USPTO Art Unit 2473 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
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
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
18769913METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING UPLINK TRANSMISSION TIMING BASED ON NTN CONFIGURATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18764008LONG TRAINING FIELD (LTF) IN DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSIONJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18762043Method and Apparatus for Communication Connection, Electronic Device, and Wireless Transmission SystemJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
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
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
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
18627113TIME ALLOCATION FOR NETWORK TRANSMISSIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18626144DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION OF SHORT TRAINING FIELDSApril 2024April 2025Allow1300NoNo
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
18595967SCRAMBLING OF PHYSICAL CHANNELS AND REFERENCE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18587316METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HARQ FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18586567METHOD FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION, AND DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
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
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
18433088ESTABLISHING A SIGNALING CONNECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18428439METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRANT-FREE DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18423337METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING BUFFER STATUS REPORT BY RRC_INACTIVE STATE TERMINAL IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
17800644ENHANCING DETECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow2900NoNo
18406275METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
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
18523105METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION AND REDUCING BATTERY POWER CONSUMPTIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18520850TELEPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSINGNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1610NoNo
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
18520582METHOD AND DEVICE IN UE AND BASE STATION FOR RADIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2023December 2024Allow1300YesNo
18521411METHODS AND NODES FOR EFFICIENT MAC CE DESIGN FOR INDICATING MAPPING BETWEEN PATHLOSS REFERENCE AND MULTIPLE SRINovember 2023March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18519462RELEASE OF CONFIGURED GRANTNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18520454WIFI BACKOFF TIMERNovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18518067METHOD FOR MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL, USER EQUIPMENT, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL CHANNELNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18513369METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DIAGNOSING FAILURES IN PAIRWISE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION AND FREQUENCY CALIBRATION IN A MESH NETWORKNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18510421TERMINAL, BASE STATION, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHODNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18510532TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK PLANNING SYSTEMNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18509677DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820YesNo
18508647METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18508984DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) WITH SIDELINK (SL)November 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18508046Distributed Antenna SystemNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18504946HARQ PROCESS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18503931TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHODNovember 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18499975METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY REQUEST FOR SECONDARY CELLNovember 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18488837PARTIAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDUREOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18487321Carrier Grouping in Multicarrier Wireless NetworksOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18487520ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALING PROCESSES FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKSOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18487725RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18380320Cooperative and Parasitic Radio Access NetworksOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18380648SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING VIRTUAL APPLIANCES IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD NETWORKSOctober 2023June 2024Allow800YesNo
18379217METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR MULTICAST COMMUNICATION IN A CONTAINERIZED ENVIRONMENTOctober 2023July 2024Allow900NoNo
18378872METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BRIDGING FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18482355METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023May 2024Allow800YesNo
18377712PATH SIGNATURES FOR DATA FLOWSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18481142CONFIGURING A MULTICAST OR BROADCAST WIRELESS NETWORKOctober 2023February 2024Allow410YesNo
18480475CONDITIONAL HANDOVER (CHO) DECONFIGURATION AND FAILURE HANDLING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18480421WIRELESS DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SCHEDULING ASSIGNMENT MESSAGE TRANSMISSIONOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18475427TRANSMIT DIVERSITY MECHANISM FOR POWER SAVING SIGNALSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1820NoNo
18475082METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2023December 2023Allow310NoNo
18371053BASE STATION BATTERY CONTROLSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1330YesNo
18471757METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION ACQUISITION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1610YesNo
18469888METHOD FOR CONFIGURING BANDWIDTH FOR SUPPORTING BROADBAND CARRIER IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo

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
164
Examiner Affirmed
99
(60.4%)
Examiner Reversed
65
(39.6%)
Reversal Percentile
78.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 39.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
602
Allowed After Appeal Filing
187
(31.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
415
(68.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
40.2%
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, 31.1% 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 10,519 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 86.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2473's allowance rate of 86.4% places it in the 82% 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 1.84 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 52% percentile). The median prosecution time is 28 months (in the 56% 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.

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