USPTO Art Unit 2461 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2461
Group: 2460
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 9,710
Last Active: April 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19192413MULTI-ROOM MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2025July 2025Allow300YesNo
19081851DATA PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2025January 2026Allow1020NoNo
19105362Optimization of a mobile networkFebruary 2025November 2025Allow920YesNo
19055880BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2025September 2025Allow720YesNo
19009789SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON NETWORK CODING AND MODULATED-RETRO REFLECTIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18958796NETWORK ENERGY SAVINGNovember 2024July 2025Allow710YesNo
18922647RESOURCE EXCLUSIONOctober 2024June 2025Allow820YesNo
18893825ROUTE DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024December 2024Allow310NoNo
18780647METHOD FOR SIDELINK RADIO LINK MONITORING AND RADIO LINK FAILUREJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18772799METHOD OF MEASURING TIMING HOLDOVER PERFORMANCE IN AN R-PHY SYSTEMJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18770114TIMING ADVANCE FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATIONJuly 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18763989SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) RESOURCE AND RESOURCE SET CONFIGURATIONS FOR POSITIONINGJuly 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18724621AUTONOMOUS PARAMETER-VARYING COMMUNICATION SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON EXTERNAL CLOCKJune 2024April 2025Allow910YesNo
18741152COEXISTENCE OF REFERENCE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMNICATION NETWORKSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18734592SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY MANAGING AND SHARING INFORMATION BASED UPON TELEMATIC INFORMATION RELATED TO MOBILE DEVICESJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18677257METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARINGMay 2024November 2024Allow520YesNo
18675374INDICATION OF INTEROPERABILITY AND DEPLOYMENT TESTED TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX SLOT FORMATSMay 2024October 2025Allow1710YesNo
18675161METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL TO REPORT BUFFER STATUS BASED ON PLURALITY OF FIRST LOGICAL CHANNEL MAPPING INFORMATION AND PLURALITY OF SECOND LOGICAL CHANNEL MAPPING INFORMATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2024November 2024Allow610YesNo
18673011SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONMay 2024August 2025Allow1510YesNo
18670847Beam Management for Cells in Wireless CommunicationsMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18670863Beam Management for Cells in Wireless CommunicationsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18670439USING GLOBAL VIRTUAL NETWORK INSTANCE (VNI) LABELS TO SIGNAL A SERVICE CHAINMay 2024February 2025Allow910YesNo
18666325REFERENCE SIGNAL NOTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18664459COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024December 2025Allow2010NoNo
18665276EFFICIENT SRS RESOURCE INDICATION METHODSMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18709073METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMPROVING FAULT TOLERANCE OF NETWORKMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18661173APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18661409WIRELESS NETWORK CONTENTION REDUCTION THROUGH DYNAMIC RADIO FREQUENCY PARAMETERSMay 2024February 2026Allow2220YesNo
18657074Dynamic Configuration of Aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal Offsets in Cellular Communications SystemsMay 2024September 2025Allow1620NoNo
18657055EFFICIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT UTILIZING UNIFIED LOGGINGMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18657288SIGNALING TA-OFFSET IN NRMay 2024November 2025Allow1820NoNo
18656007Random Access Type Selection for Small Data TransmissionMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18654167Wireless Device Session Management by an Access and Mobility Management FunctionMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18652561CLOUD SCALE MULTI-TENANCY FOR RDMA OVER CONVERGED ETHERNET (RoCE)May 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18646662METHOD FOR PERFORMING VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE THEREFORApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18636598SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING MESSAGING VOLUME AND UTILIZATION METRICS WITHIN A MULTICAST MESSAGING SERVICEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18636118DISTRIBUTED DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING IN NETWORK SYSTEMSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18635266TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHODApril 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18628811WIRELESS DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD OF WIRELESS DEVICE, WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD OF WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD OF WIRELESS BASE STATIONApril 2024January 2025Allow910YesNo
18629274METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING HARQ IN WIRELESS COMMUNINCATIONSApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18628122AI-ASSISTED WAN LINK SELECTION FOR SD-WAN SERVICESApril 2024July 2025Allow1620YesNo
18626230EYEWEAR HAVING CURRENT CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION OF WIRELESS SYSTEM INTERFACEApril 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18624325EDGE OPTIMIZED TRANSRATING SYSTEMApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18618104PROACTIVE NOTIFICATION OF WIRELESS CLIENT ADDRESS ROTATIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2420YesNo
18617502METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATIONMarch 2024July 2025Allow1630NoNo
18614674Data Collection From Asynchronous Transmissions in Wireless Mesh NetworksMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18607018WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18598531Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses for Beam ManagementMarch 2024July 2025Allow1610NoNo
18595195FABRIC CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR DATA CENTER NETWORKS WITH PACKET SPRAYING OVER MULTIPLE ALTERNATE DATA PATHSMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010YesNo
18587744SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE NETWORK PROCESSORSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18584184Next Generation Mobile Satellite Service (MSS)February 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18584705MOBILE APPLICATION TRIGGERED NETWORK SLICE MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18584680PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1920NoNo
18582412Unified Access Control ImprovementsFebruary 2024July 2025Abandon1720NoNo
