USPTO Art Unit 2461 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2461
Group: 2460
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 10,464
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
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
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
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
18670863Beam Management for Cells in Wireless CommunicationsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18670847Beam Management for Cells in Wireless CommunicationsMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18670439USING GLOBAL VIRTUAL NETWORK INSTANCE (VNI) LABELS TO SIGNAL A SERVICE CHAINMay 2024February 2025Allow910YesNo
18666325REFERENCE SIGNAL NOTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18709073METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMPROVING FAULT TOLERANCE OF NETWORKMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18661173APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18657055EFFICIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT UTILIZING UNIFIED LOGGINGMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
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
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
18614674Data Collection From Asynchronous Transmissions in Wireless Mesh NetworksMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18607018WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18587744SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE NETWORK PROCESSORSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18584184Next Generation Mobile Satellite Service (MSS)February 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18440575WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTH-BASED DETECTION OF POOR NETWORK LINK PERFORMANCEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
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
18422398SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE PHASE CORRECTION IN R-PHY NETWORK ARCHITECTURESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18419545SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE, LOW BANDWIDTH REPLICATED VIRTUAL WORLDS FOR SHARED SPACE COMPUTINGJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18418397COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
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
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
18398605RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, RADIO TERMINAL, AND METHODS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA THEREFORDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
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
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
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
18529772CANCELLATION ORDER FOR SCHEDULED UPLINK REPETITIVE TRANSMISSIONS WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIESDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18527591TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, METHODS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITRYDecember 2023April 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18527519TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, METHODS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITRYDecember 2023January 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18524010Out-of-order packet processingNovember 2023October 2024Allow1020NoNo
18524649CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING SIGNAL TRANSFER POINTS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKNovember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18517899METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK ACCESSNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18516337BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18516268Data Unit ProcessingNovember 2023October 2024Allow1120YesNo
18510852CAN-OPEN MASTER REDUNDANCY IN PLC-BASED CONTROL SYSTEMNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18511277METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK FUNCTION MIGRATION PROCEDURES FOR A SIGNALING CONTROL PLANENovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18508892METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK ACCESSNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18508013SYMMETRIC TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) TRUNCATIONNovember 2023May 2024Allow710YesNo
18505070AVOIDING LOOPS BY PREVENTING FURTHER FAST REROUTE (FRR) AFTER AN EARLIER FRRNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18503987TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING POWER HEADROOM FOR MULTIPLE UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REPETITIONSNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18558744METHOD FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ENERGY INTENSITY OF DATA TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN A USER EQUIPMENT AND A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, USER EQUIPMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoYes
18500628APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QOS AWARE GTP-U TRANSPORT IN MOBILE NETWORKSNovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18499986METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK INFORMATIONNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18499040TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNELSOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18288635METHOD OF OPTIMIZING A ROUTING IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKOctober 2023November 2024Allow1220NoNo
18495624WIDEBAND OPERATION IN AN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM WITH PLURAL SEPARATE FREQUENCY RANGESOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18495571MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION IN A DIVERSE COMMUNICATION NETWORKOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18492807COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18488379Data Gathering for a NodeOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18488722CANCELLATION ORDER FOR SCHEDULED UPLINK REPETITIVE TRANSMISSIONS WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIESOctober 2023June 2025Allow2030NoNo
18487886NETWORK SLICE-AVAILABLE AREA INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHODOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520NoNo
18487446METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVERSITY-BASED DATA TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18379998SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED PDCCH IN A MULTIPLE CARRIER BASED AND/OR QUASI-COLLATED NETWORKOctober 2023March 2025Allow1820NoNo
18486646METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FALLBACK OPERATION FOR SEMI-STATIC HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK DETERMINATIONOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620YesNo
18484821ENERGY EFFICIENT CELL-LESS RADIO ACCESS NETWORK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18483820METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MODULATING WITH ZADOFF-CHU SEQUENCESOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18481714DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION, SCHEDULING AND SIGNALING FOR VARIABLE DATA RATE SERVICE IN LTEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2130NoNo
18481137Method and Device in UE and Base Station for Multi-Antenna CommunicationOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18480001METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDIRECT INTERNET CLIENTS FOR MEDIA MONITORINGOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18477678HARQ Feedback For Grant-Free TransmissionSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18476737DYNAMIC MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESSES IN A WIRELESS NETWORKSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18477198CONTAINERIZED ROUTER WITH A DISJOINT DATA PLANESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18373504SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING RADIO ROUTES AND TRANSMITTING DATA VIA ORBITING AND NON-ORBITING NODESSeptember 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18373662SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING RADIO ROUTES AND TRANSMITTING DATA VIA ORBITING AND NON-ORBITING NODESSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18475133MULTIPLEXING INFORMATION WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITY VALUESSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2030YesNo

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
245
Examiner Affirmed
183
(74.7%)
Examiner Reversed
62
(25.3%)
Reversal Percentile
15.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.3% 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
822
Allowed After Appeal Filing
247
(30.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
575
(70.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
34.4%
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, 30.0% 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 10,464 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 77.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2461's allowance rate of 77.9% places it in the 51% 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 2.30 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 84% percentile). The median prosecution time is 30 months (in the 44% 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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.