USPTO Art Unit 2418 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2418
Group: 2410
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 277
Last Active: July 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19257520RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR-BASED PROGRAMMABLE SWITCHING FABRIC AND PROGRAMMABLE DATA PLANE CHIPJuly 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19017412Switched Protocol Transformer for High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI WorkloadsJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
19015865Elastic Multi-Directional Resource Augmentation in a Switched CXL FabricJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710YesNo
18664236METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDCCH MONITORINGMay 2024November 2025Allow1820NoNo
18645038SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING CELLULAR SPECTRUM UTILIZATIONApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18631596COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18623815METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING REFERENCE SIGNALApril 2024August 2025Allow1720NoNo
18599137SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF UNIFIED PACKET RECIRCULATIONMarch 2024July 2025Allow1720YesYes
18596504METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION IN A CELLULAR NETWORKMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320YesNo
18586426SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL WITH INFORMATION ON STATE OF CHANNELFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1920NoNo
18433184Communication Fabric Structures for Increased BandwidthFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18416882SOURCE-PROVISIONED SERVICES INFRASTRUCTUREJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18393331SCRAMBLING SEQUENCE GENERATION FOR A MULTI-TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINT CONFIGURATIONDecember 2023November 2025Allow2320YesNo
18525363Supporting Inter-Media Synchronization In Wireless CommunicationsNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710YesNo
18513700APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMNovember 2023December 2025Allow2430YesNo
18290413METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE ON QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18504084TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED CONTROL CHANNELSNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18499998Enhanced Reliability by Waveform Analysis in 5G/6G CommunicationsNovember 2023July 2025Allow2100YesNo
18286276MACHINE LEARNING FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION AGAINST DIVERSE DOPPLER EFFECTSOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18375799DEADLOCK DETECTION AND REMOVAL FOR MESH NETWORK FOR A PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEMOctober 2023March 2026Allow3010YesNo
18475448WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18244756Radio Unit and a Method Therein for Controlling Power Levels of Spatially Separated Transceivers in a Wireless Communications NetworkSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910NoNo
18549004METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18456925INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110YesNo
18450069PASSIVE SPEED ESTIMATION FOR FIXED AND MOBILE DEVICESAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110YesNo
18449533COHERENCE BANDWIDTH SIGNALING FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMBALANCE CORRECTIONAugust 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18264993MECHANISM FOR AVAILABILITY OF SYSTEM BROADCASTED INFORMATIONAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18276071METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNRELIABLE UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATIONAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18230275EFFICIENT DATA TRANSMISSION IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUMAugust 2023January 2026Allow3020YesNo
18274558TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION PROGRAMJuly 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18357816ROUTING METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1700YesNo
18351299UPLINK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18271786Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring for Small Data TransmissionJuly 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18349495COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023November 2025Allow2800NoNo
18271403METHOD FOR SELECTING RESOURCE IN CONSIDERATION OF ACTIVE TIME RELATED TO SL DRX IN NR V2XJuly 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18270381METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ FEEDBACK INFORMATIONJune 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18344135METHOD FOR PROCESSING PDCCH MONITORING CAPABILITY, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICEJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18342903COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023November 2025Allow2910YesNo
18342198COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18342540SPECTRUM RESOURCE SHARING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMJune 2023March 2026Allow3210YesNo
18330713NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18326572METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED CONNECTED MODE DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2023February 2026Allow3310YesNo
18326891DETERMINING WHEN ROUTES MAY BE ADVERTISED BY A NETWORK DEVICE IN THE CONTEXT OF ASYNCHRONOUS HARDWARE PLATFORM PROCESSING CODE RESPONSESMay 2023January 2026Allow3100YesNo
18324427Message Sending Method, Message Processing Method, Apparatus, and SystemMay 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18322086COMPRESSION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6 ADDRESSES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKSMay 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18317552Fronthaul Automation and Intelligent Traffic Distribution for Fronthaul MultiplexerMay 2023January 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18251403AUTO-RECOVERY DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMMay 2023November 2025Allow3000NoNo
18034642BEAM FAILURE DETECTIONApril 2023March 2026Allow3420NoNo
18250987RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18138744METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS USING SAMEApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18249735METHOD FOR MULTISITE TRANSMISSION USING COMPLEMENTARY CODESApril 2023February 2026Allow3410NoNo
18032389TERMINAL DEVICE, CORE NETWORK NODE, NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD THEREIN FOR FACILITATING PAGING PROCEDUREApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18031562TECHNIQUES FOR CROSS CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK TRANSMISSION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUMApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18031169WIRELESS CONNECTION CONTROL METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENTApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18295200METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK HANDOVER OF ACQUIRING STATUS INFORMATION OF A NETWORK AND NETWORK PREFERENCE INFORMATIONM, AND ELECTRONIC AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEApril 2023February 2026Allow3420YesNo
