USPTO Art Unit 2475 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17133444WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2020September 2023Allow3320NoNo
17131223FREQUENCY RANGE 2 (FR2) SIDELINK DISCOVERYDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510NoNo
17127574SUPERPOSITION TRANSMISSION OF SIDELINK AND UPLINKDecember 2020September 2023Allow3320NoNo
17124273SERVICE DELIVERY TO A ROAMING USER EQUIPMENT USING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) CONTROLLERDecember 2020June 2024Allow4220NoNo
17123066REPEATER BEACON SIGNAL FOR ENABLING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATIONDecember 2020April 2023Allow2820NoNo
17117365Apparatus for the configuration of a wireless radio connection and method of configuring a wireless radio connectionDecember 2020October 2023Allow3520YesNo
16973638Communication Method Implemented by a First Router of an Autonomous System Using an Interior Gateway ProtocolDecember 2020December 2023Allow3640YesNo
17112878METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MIXED TRANSMISSIONDecember 2020March 2023Allow2820YesNo
17110255METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A UNIFIED INTERFACE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT INFREQUENT DATA COMMUNICATIONS VIA A NETWORK EXPOSURE FUNCTIONDecember 2020September 2023Allow3420YesNo
17097495DYNAMIC PORT FORWARDINGNovember 2020August 2023Allow3440NoNo
17080113METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COEXISTANCE OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMOctober 2020August 2022Allow2230NoNo
17069590DATA AND CONNECTIVITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOFOctober 2020January 2023Allow2720NoNo
16948898REASSEMBLY OF SERVICE DATA UNITS FOR RADIO LINK CONTROL DUPLICATIONOctober 2020October 2023Allow3630YesNo
17061303TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE INTEGRITY PROTECTIONOctober 2020January 2023Allow2840NoNo
17029620DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NETWORKSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2920NoNo
17028538QUASI CO-LOCATED ANTENNA PORTS FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATIONSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2440NoNo
16982569TIME TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SATELLITE-INDEPENDENT, PHASE AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION OVER TRADITIONAL IP CORE NETWORK WITHOUT FULL OR PARTIAL TIMING SUPPORTSeptember 2020March 2023Allow3000YesNo
17016658TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING A TIME GAP FOR A PROBING PULSE SIGNALSeptember 2020July 2023Allow3440YesNo
17015010WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ONE OR MORE THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUESSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3630NoNo
17009895Negative-Block ACK Based Wi-Fi MAC ProtocolSeptember 2020January 2024Allow4150YesYes
17002051TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHODAugust 2020August 2023Allow3640YesNo
16970341METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS USING SAMEAugust 2020January 2023Allow2920NoNo
16970077SEGMENT CONCATENATION IN RADIO LINK CONTROL STATUS REPORTSAugust 2020November 2022Allow2710NoNo
16969688METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FALLBACK OPERATION FOR SEMI-STATIC HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK DETERMINATIONAugust 2020July 2023Allow3540YesNo
16968610WIRELESS BACKHAUL NETWORK, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2020October 2023Allow3841YesNo
16988499METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNAL AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSAugust 2020September 2023Allow3740YesNo
16943427DEVICE BASED SMART NAT SELECTIONJuly 2020November 2023Allow3940YesNo
16770744INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJune 2020June 2023Allow3740YesNo
16769375WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MAIN BASE STATION, SECONDARY BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2020January 2023Allow3240YesNo
15930177NETWORK FORENSIC SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2020July 2023Allow3831YesNo
16872869EMISSION OF A SIGNAL IN UNUSED RESOURCE UNITS TO INCREASE ENERGY DETECTION OF AN 802.11 CHANNELMay 2020June 2023Allow3730NoNo
16841234CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKSApril 2020January 2023Allow3430NoNo
16650198OPTIMIZATION OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON RECEIVED QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE INFORMATIONMarch 2020December 2023Abandon4560YesNo
16637714COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2020November 2022Allow3340YesNo