18440575WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTH-BASED DETECTION OF POOR NETWORK LINK PERFORMANCEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18439472TRANSMISSION BATCH SCHEDULING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2530NoNo
18435827FAST SRS ANTENNA PORT SWITCHING FOR FREQUENCY-DIVISION DUPLEXINGFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18430337INFORMATION ON SIDELINK RESOURCEFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18428973PHYSICAL RESOURCE BLOCK PRB GRID INDICATION METHOD AND DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18428834ENHANCED TRIGGER FRAMEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18427060UPLINK SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS CONFIGURATION AND TRANSMISSIONJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520NoNo
18425697FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUESJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18424130COORDINATING BEST EFFORT TRAFFIC TO AN ASSOCIATIONLESS, OVERHEAD MESH OF ACCESS POINTSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18423348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL TO REPORT BUFFER STATUS BASED ON PLURALITY OF FIRST LOGICAL CHANNEL MAPPING INFORMATION AND PLURALITY OF SECOND LOGICAL CHANNEL MAPPING INFORMATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024March 2024Allow200NoNo
18423228SUB-BAND-FULL-DUPLEX INTERFERENCE MITIGATIONJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2430YesNo
18422718METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT ADDRESSING AND POWER SAVINGS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18422398SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE PHASE CORRECTION IN R-PHY NETWORK ARCHITECTURESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18422589COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ACCESS POINT, WIRELESS LAN TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2320NoNo
18421572SCHEDULING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2430NoNo
18419545SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE, LOW BANDWIDTH REPLICATED VIRTUAL WORLDS FOR SHARED SPACE COMPUTINGJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18418397COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18417062CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF GROUP-ADDRESSED DATAJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1810YesNo
18417694POWER SAVE FOR MULTI-USER (MU) OPERATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18414823METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL BY USING VARIABLE BAND WIDTH IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620NoNo
18413594METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TRANSMIT WAVEFORM FOR REFERENCE SEQUENCESJanuary 2024February 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18414080Sensing device and method for controlling a sensing deviceJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2010NoNo
18413010PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18412375WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SWITCH AND OUTLET CONTROLJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18411297MODULAR COMMUNICATION HOUSING UNIT PROVIDING INTEGRATED AND AUTOMATIC FAILOVER TO A SECONDARY MESHED PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION NETWORKJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18410918GENERATING INSIGHTS BASED ON SIGNALS FROM MEASURING DEVICEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18409482ORTHOGONAL TIME FREQUENCY SPACE MODULATION TECHNIQUESJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18409149METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000NoNo
18406830Cell Site GatewayJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18406881NODE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR NETWORKSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18404151SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTABLE APPLICATION-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF SERVICE PARAMETERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18401236CHANNEL SOUNDING FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SENSINGDecember 2023November 2025Allow2320YesNo
18398605RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, RADIO TERMINAL, AND METHODS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA THEREFORDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18398942SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING NEW CELL SITES FOR DEPLOYMENT IN A CELLULAR NETWORKDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18399535DIAGNOSING FAULTS IN A MULTIMEDIA OVER COAX ALLIANCE (MoCA) LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) INCLUDING A WiFi SEGMENTDecember 2023August 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18395810Validation of a DCI FormatDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18396446METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18395383INTEGRATING TERRESTRIAL TIME FEED WITH DATA CENTER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS FOR CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATIONDecember 2023January 2026Allow2410YesNo
18391946CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR NEW RADIO IN THE UNLICENSED SPECTRUMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18391009TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING PARAMETERS BASED ON ASSISTANCE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18543786REPORTING BANDWIDTH CAPABILITY OF A BANDWIDTH-LIMITED COMMUNICATION DEVICEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18542358DISCARDING MULTI-MODAL DATA PACKETSDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18570022PACKET CAPTURE METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFORDecember 2023March 2026Allow2700NoNo
18535501SCHEDULING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2023July 2025Allow1920NoNo
18531397METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND UTILIZING A NON-CONTENTION BASED CHANNEL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18529878SEGMENT ROUTING NETWORK SIGNALING AND PACKET PROCESSINGDecember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2461.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
250
Examiner Affirmed
186
(74.4%)
Examiner Reversed
64
(25.6%)
Reversal Percentile
16.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.6% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
836
Allowed After Appeal Filing
250
(29.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
586
(70.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
35.2%
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, 29.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2461 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2461 is part of Group 2460 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 9,710 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2461's allowance rate of 76.5% places it in the 50% 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 2461 receive an average of 2.42 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 84% percentile). The median prosecution time is 31 months (in the 50% 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.