USPTO Art Unit 2474 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18965550Communication Network with Base Station Nodes and Repeater Nodes for Wirelessly Communicating Data Between the Base Station Nodes and a Multi-Antenna Mobile HandsetDecember 2024January 2025Allow100NoNo
18904193DISTRIBUTED UNIT, CENTRAL UNIT, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHOD THEREFOROctober 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18792113SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS UTILIZING SIGNAL DEGRADATION DATAAugust 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18768909SWITCH-MANAGED RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SOFTWARE EXECUTIONJuly 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18768368USE OF ALLOCATED WIRELESS CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJuly 2024March 2025Allow900YesNo
18745493CONSOLIDATED FEEDBACK INDICATION AND FEEDBACK TRANSMISSIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18738146SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DMRS ANTENNA PORT INDICATION FOR URLLCJune 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18735427Carrier Aggregation Capability AdvertisementJune 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18733476SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUIET ELEMENT IN TWT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18677415TECHNOLOGIES FOR STREAMING DEVICE ROLE REVERSALMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18675690LOW POWER HIGH DEFINITION WIRELESS MEDIA TRANSPORTMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18668849METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZING REMOTE PROFILE MANAGEMENTMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18667607CONTROL INFORMATION FOR A DIGITALLY CONTROLLED SURFACE HAVING REFLECTIVE ELEMENTSMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18662542METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNELS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEMay 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18660415METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMIT POWERMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18655752METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL SIGNALING, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1100YesNo
18655419SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING INTER-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH DIFFERENT UL/DL TDD CONFIGURATIONSMay 2024December 2024Allow710NoNo
18654764TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHODMay 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18649855TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024December 2024Allow810YesNo
18636226METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR WI-FI MEDIA STREAMING USING AN ALTERNATE ACCESS POINTApril 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18624122V2X HARQ PROCESS MANAGEMENTApril 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18623944CONTROL CHANNEL DECODING CONFIGURATIONS FOR CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18621792Exposure Reporting For Wireless CommunicationsMarch 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18621408Software-Based Fabric EnablementMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18622244UNIVERSAL PROTOCOL TRANSLATORMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18617414GRADUAL SENSING FOR USER EQUIPMENT POWER SAVING IN SIDELINK OPERATIONMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18617383METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNICATION ENTITY OPERATING IN NEW BAND IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18615223DEVICES AND METHODS OF SIGNALING FOR RESOURCE SELECTION AND RESERVATION IN SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320NoNo
18605094ENHANCED NDPA FRAME FOR SENSINGMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18601565TWO-STAGE TRIGGER PROCEDUREMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18599393SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRIGGERING FOR ENHANCED CARRIER AGGREGATIONMarch 2024May 2025Allow1420NoNo
18595946METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDCCH REPETITION IN MULTI-TRP SYSTEMMarch 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18594609GENERATIVE CONTENT SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS LOCATION-BASED SERVICES AND METHODS THEREFORMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18589572LIMITING UPLINK NOISE BY ADJUSTING MIMO TRANSMISSION LAYERSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18589589JOINT RESOURCE MAP DESIGN OF DM-RS AND PT-RSFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1420YesNo
18588883TRUNCATED IDENTIFICATION INDICATORS FOR EARLY USER EQUIPMENT (UE) CAPABILITY RETRIEVALFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100NoNo
18584601METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION TIME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1220NoNo
18441946SIDELINK POWER CONTROLFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18440000RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520YesNo
18440884DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DATA FLOW CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICESFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620NoNo
18438588ENHANCED BROADCAST TRANSMISSION IN UNSLOTTED CHANNEL HOPPING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROLFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18438716SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE PATTERN IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18439447NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18438926APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR BASE STATIONS WITH UPTILT ANTENNAS FOR AERIAL VEHICLESFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18438629BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING AND DETERMINATION OF A CONTENTION WINDOWFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18438138DETECTING VLAN MISCONFIGURATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610YesNo
18434178SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024July 2024Allow610NoNo
18433648CONFIGURATION ENHANCEMENTS ON ACCESS POINT NAME (APN) OR DATA NETWORK NAME (DNN) SELECTION IN USER EQUIPMENT (UE)February 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18429860Exposure Reporting For Wireless CommunicationsFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18429112ENTANGLED LINKS, TRANSACTIONS AND TREES FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18426533Methods and Apparatus Relating to Selective Enhancement of Radio SignalsJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18425606SYSTEM INFORMATION SCHEDULING IN MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18426317FOLDABLE INGRESS BUFFER FOR NETWORK APPARATUSESJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18425622METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK DATA INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18425072APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TIMING RELATIONSHIP IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18421742METHOD OF TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND TRANSMITTER USING THE SAMEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18421466FULL DUPLEX EXPANDER IN A FULL DUPLEX NETWORKJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18419674Transmission and Reception Point Configuration for Beam Failure RecoveryJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18419738SYNCHRONIZATION OF AUDIO STREAMS AND SAMPLING RATE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18416011METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION AND SENSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK OPERATING IN HALF-DUPLEX MODEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720NoNo