16608106USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODOctober 2019March 2023Allow4060NoNo
16604602WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NETWORK NODE, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMSOctober 2019August 2023Abandon4660YesNo
16479093RETRANSMISSION FOR PUNCTURED SIGNALSJuly 2019January 2023Allow4220NoYes
16475069METHOD FOR REPORTING MULTI-CONNECTION TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY, METHOD FOR CONFIGURING MULTI-CONNECTION TRANSMISSION MODE, METHOD FOR PREVENTING RETRANSMISSION OF DATA, UE AND BASE STATIONJune 2019February 2023Allow4470YesNo
16373307WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND PROCESSING METHODApril 2019February 2022Allow3450NoNo
16177858PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) RESOURCE ALLOCATIONNovember 2018November 2022Allow4840YesYes
16013373Method And Apparatus To Enhance Routing Protocols In Wireless Mesh NetworksJune 2018March 2023Allow5620YesYes
15725890WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND PROCESSING METHODOctober 2017January 2019Allow1540YesNo
15377169COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND BASE-STATION CONTROL METHODDecember 2016September 2018Allow2110NoNo
15293240ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2016September 2018Allow2300NoNo
15265100METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONNECTION BETWEEN NODES IN DIGITAL INTERFACESeptember 2016March 2017Allow610NoNo
15265027METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONNECTION BETWEEN NODES IN DIGITAL INTERFACESeptember 2016March 2017Allow610NoNo
15263215TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHODSeptember 2016January 2017Allow410NoNo
15219016FLOW DEDUPLICATION ACROSS A CLUSTER OF NETWORK MONITORING DEVICESJuly 2016March 2017Allow810NoNo
15214002MOBILE TELEPHONE FOR INTERNET APPLICATIONSJuly 2016October 2016Allow300YesNo
15203992MOBILITY MANAGEMENT OF OSI CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CELL TOWERSJuly 2016September 2016Allow200NoNo
15192932Enhanced Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) ProtocolsJune 2016February 2017Allow820YesNo
15176333MESSAGE HANDLING IN AN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEMJune 2016December 2016Allow710NoNo
15171176PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEMJune 2016November 2016Allow510YesNo
15169017TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE NYQUIST ZONE OPERATIONSMay 2016January 2017Allow810NoNo
15163533METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2016January 2017Allow810NoNo
15145142Power Division Multiple AccessMay 2016November 2016Allow710NoNo
15142892SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDOOR LOCATION MAPPING AND TRACKINGApril 2016February 2017Allow910YesNo
15088301APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING OPERATIONS OF MULTIPLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS MODULES WITH MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER NUMBERSApril 2016March 2017Abandon1110NoNo
15079933METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERWORKING VOICE AND MULTIMEDIA SERVICES BETWEEN CSI TERMINAL AND IMS TERMINALMarch 2016December 2016Allow810NoNo
15079007LONG TRAINING FIELD SEQUENCE CONSTRUCTIONMarch 2016December 2016Allow910NoNo
15064714METHOD OF REDUCING ACTIVE CELLULAR CONNECTIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORKMarch 2016November 2016Allow800YesNo
15055309WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2016December 2016Allow1020NoNo
15049307SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKFebruary 2016May 2016Allow300NoNo
15043421DUPLICATING NETWORK TRAFFIC THROUGH TRANSPARENT VLAN FLOODINGFebruary 2016June 2016Allow410NoNo
15042028TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHODFebruary 2016June 2016Allow410NoNo
15040855BASE STATION AND RELATED RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2016June 2016Allow400YesNo
15040181METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2016April 2016Allow200YesNo
15018503METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MITIGATE INTER-CELL INTERFERENCEFebruary 2016December 2016Allow1120NoNo
15015428PEER-TO-PEER SHARING OF NETWORK RESOURCESFebruary 2016November 2017Allow2210NoNo
15009884MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND A MOBILE STATIONJanuary 2016May 2016Allow410YesNo
15009559N-NODE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINK AGGREGATION GROUPS (LAG)January 2016August 2016Allow610NoNo
15006789HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) METHOD AND DEVICE IN A COOPERATIVE TERMINAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2016July 2016Allow610NoNo
