USPTO Art Unit 2471 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2471
Group: 2470
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 11,928
Last Active: May 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19230181DATA CENTER NETWORK LOAD BALANCING METHOD, AND SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2025March 2026Allow920NoNo
19218064METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIME STAMPING OF PACKET DATA IN VIRTUALIZED AND CLOUD ENVIRONMENTSMay 2025January 2026Allow710NoNo
19058852CELL ACTIVATION TRIGGERED LAYER 3 REPORTINGFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610YesNo
19001501APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKDecember 2024May 2025Allow410NoNo
19001317WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING MULTIPLE LINKS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAMEDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18999941WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18964749APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18957664APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18942772APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18936646METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING INFORMATION RELATING TO LINK IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18921753REPORTING DELAY FOR CELL ACTIVATIONOctober 2024September 2025Allow1130YesNo
18922065BASE STATION, TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18920026METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USE IN NODES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18830376METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UL SYNCHRONIZATION HANDLING FOR SATELLITE SWITCH IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18817133APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18803422METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18779947Activation/de-activation mechanism for one SCG and Scells, and Conditional PSCell change/additionJuly 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18775154METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUFFER STATUS REPORTING BASED ON ADDITIONAL FORMAT IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2025Allow810YesNo
18773881MOBILITY EXTENSIONS TO INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKSJuly 2024August 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18763288GENERATING FILTERED RESULTS IN USER EQUIPMENT-TRIGGERED LOWER LAYER-BASED HANDOVERJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18758266METHOD FOR MONITORING SCHEDULING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE USING METHODJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18752276HANDOVER CONTROL METHODJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18747850SIDELINK COLLISION DETECTION AND INDICATIONJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18747966SPATIAL DISPERSION BUFFERJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18747122ADVANCED DATA CELL RESOURCE MAPPINGJune 2024July 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18745076RADIO ACCESS NETWORKSJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18745828PROACTIVELY ADJUSTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE IN RESPONSE TO REPORTING OF REAL-TIME NETWORK PERFORMANCEJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18743693LOCATION BASED ACCESS CONTROL FOR CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18738852VIRTUAL NETWORK DEVICEJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18738626SELECTION, DIVERSITY COMBINING OR SATELLITE MIMO TO MITIGATE SCINTILLATION AND/OR NEAR-TERRESTRIAL MULTIPATH TO USER DEVICESJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18739210USER EQUIPMENT BASED FAST RETURN TO LTEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18739219VEHICLE NETWORK AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATIONJune 2024April 2025Allow1000YesNo
18736728CHANNEL OR SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18732678APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18678534METHODS FOR RELAXATION OF RADIO LINK MONITORING REQUIREMENTS IN WIRELESS SYSTEMSMay 2024December 2024Allow710YesNo
18676124UPLINK ERROR RATEMay 2024September 2025Allow1520NoNo
18673431METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONDITIONALLY ADDING AND CHANGING CELLMay 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18671440METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LINK MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY FOR SIDELINK RELAYSMay 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18667259APERIODIC CSI-RS RESOURCE SET TRIGGERING BY DCI WITH APERIODIC TRIGGERING OFFSETMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18660393METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPORTING AND PROCESSING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18658311Signal Field Indication Method and ApparatusMay 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18652182DEVICES WITH CALLING APPS FOR INMATE CALLS, INFORMATION SHARING, MONITORING, AND OTHER FUNCTIONSMay 2024October 2024Allow610YesNo
18651303Spatial Reuse Indication Method and Wireless Communications ApparatusApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18644853LOW LATENCY OFF-GRID COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NETWORK OPTIMIZATION AND LOW ENERGY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIESApril 2024September 2024Allow510NoNo
18644327METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION BASED ON SHORT TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2024October 2024Allow620YesNo
18643113REPETITION SCHEMES FOR URLLC OPERATING IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUMApril 2024April 2025Allow1210YesNo
18641452METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18639272DIRECT CONNECTION COMMUNICATION METHOD, AMF, ACCESS NETWORK FUNCTIONAL ENTITY AND TERMINALApril 2024December 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18636596SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PHASED RECONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMSApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18626851Systems and Methods for Adapting a WAN Egress Shaper RateApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18623236QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTINGApril 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18621831CACHING METHOD FOR F-RAN BASED COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1120NoNo
18621516DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING FOR MULTI-CORE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18620221AUTOMATED NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY TECHNIQUES FOR HYBRID ENVIRONMENTSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18616049TRAFFIC ROUTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18614381DOWNLINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION SIGNALING ENHANCEMENTSMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18694593COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODSMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18613153METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MIMO OPERATION ON A SET OF CELLS BASED ON LAYER 2 MOBILITY IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2024June 2024Allow300YesNo