18413697METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING WIRELESS DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18410839OPTIMIZING KEY ALLOCATION DURING ROAMING USING MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610YesNo
18409248DISABLING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACKJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18407945METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DIFFERENT UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510YesNo
18406674UPLINK SIGNALING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITYJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18407303METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC BEAM INDICATION MECHANISMJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18405068SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE A WAVEFORM IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKJanuary 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18400194SESSION MANAGEMENT METHOD BASED ON REALLOCATION OF PDU SESSION ANCHOR DEVICE, AND DEVICE PERFORMING THE SESSION MANAGEMENT METHODDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18394851METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OR PAGING A USER EQUIPMENTDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18392998INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE THEREOFDecember 2023April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18392983DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) FOR SIDELINK GRANTDecember 2023February 2025Allow1420YesNo
18539013COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MEASURING A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR (CQI)December 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18537759CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING AND INFORMATION ELEMENT TRANSMISSION METHODS AND APPARATUSES, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023December 2024Allow1300YesNo
18536441METHOD AND TRANSITION DEVICE FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION OF DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORKDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18535910USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18531495CODEWORD DISABLING IN MULTI-SUBFRAME GRANTSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110YesNo
18529916FRAME FORMATS FOR DISTRIBUTED MIMODecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18529999DOPPLER MODE IN A WIRELESS NETWORKDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18529683Technique for Configuring a Phase Tracking Reference SignalDecember 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18528706CLASSICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTANGLEMENTDecember 2023June 2025Allow1910NoNo
18528324TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD OF RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT INFORMATIONDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18525834Beam Failure Recovery with Secondary CellsNovember 2023October 2024Allow1010YesNo
18521230DORMANT BANDWIDTH PART (BWP) CONFIGURATION FOR FULL-DUPLEX OPERATIONNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18520339EFFICIENTLY INTERCONNECTING COMPUTING NODES TO ENABLE USE OF HIGH-RADIX NETWORK SWITCHESNovember 2023January 2025Allow1300YesNo
18519771METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CHANNEL CODING AND DECODING IN COMMUNICATION OR BROADCASTING SYSTEMNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18517616Communication Network with Control Plane NetworkNovember 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18518097TRANSITION OF USER EQUIPMENT TO A 5GC NETWORK POST VOICE CALL TERMINATION IN VIEW OF EPS FALLBACKNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18516738APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL POWER BOOSTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18516627FEEDBACK INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18512740DISCONTINUOUS DOWNLINK CHANNEL MONITORINGNovember 2023August 2024Allow5000NoNo
18509512COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023January 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18504249MANAGEMENT OF SINGLE-SHOT HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKS ALONG WITH HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKS WITH SET PRIORITY LEVELSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18501891METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXPAND PANELIST ENROLLMENTNovember 2023September 2024Allow1100NoNo
18501869METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A CHANNEL SENSING THRESHOLDNovember 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18501528Method for internet-of-things communications using cellular wireless licensed bandsNovember 2023June 2024Allow800YesNo
18499882Diagnostics-Based Conferencing Endpoint Device ConfigurationNovember 2023May 2025Allow1910YesNo
18499888Configuring Endpoint Devices Connected To A Virtual ConferenceNovember 2023May 2025Allow1910YesNo
18497841METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF SCHEDULING TIMING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18493175DYNAMIC DUTY CYCLEOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18492161APERIODIC TRIGGERING OF CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION USING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELOctober 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2474.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
98
Examiner Affirmed
63
(64.3%)
Examiner Reversed
35
(35.7%)
Reversal Percentile
65.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 35.7% 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
509
Allowed After Appeal Filing
189
(37.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
320
(62.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
71.7%
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, 37.1% 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 2474 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2474 is part of Group 2470 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 10,984 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 85.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2474's allowance rate of 85.6% 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 2474 receive an average of 1.80 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 48% 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 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

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