow410NoNo
18444070METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18442017METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18439889METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO LINK IN MULTI-CARRIER ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18435488Reporting Power Headroom for Aggregated CarriersFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18428679METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR BROADCAST CHANNELJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18427200Integrated Backhaul Transport for 5GsJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18423625METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGGING AND REPORTING RADIO LINK FAILURE INFORMATION IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18422987ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REPORT FOR RECEPTION OF CONTROL INFORMATIONJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18421669METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURATION AND SIGNALING OF SL RESOURCES FOR INTER-UE CO-ORDINATIONJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18420065DUAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE RADIO DEVICE AND SERVICE RECOVERY METHODJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18419438ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REPORT FOR RECEPTION OF CONTROL INFORMATIONJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18415896CONFIGURING A USER EQUIPMENT FOR MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1420NoNo
15959261TRANSACTION CONTROLS FOR SUPPLYING CONTROL PLANE DATA TO MANAGED HARDWARE FORWARDING ELEMENTJanuary 2024April 2025Allow6080NoYes
18397042SYSTEMS/METHODS OF FREQUENCY VARIABILITY RESPONSIVE TO A SIZE OF DATA TO BE TRANSMITTEDDecember 2023March 2024Allow200YesNo
18395655METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONDecember 2023April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18392673SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR DETECTING A SECURITY INTRUSION OF A NETWORK DEVICEDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18538577METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UE TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18539039THERMAL MITIGATION IN USER EQUIPMENT HAVING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION MODULESDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820YesNo
18534718DEVICE ABSTRACTION PROXYDecember 2023February 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18531212METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023May 2025Allow1720NoNo
18529885METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING GROUPCAST FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18519823MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICE CONTINUITY IN CONNECTED STATENovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18520021MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICE CONTINUITY IN CONNECTED STATENovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18513696USER EQUIPMENT FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18513557WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING MULTIPLE LINKS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAMENovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18509993RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE MAPPING FOR TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURENovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18504794METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON FULL RF CONDITIONSNovember 2023November 2024Allow1220YesNo
18502613METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HARQ OPERATIONNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18557080METHOD FOR OPERATING A CENTRAL OFFICE POINT OF DELIVERY INSTANCE FOR A BROADBAND ACCESS NETWORK OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKOctober 2023April 2024Allow500YesNo
18488845HARQ-ACK HANDLING WITH MULTIPLE PUCCH IN MULTI-TRP TRANSMISSION IN NROctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18487291COLLISION HANDLING FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK CHANNELSOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510YesNo
18487332INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410YesNo
18484102POWER SAVINGS FOR VOICE SERVICESOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18482476PAGING IN A WIRELESS NETWORKOctober 2023February 2024Allow410NoNo
18476874METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BEAM RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENTSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1000NoNo
18475455REDUCING LIKELIHOOD OF RACH TRANSMISSION BLOCKAGES FOR NR-U OPERATIONSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18474686DECENTRALIZED WIDE-AREA NETWORK TRAFFIC ENGINEERINGSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120YesNo
18471040Resilient Network Configuration For Time Sensitive TrafficSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1810YesNo
18368891METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS AT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICESeptember 2023June 2024Allow910YesNo
18467796SYSTEMS/METHODS OF MODE VARIABILITY RESPONSIVE TO A SIZE OF DATA TO BE TRANSMITTEDSeptember 2023December 2023Allow310YesNo
18367998ADAPTABLE PROCESSING FRAMEWORKSeptember 2023January 2024Allow410NoNo
18465937RELAXED SENSING FOR NEW RADIO SIDELINK OVER MILLIMETER WAVE OPERATING FREQUENCIESSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520YesNo
18465005TECHNIQUES FOR CANCELATION OF ONE OR MORE UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS FROM A USER EQUIPMENTSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1100YesNo
18243028METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18241064Carrier Information Transmission to Wireless DevicesAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18457156APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18237318METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PERFORMING TCP FLOW ANALYSIS ACROSS NATAugust 2023August 2024Allow1220NoNo
18235869ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH TO RESOURCES IN A DATACENTER THROUGH DEPLOYMENT OF DEDICATED GATEWAYSAugust 2023December 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18235771METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING RECEIVED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONSAugust 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18235778METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING RECEIVED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONSAugust 2023April 2024Allow800YesNo
18234226DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATIONSAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18234005WIRELESS TRANSMIT RECEIVE UNIT (WTRU) REACHABILITYAugust 2023November 2024Allow1511NoNo
18232247Mobility Management Function Determination for Allowed Network Slices of Wireless DeviceAugust 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18231177DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023April 2025Allow2020YesNo
18364125PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICESAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18363781SYSTEMS/METHODS OF CARRIER AGGREGATION RESPONSIVE TO A SIZE OF DATA TO BE TRANSMITTEDAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18228469METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION WITH SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DOMAIN MULTIPLE ACCESS (SC-FDMA) AND OFDMAJuly 2023December 2024Allow1720NoNo
18226683COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110YesNo
18359782Systems and Methods for State Detection via Wireless RadiosJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18224891TIMING ADVANCE INDICATION FROM BASE STATION FOR A BEAM DURING HANDOVERJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18354417Dynamically Reassigning a High-Noise Frequency Segment from a First Access Node to a Second Access NodeJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18353617CALL ROUTING WHILE ROAMING ON A 5G WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18352647METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA CHANNEL FOR NEW RADIO AND APPARATUS USING THE SAMEJuly 2023November 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18351194Method for Downlink Control Channel DesignJuly 2023February 2025Allow2020NoNo
18221338COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATION AND COMMUNICATION OF DATA IN A NETWORK SUCH AS A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKJuly 2023March 2025Allow2040NoNo
18351086CHANNEL STATE REPORTING FOR FULL DUPLEX TRANSMISSIONSJuly 2023October 2024Allow1520YesNo
18219250METHOD OF TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION BY USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAMEJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18349081METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR RECONFIGURING A DATA CONNECTIONJuly 2023February 2025Allow2010NoNo
18218829PREAMBLE WITH DETECTABLE WLAN VERSION IDENTIFICATIONJuly 2023April 2024Allow920NoNo
18345529SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DEVICE ROUTING MANAGEMENTJune 2023November 2024Allow1710NoNo
18346040METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING USER PLANE IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18216357METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023December 2023Allow610NoNo
18213072RAN Condition and Cell Composite Load IndicatorsJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18212702WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTIUSER EDCA OPERATIONJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18338919SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING STREAMS OF PACKETS VIA INTERMEDIARY DEVICESJune 2023November 2024Allow1720NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2416.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
116
Examiner Affirmed
62
(53.4%)
Examiner Reversed
54
(46.6%)
Reversal Percentile
91.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 46.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
581
Allowed After Appeal Filing
210
(36.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
371
(63.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
67.5%
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, 36.1% 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 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.

Art Unit 2416 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2416 is part of Group 2410 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 7,105 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 78.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2416's allowance rate of 78.6% places it in the 53% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2416 receive an average of 2.26 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 83% percentile). The median prosecution time is 35 months (in the 21% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

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