USPTO Art Unit 2417 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18588933Data Transmission Method and ApparatusFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1720YesNo
18407850INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410YesNo
18571498METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPLINK CHANNEL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18571646Call Drop Rate Reduction Method and TerminalDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18567310METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING PRIMARY LINK BELONGING TO NSTR LINK PAIR THROUGH ML ELEMENT IN WLAN SYSTEMDecember 2023January 2026Allow2600NoNo
18521416MIMO Joint TOA And AOA Estimation For Wi-Fi SystemsNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18500356SENSING IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKSNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18385579System and Method for Customizing Beacon PacketsOctober 2023March 2026Allow2820NoNo
18493661SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SATELLITE SIGNAL PERFORMANCE TO CONTROL SYSTEM THROUGHPUT HEALTHOctober 2023December 2025Allow2500YesNo
18490062METHOD FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18482986CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FREQUENCY OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18552986METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18474622COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2500YesNo
18465461COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18462392WAIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURESeptember 2023July 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18457686MOBILE RELAY NODE AND BASE STATIONAugust 2023January 2026Abandon2820YesNo
18548215INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, DELIVERY METHOD, AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHODAugust 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18454060METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND FIRST DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18278110METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONAugust 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18227300DUAL SIM COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18274272INTERPRETING MULTIPLEXED HARQ FEEDBACK DATAJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18261926HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK EN-/DISABLING FOR MULTICASTJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18221942METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENTIATING QoS IN INTER-MICROSERVICE COMMUNICATIONJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810YesNo
18352278METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING MBS SERVICE DATA, AND COMMUNICATION CHIPJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18352916HANDLING RESOURCE COLLISIONS BASED ON SIDELINK FEEDBACK TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITIESJuly 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18261295SCell Management in Wireless CommunicationJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18349383METHOD OF INTERWORKING BETWEEN SPECTRUM SHARING SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMJuly 2023May 2025Allow2220YesNo
18260518BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR A DEVICE IN AN INACTIVE MODEJuly 2023July 2025Allow2500YesNo
18270358LOW PRIORITY UPLINK INFORMATION RETRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18213405Traffic Steering OptimizationJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18269465COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18269014A DATA PACKET TRANSACTION TIMING SOLUTION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023February 2026Allow3110YesNo
18334224TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH DYNAMIC SUBBAND FULL DUPLEXJune 2023February 2026Allow3210YesNo
18331591MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING OF CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE IMPACT ON DOWNLINK PERFORMANCE FOR FULL-DUPLEX NETWORKSJune 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18254740MAKE-BEFORE-BREAK MOBILITY OF MACHINE LEARNING CONTEXTMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18322115METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DATA MODEL FOR PREDICTING DATA TRANSFER RATEMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18253727METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ZERO TRUST CELL BROADCASTSMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18316107PROBABILISTIC SHAPING FOR RETRANSMISSIONSMay 2023February 2026Allow3310NoNo
18251946UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (UCI) MULTIPLEXED IN UPLINK MESSAGE WITH UPLINK MESSAGE REPETITIONMay 2023November 2025Allow3010YesNo
18035532PDCCH ENHANCEMENTS FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY NEW RADIO DEVICESMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18309326Broadband Connection Method and ApparatusApril 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18308252METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18250120QoS AWARE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING PREVENTION INTRUSION SYSTEMApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18137866WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18303635COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18303428Network Layer Support For 5G Edge Computing Sticky ServicesApril 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18303088OPTIMIZATION OF SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK PERIODICITYApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18249468POWER SAVING MODE FOR POWER SAVING GROUPSApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18249369CSI REPORTING WITH PARAMETER COMBINATION SELECTIONApril 2023August 2025Allow2800NoNo
18297395METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PACKET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023October 2024Allow1800NoNo
18122910WIRELESS DATA PACKET ACKNOWLEDGMENT SCHEMESMarch 2023August 2025Allow2920YesNo
18183529RADIO NETWORK AUTOMATION USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18183617DYNAMIC PACKET RE-ORDERING, DISCARDING, AND FLOW SWITCHINGMarch 2023February 2026Allow3510NoNo
18178258WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2026Abandon3620YesNo
18024354PREDICTIVELY ADAPTING A RADIO BEARER CONFIGURATIONMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110YesNo
18171318LOW POWER-WAKEUP SIGNAL FEEDBACK FOR WIRELESS NETWORKSFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3620NoNo
18041431METHOD FOR TRAFFIC DESCRIPTOR TRANSMISSION AND RELATED DEVICESFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18166553METHOD FOR INDICATING THE ALLOCATED RESOURCES FOR A HARQ MESSAGE IN A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR A LOW-COMPLEXITY, NARROWBAND TERMINALFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1830YesNo
