USPTO Art Unit 2473 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2473
Group: 2470
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 10,074
Last Active: May 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19198129DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19098187Timing Advance for MobilityApril 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19092697Shared Channel Occupancy in Sidelink UnlicensedMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19080019Layer 1/Layer 2 Triggered Mobility Cancelation Initiated by Target Base StationMarch 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19080165Sidelink Carrier Selection Based on Channel Busy RatioMarch 2025March 2026Allow1220YesNo
19071352Reconfigurable Wireless Radio System for Providing Highly Sensitive Nationwide Radar Functionality Using a Limited Number of Frequencies and Adaptable HardwareMarch 2025December 2025Allow910NoNo
18926476Sidelink Radio Link Failure Based on Carrier ReselectionOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18921614HANDLING TAT EXPIRY OF MULTIPLE TAGSOctober 2024April 2025Allow620YesNo
18805503Notification of Discarded PDCP SDUs in a Wireless Network ApparatusAugust 2024October 2024Allow210NoNo
18785236MULTI-BAND RADIO ALLOCATION FOR MOBILE NETWORKSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18783247CONFIGURATION AND SIGNALING FOR UL NOMA OPERATIONSJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18779289MULTICAST/BROADCAST SERVICE FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL IDLE/INACTIVE USER EQUIPMENT ON NEW RADIO UU INTERFACEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18770829ORCHESTRATION OF CLIENT-ACCESSIBLE TEST SLICES ON A CELLULAR NETWORKJuly 2024July 2025Allow1220NoNo
18769913METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING UPLINK TRANSMISSION TIMING BASED ON NTN CONFIGURATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18768713METHODS OF DELIVERY MODE SWITCH FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE IN A 5G NETWORKJuly 2024December 2025Allow1840YesNo
18764008LONG TRAINING FIELD (LTF) IN DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSIONJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18762043Method and Apparatus for Communication Connection, Electronic Device, and Wireless Transmission SystemJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18755924SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY FOR MULTI-DCI MODEJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18750397PRECONFIGURED UPLINK RESOURCE TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18741329AGGREGATED HE CONTROL CONTENT IN A-MPDUJune 2024September 2025Allow1510NoNo
18672632PHYSICAL (PHY) LAYER SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT USE OF MIXED NUMEROLOGIES IN THE SAME CHANNELMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18671468WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWERMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18671651METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION AND TERMINAL DEVICEMay 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18669166CONFIGURING A MULTICAST OR BROADCAST WIRELESS NETWORKMay 2024May 2025Allow1220YesYes
18665772METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING BUFFER STATE REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18664792INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD AND TERMINALMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18662054BEAMFORMING IN MULTICAST COMMUNICATIONSMay 2024March 2025Allow1020YesNo
18656955METHOD FOR DETERMINING FREQUENCY DOMAIN LOCATION OF CONTROL RESOURCE SET AND RELATED DEVICEMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18656314METHOD WHEREBY TERMINAL TRANSMITS AND RECEIVES SIGNALS FOR CARRYING OUT RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18653143ROBUST GRANT-FREE TRANSMISSIONSMay 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18649014TIME AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATIONApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18641185METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATIONApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18640872Activation and Deactivation of Power Saving OperationApril 2024April 2025Allow1200YesNo
18638208Synchronization Signal Block Transmissions in Wireless CommunicationsApril 2024February 2026Allow2230NoNo
18636903Wireless Communication Method and ApparatusApril 2024February 2026Allow2220NoNo
18631711Wireless Communication Method And DeviceApril 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18630022Wireless Access EstablishmentApril 2024December 2024Allow810NoNo
18629177METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRANT-FREE DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18629687RELAYING PHYSICAL SIDELINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCESApril 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18628643ENHANCEMENTS TO RECEPTION RELIABILITY FOR DATA AND CONTROL INFORMATIONApril 2024July 2025Allow1610YesNo
18627113TIME ALLOCATION FOR NETWORK TRANSMISSIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18626144DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION OF SHORT TRAINING FIELDSApril 2024April 2025Allow1300NoNo
18623746FRONT END ARCHITECTURE FOR SELECTIVELY ADDING EXTERNAL CARRIER AGGREGATION BANDApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18615426BEACON FRAME TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSMarch 2024July 2025Allow1620NoNo
18615507UPLINK GRANT, DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT AND SEARCH SPACE METHOD AND APPARATUS IN CARRIER AGGREGATIONMarch 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18611717COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18605838SIGNALLING METHOD THROUGH RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINALMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18605651METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING QUASI-CO-LOCATION REFERENCE SIGNALMarch 2024September 2024Allow600YesNo
18604904DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18604428COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEMarch 2024July 2024Allow400YesNo
18604230EFFICIENT BUFFER UTILIZATION FOR NETWORK DATA UNITSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18602118Small Data Transmission Assistance InformationMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18599956ENERGY-EFFICIENT BEAM-GROUP RANDOM ACCESSMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18595967SCRAMBLING OF PHYSICAL CHANNELS AND REFERENCE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18588655Correlating Packets in Communications NetworksFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2310YesNo