18693716Data Offload Method and DeviceMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18611590NON-BINARY GF(Q) POLAR SUCCESSIVE CANCELLATION DECODER AND FAST DECODING OF SPECIAL NODESMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18604378METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION FOR LAYER 2 MOBILITY BASED ON THE SECOND PDCCH ORDER IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2450NoNo
18598698BALANCING LATENCY REDUCTION AND USER EQUIPMENT POWER SAVINGMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18598987COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SRS TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHODMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18595983SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH BETWEEN A PAIR OF COUPLED BANDWIDTH RESOURCESMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18592269HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR MULTICAST COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18592135ENHANCED CONNECTION RELEASE TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18589945CELL RESELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18684868SWITCH GAP CONFIGURATION TRANSPORT BETWEEN BASE STATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKSFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18443872PREDICTIVE USER PLANE FUNCTION (UPF) LOAD BALANCING BASED ON NETWORK DATA ANALYTICSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18442759TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION IN SD-WANFebruary 2024February 2026Abandon2430NoNo
18438931METHOD FOR DETERMINING SLEEP STATE, TERMINAL, AND READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18437187IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18432916METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST BEAM INDICATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18432645METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDCCH REPETITION IN MULTI-TRP SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18432024METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SPECTRUM ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKSFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18429715PREDICTIVE CLIENT MOBILITY SESSION MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1200YesNo
18427444USER PLANE FUNCTION (UPF) LOAD BALANCING BASED ON NETWORK DATA ANALYTICS TO PREDICT LOAD OF USER EQUIPMENTJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18427371SHORT PACKET OPTIMIZATION IN WLAN SYSTEMSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18426752Communication of Information using Guard Band of a Communication ChannelJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18425968RELIABLE TRANSPORT OFFLOADED TO NETWORK DEVICESJanuary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18425429Data Sending Method, Network Interface Card, and Computing DeviceJanuary 2024January 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18421093Ranging Between Unsynchronized Communication TerminalsJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18420392WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CHANNEL ALLOCATION METHODJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18420702METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING MESSAGES BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF PIECES OF USER EQUIPMENTJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18417377TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND MEDIUMJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18415364SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESILIENT WIRELESS PACKET COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18414939METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18413128DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2600NoNo
18410815RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, CHANNEL SIGNAL FORMING METHOD AND CHANNEL SIGNAL RECEIVING METHODJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620NoNo
18407413SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RANDOM DIFFERENTIAL RELAY AND NETWORK CODINGJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18405081METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING BEAMFORMED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH)January 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18405783DEFAULT PDSCH BEAM SETTING AND PDCCH PRIORITIZATION FOR MULTI PANEL RECEPTIONJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000NoNo
18403573USER PLANE FUNCTION (UPF) LOAD BALANCING BASED ON CURRENT UPF LOAD AND THRESHOLDS THAT DEPEND ON UPF CAPACITYJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18403474Wireless Network Service Transaction ProtocolJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18400133TECHNOLOGIES FOR SCHEDULING TIME SENSITIVE CYCLICAL NETWORK TRAFFIC IN REAL-TIMEDecember 2023August 2025Abandon1920YesNo
18399259SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING CONTINUITY OF PROXY-BASED SERVICEDecember 2023March 2024Allow300NoNo
18394577Resource Selection for Device to Device Discovery or CommunicationDecember 2023September 2024Allow900NoNo
18395245Methods and Systems to Support Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Quality of Service (QoS)December 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18392216HIGH EFFICIENCY SIGNALINGDecember 2023March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18393435SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION FORWARDING FOR SENSING PROCEDUREDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2471.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
65
Examiner Affirmed
42
(64.6%)
Examiner Reversed
23
(35.4%)
Reversal Percentile
64.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 35.4% 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
443
Allowed After Appeal Filing
156
(35.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
287
(64.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
65.9%
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, 35.2% 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 2471 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2471 is part of Group 2470 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 11,928 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 90.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2471's allowance rate of 90.2% places it in the 90% 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 2471 receive an average of 1.59 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 27% percentile). The median prosecution time is 26 months (in the 73% 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.

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.