18164830Information Transmission Method and Communication ApparatusFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18160493PER-IMSI APN OI REPLACEMENT AVP PARAMETERS AND SUPPRESSION ATTRIBUTE SETTINGS FOR MIMM SUBSCRIBERSJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3200YesNo
18017366USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND SIGNALING FOR RELAXED DOWNLINK PROCESSING TIMEJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18017126CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A PRESENCE DETECTION USING RADIO FREQUENCY SENSING IN A NETWORKJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18015126Method and Apparatus for Inter-Path Delay EstimationJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3520YesNo
18012093SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR O-CLOUD RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) SHARING IN AN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (O-RAN)December 2022March 2026Allow3920YesNo
18078468METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A RELAY UE SUPPORTING CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER REMOTE UE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3120YesNo
18077207Method And Apparatus For Satellite Access Network Measurement And Data SchedulingDecember 2022December 2025Allow3720NoNo
17977412METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022October 2025Allow3510YesNo
17971843MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSOctober 2022September 2025Allow3520NoNo
17961791METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SESSION BREAKOUT OF HOME ROUTED SESSION IN VISITED PLMN IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022January 2026Allow3930YesNo
17915615SRS Transmission Method, Device and System, Storage Medium, and Electronic DeviceSeptember 2022March 2026Allow4120NoNo
17952585TIME CORRECTION APPARATUS, TIME CORRECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2022February 2026Abandon4120YesNo
17948431METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY CALL CONTINUATION IN CASE OF A PSAP FAILURESeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17945496TECHNIQUES RELATING TO RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3920NoNo
17802594ACCELERATED ERROR TESTING FOR WIRELESS BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSAugust 2022November 2025Allow3810NoNo
17904011METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORM PRECODING CONFIGURATION IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDUREAugust 2022February 2026Allow4320NoNo
17797414METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MOBILITY IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2022January 2026Allow4210NoNo
17876405METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK MODE FOR RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022November 2025Allow3930YesNo
17793513METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIAJuly 2022September 2025Allow3820NoNo
17865837METHOD FOR OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION DURING RRC CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT IN 5GJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17861538METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY PROCEDUREJuly 2022November 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17860744METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR PDCCH PAGING EARLY INDICATION DETECTIONJuly 2022January 2026Abandon4220NoNo
17852823METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLICE AWARE CELL RESELECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022January 2026Allow4320NoNo
17765869Sidelink Advanced NotificationApril 2022June 2025Allow3811YesNo
17708803Flight Area Management Method for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle and Related ApparatusMarch 2022January 2026Allow4640NoNo
17670343METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING REGISTRATION OF USER EQUIPMENT FOR DISASTER ROAMING SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4050YesNo
17576853ENHANCING THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE IN MULTI-SIM MODEMSJanuary 2022May 2025Allow4030YesNo
17427062METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO NODE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2021October 2024Allow3811YesNo
17335243SCRAMBLING SEQUENCES FOR REQUEST-TO-SEND (RTS) AND CLEAR-TO-SEND (CTS) FRAMESJune 2021August 2024Allow3840NoNo
17248169PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITION WITH FREQUENCY HOPPINGJanuary 2021July 2024Allow4250YesNo
17023067PASSENGER IDENTIFIER SEAT ACCESSSeptember 2020October 2025Allow6020NoYes
16567819DISPLAYING WIRELESS SERVICE ICON BASED ON FREQUENCY BAND INDEXING IN 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKSSeptember 2019February 2021Allow1710YesNo
16561543NARROW BANDWIDTH OPERATION IN LTESeptember 2019January 2026Allow6060YesYes
16544690AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF NETWORK COMPONENTSAugust 2019June 2021Allow2220YesNo
16222671REAL-TIME ON-CHIP DATA TRANSFER SYSTEMDecember 2018October 2020Allow2220YesNo
16118796SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THROUGHPUT PREDICTION FOR CELLULAR NETWORKSAugust 2018January 2020Allow1710YesNo
16061779Access Control In A Network Comprising Network SlicesJune 2018December 2019Allow1810NoNo
15926815METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEER DEVICES USING CYCLIC-SUPERFRAMEMarch 2018November 2019Allow2010YesNo
15902264CONTROL PLANE FOR SENSOR COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2018November 2019Allow2000YesNo
15750366SOLUTION TEST METHOD AND SERVERFebruary 2018November 2019Allow2110NoNo
15750466SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCK ENHANCEMENTSFebruary 2018August 2019Allow1810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2417.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
54.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
16.6%
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, 25.0% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2417 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2417 is part of Group 2410 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 165 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 99.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2417's allowance rate of 99.4% places it in the 98% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2417 receive an average of 1.75 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 38% percentile). The median prosecution time is 29 months (in the 59% 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 fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter 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

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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