18587316METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HARQ FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18586567METHOD FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION, AND DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18583800TSN OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH TIME CAPTURE LOCATION PROTOCOLFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18581470Access Information for Closed Access GroupsFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18444161VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING (V2X) CENTRALIZED PREDICTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS)February 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18444522SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC CHANNEL BONDINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18443117TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING HUBFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18441418SUPPORT OF USER PLANE TRANSACTIONS OVER A MOBILE NETWORKFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1820NoNo
18440302Packet Duplication ControlFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18440612Resource Management for Beam Failure Recovery ProceduresFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18439711SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPLOITING INTER-CELL MULTIPLEXING GAIN IN WIRELESS CELLULAR SYSTEMS VIA DISTRIBUTED INPUT DISTRIBUTED OUTPUT TECHNOLOGYFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18438616Signal Reception Apparatus and Method and Communications SystemFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18682806METHOD OF PERFORMING A HANDOVER OF A MOBILE NETWORK DEVICEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320YesNo
18435714SHAPING OUTGOING TRAFFIC OF NETWORK PACKETS IN A NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18434207WAKE-UP METHOD, WAKE-UP APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1830YesNo
18433088ESTABLISHING A SIGNALING CONNECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18428439METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRANT-FREE DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18429250COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHODJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18426122SEQUENCE NUMBER EXPANSIONJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2540NoNo
18425889METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND INFORMATION RECEPTIONJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2221YesNo
18423337METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING BUFFER STATUS REPORT BY RRC_INACTIVE STATE TERMINAL IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
18416523RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RESPONSE SIGNAL SPREADING METHODJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1820NoNo
17800644ENHANCING DETECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow2900NoNo
18406275METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18403482METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1940YesNo
18402264METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18397089SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18395046METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING BUFFER STATUS REPORT ON BASIS OF NETWORK REQUEST IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18392330Monitoring for Cross-Carrier Scheduling Based on Active Bandwidth PartDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18392461METHODS FOR TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL BUNDLING IN THE UPLINKDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18538734COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18536927METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RESOURCE POOLDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18537219Default Rules in Uplink TransmissionsDecember 2023May 2024Allow500YesNo
18532998FSYNC MISMATCH TRACKINGDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18532205METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1000YesNo
18529095TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AN OFDM SIGNAL GENERATED BY PERFORMING IFFT PROCESSING ON A PREAMBLE AND ONE OR MORE SUBFRAMES INTO WHICH PILOT SIGNALS ARE INSERTEDDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18525300USER PLANE FUNCTION (UPF) LOAD BALANCING BASED ON SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LOW LATENCY TRAFFICNovember 2023February 2025Allow1520NoNo
18525755REDUCED SENSING SCHEMES FOR SIDELINK ENHANCEMENTNovember 2023March 2025Allow1611YesNo
18522905METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18523105METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION AND REDUCING BATTERY POWER CONSUMPTIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18520850TELEPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSINGNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1610NoNo
185220246G ORAN STAR Array With Simultaneous Transmit And ReceiveNovember 2023October 2025Allow2210YesNo
18521386User Equipment Network Slice Information Storage and Packet Data Unit Session Establishment for New RadioNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18522008TIMING ADVANCE OFFSET FOR UPLINK-DOWNLINK SWITCHING IN NEW RADIONovember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18521411METHODS AND NODES FOR EFFICIENT MAC CE DESIGN FOR INDICATING MAPPING BETWEEN PATHLOSS REFERENCE AND MULTIPLE SRINovember 2023March 2025Abandon1510NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2473.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
177
Examiner Affirmed
110
(62.1%)
Examiner Reversed
67
(37.9%)
Reversal Percentile
73.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 37.9% 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
676
Allowed After Appeal Filing
200
(29.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
476
(70.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
33.8%
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, 29.6% 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 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 2473 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2473 is part of Group 2470 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 10,074 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 85.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2473's allowance rate of 85.3% places it in the 80% 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 2473 receive an average of 1.97 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 56% percentile). The median prosecution time is 29 months (in the 60% 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 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.