15003094Method And System For Dynamic Routing And/Or Switching In A NetworkJanuary 2016September 2016Abandon810NoNo
15001925Enhanced Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) ProtocolsJanuary 2016March 2016Allow200NoNo
14994818SWITCHING MODULEJanuary 2016July 2016Allow610NoNo
14980995UNIVERSAL NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLERDecember 2015July 2016Allow710NoNo
14967942METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERMITTING A DEVICE TO AUTOMATICALLY SELECT A NETWORK ADDRESS FOR USE IN A WIRELESS NETWORKDecember 2015October 2016Allow1010YesNo
14963071METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A FRAME IN A WIRELESS RAN SYSTEMDecember 2015July 2016Allow810NoNo
14959995SELF-HEALING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKDecember 2015July 2016Allow710NoNo
14956520ADAPTIVE SUB-BAND ALGORITHM FOR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION IN PLC NETWORKSDecember 2015August 2016Allow910NoNo
14956171METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HANDOVER BETWEEN UTRA R6 CELLS AND R7 CELLSDecember 2015August 2016Allow900YesNo
14948551Employing Helper Transport Streams for Re-MultiplexingNovember 2015August 2016Allow910NoNo
14947899OPERATING A WIRELESS SYSTEM IN AN UNLICENSED BANDNovember 2015September 2016Abandon1010NoNo
14942127METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATED LINK SETUPNovember 2015March 2016Allow400NoNo
14927797METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR SENDING UPLINK RESOURCE SCHEDULING REQUESTOctober 2015August 2016Allow1000YesNo
14928659MANAGING EXECUTION OF PROGRAMS BY MULTIPLE COMPUTING SYSTEMSOctober 2015January 2017Allow1410NoNo
14923903APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR CONTROLLING CONNECTIVITY OF A COMPUTER DEVICE WITH A COMPUTER NETWORKOctober 2015November 2016Allow1210NoNo
14922083METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RESILIENCY IN MULTICAST NETWORKSOctober 2015July 2016Allow910YesNo
14887712Techniques for Determining a Handoff Profile Between Telecommunications NetworksOctober 2015March 2016Allow510NoNo
14886939IN-HOUSE LOCATION BASED SERVICESOctober 2015October 2016Allow1220NoNo
14885273WI-FI CALLING QUALITY OF SERVICE ON TRUSTED WLAN NETWORKSOctober 2015February 2018Allow2810NoNo
14876595METHOD FOR PARSING NETWORK PACKETS HAVING FUTURE DEFINED TAGSOctober 2015February 2017Abandon1610NoNo
14873006METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FREQUENCY SELECTIVE TRANSMISSIONOctober 2015October 2016Allow1310YesNo
14862426APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING A QUANTITY OF ANTENNA PORTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2015August 2016Allow1110NoNo
14861911STATUS PROHIBITION TIMER DISABLING FOR PARTIAL STATUS REPORTSeptember 2015February 2018Allow2910NoNo
14853550METHOD AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR A SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKSeptember 2015September 2016Allow1210NoNo
14852904APPLICATION TOPOLOGY BASED ON NETWORK TRAFFICSeptember 2015June 2016Allow910YesNo
14846235METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH SESSION MANAGEMENT AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENTSeptember 2015March 2016Allow700YesNo
14843806INTELLIGENT MEDIA RELAY SELECTIONSeptember 2015June 2016Allow910NoNo
14840770LOAD BALANCING MULTICAST NETWORK TRAFFIC USING VIRTUAL CHANNELSAugust 2015October 2016Allow1410NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2475.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
56
Examiner Affirmed
45
(80.4%)
Examiner Reversed
11
(19.6%)
Reversal Percentile
3.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 19.6% 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
506
Allowed After Appeal Filing
185
(36.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
321
(63.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
70.4%
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, 36.6% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 2475 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2475 is part of Group 2470 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 4,203 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 79.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2475's allowance rate of 79.5% places it in the 61% 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 2475 receive an average of 2.35 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 79% percentile). The median prosecution time is 34 months (in the 33% 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.

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