18188556METHOD FOR PERFORMING SYNCHRONIZATION IN DISTRIBUTED CARRIER COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18183451COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18120600METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RADIO SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18119935SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRONT HAUL TRAFFIC PROCESSING ON RADIO UNITS AND DISTRIBUTED BASEBAND UNITSMarch 2023March 2026Allow3630NoNo
18043073METHOD FOR EVENT REPORTING IN A NETWORKFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310YesNo
18022822METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING FALLBACK USING RRC ESTABLISHMENT CAUSE IN COMMUNICATONS SYSTEMFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3510NoNo
18170961METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PREAMBLE SIGNAL OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL IN BASE STATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3610YesNo
18110594Method of High Precision Time Synchronization with a Communication Network Grandmaster for User Plane FunctionFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2900YesNo
18021406DETERMINING RANDOM-ACCESS CHANNEL IMPACTED CELLS IN WIRELESS NETWORKFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210YesNo
18167917BEAM SOURCE ASSISTANCE INFORMATIONFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310NoNo
18166802METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECIDING PACKET COMMUNICATION RANGE IN TERMINAL DIRECT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2820YesNo
18107324System And Method For Using Dynamic Thresholds With Route Isolation For Heterogeneous Traffic In Shared Memory Packet BuffersFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18165533IN-NETWORK COMPUTING WITH REDUCTION OPERATION BY SWITCHFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3210YesNo
18007422METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING UPLINK DATA REPETITIONS FOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
18007293TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHODJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18018538DYNAMIC PUCCH REPETITION INDICATIONJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610YesNo
18158175APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEAMLESS NETWORK SERVICE BASED ON HETEROGENEOUS MULTIPLE NETWORKSJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18158247ADAPTIVE SCANNINGJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610YesNo
18100369DYNAMIC USE OF MULTIPLE WIRELESS NETWORK LINKS TO CONNECT A VEHICLE TO AN SD-WANJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210YesNo
18016929TESTING IN 5G SA COMMUNICATION NETWORKJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3200NoNo
18015379POLICY MODIFICATION IN A TSN SYSTEMJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3510NoNo
18152067SEQUENTIAL ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM MODE CONFIGURATION AND INDICATIONJanuary 2023January 2026Abandon3610NoNo
18004035SCHEDULING METHOD, DEVICE, EQUIPMENT AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022February 2026Allow3720NoNo
18148664SOFT GUARD BANDDecember 2022March 2026Allow3920NoNo
18091057WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY SCALING POWER OF SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK AND CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALDecember 2022October 2025Allow3320YesNo
18147696WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720NoNo
18003604FRONTHAUL NETWORK UNIT AND METHOD THEREIN FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OVER A FRONTHAUL NETWORKDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900YesNo
18068532Mechanism For Achieving Ultra-Low Latency Packet Processing At CU-UPDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18010568METHODS PROVIDING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION AND DOWNLINK DATA USING OVERLAPPING RESOURCES AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODESDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18081121METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING DATA DECOMPRESSION ERROR IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022January 2026Allow3710NoNo
18001676BANDWIDTH PART CONFIGURATION FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKSDecember 2022August 2025Allow3310YesNo
18000753TERMINALDecember 2022February 2026Allow3820YesNo
18000255COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR DATA AND REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE ELEMENTS (RES)November 2022October 2025Allow3520NoNo
17927070DELIVERY OF TRANSPORT LAYER PACKETSNovember 2022May 2025Allow2900NoNo
18057358COMMUNICATION RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210YesNo
17926330CONFIGURED GRANT ENHANCEMENTS IN UNLICENSED BANDNovember 2022October 2025Allow3510NoNo
17985534RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICENovember 2022June 2025Allow4110NoNo
179850625G SMALL CELL TIME SYNCHRONIZED NETWORKINGNovember 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17998232APPARATUSES OF A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, METHODS TO OPERATE AN APPARATUS OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKNovember 2022February 2026Abandon3920NoNo
17981532COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022December 2025Allow3820NoNo
17923578PANEL-SPECIFIC TIMING OFFSETS FOR MULTI-PANEL ANTENNA UPLINK TRANSMISSIONSNovember 2022February 2026Allow3921NoNo
17975685DAI COUNTING METHOD, DAI COUNTING CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICEOctober 2022August 2025Allow3420YesNo
17921748Channel Estimation in a Wireless Communication NetworkOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610YesNo
17921436HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK MANAGEMENT BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION AVAILABILITY FOR GROUP SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONOctober 2022November 2025Allow3720NoYes
17974498METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAST MASTER CELL GROUP LINK RECOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2418.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
54.7%
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
46
Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(34.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(65.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
62.3%
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, 34.8% 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 2418 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2418 is part of Group 2410 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 277 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 98.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2418's allowance rate of 98.6% places it in the 97% 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 2418 receive an average of 2.80 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 94% percentile). The median prosecution time is 37 months (in the 24% 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

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.