USPTO Art Unit 2478 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19054240CSI Transmission with Multiple Bandwidth PartsFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18967703EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SERVICE FOR MULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERSDecember 2024January 2025Allow200YesNo
18764806COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING 5G MESH NETWORK FOR ENHANCED COVERAGE AND ULTRA-RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18748747UTILIZING THROUGHPUT RATE TO DYNAMICALLY GENERATE QUEUE REQUEST NOTIFICATIONSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18738944REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18674395BASE STATION, TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUMMay 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18664231METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATIONMay 2024February 2025Allow920NoNo
18662551COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18655261Efficient parallelized computation of a Benes network configurationMay 2024May 2025Allow1220NoNo
18655173SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER MANAGED WIRELESS BACKHAUL NETWORK USING HYBRID REPEATER DEVICESMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18642157PERSISTING PRIVATE MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK PREFERENCE FOR MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES ON PRIVATE NETWORKSApril 2024April 2025Allow1200NoNo
18637776USER EQUIPMENT (UE)-TRIGGERED HANDOVER WITH EARLY PREPARATION IN MOBILE NETWORKSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18633311AUTOMATIC POLICY CONFIGURATION FOR PACKET FLOWSApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18631217DRAGONFLY ROUTING WITH INCOMPLETE GROUP CONNECTIVITYApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18630280UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHODS FOR CARRIER AGGREGATIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18629245SEARCH SPACE CONFIGURATIONS FOR RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1200YesNo
18626143DETERMINING AND SENDING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS (CQIS) FOR DIFFERENT CELLSApril 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18620279SCHEDULING AND BANDWIDTH PART ADAPTATION TECHNIQUES FOR EXTENDED REALITYMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18618422SECONDARY CELL GROUP MAINTENANCE METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK NODEMarch 2024November 2024Allow710NoNo
18617304IN-NETWORK WIRELESS INTERFERENCE DETECTIONMarch 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18611046SEARCH SPACE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18599692MULTIPATH REPEATER SYSTEMSMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18596728Channel State Information Reporting for Non-Coherent Joint TransmissionMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18590279METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING INTERFERENCE INFORMATIONFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18590564OPTIMIZING LAYER ASSIGNMENT DURING EPS FALLBACK PROCEDURESFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18581800BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHODFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18442972COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LATENCY OF TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NETWORK ELEMENTSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18438316HANDOVER RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18437232WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ACK AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAMEFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18434608OpenRAN Networking InfrastructureFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18432865Managing Local Emergency NumbersFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18432864METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18429830DYNAMIC CABLE OPERATOR PLANT DISCOVERYFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18430257TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOFFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18294147PON SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR INTERNET OF THINGSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow600YesNo
18428858CONSTRAINTS ON A SOURCE REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR QUASI-COLLOCATION TIMING REFERENCE OF A POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALJanuary 2024May 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18425108NETWORKED EVACUATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18421938WIRELESS WAKE-UP PACKET SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND WIRELESS WAKE-UP PACKET RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18421733SATELLITE ANTENNA GROUND STATION SERVICE SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18417906METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR MAPPING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18414215MEASUREMENT GAP CONFIGURATION METHOD, NODE AND USER EQUIPMENTJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18407067METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SUB-CHANNELIZED TRANSMISSION SCHEMES IN WLANSJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18403759ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620YesNo
18401173METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECIPROCITY BASED CSI-RS TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18400881WEIGHTED MULTICAST JOIN LOAD BALANCEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18544783Signalling of Frequency-Domain Resource AssignmentDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18544061Method and Device Used for Wireless CommunicationDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18544228RADIO COMMUNICATION NODE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2023January 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18532413ATMOSPHERIC CHANNEL-DRIVEN INTERFERENCE HANDLINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1310YesNo
18531176SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT ON SIDELINK POWER CONTROLDecember 2023January 2025Allow1320YesNo
18531104SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT ON SIDELINK POWER CONTROLDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18531131SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT ON SIDELINK POWER CONTROLDecember 2023February 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18526075HANDLING COLLISIONS BETWEEN ACCESS LINK AND SIDELINKDecember 2023January 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18445636LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING FRACTIONATED SATELLITES AND HIGH-RESOLUTION SPATIAL MULTIPLEXINGDecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18445635LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING FRACTIONATED SATELLITES AND HIGH-RESOLUTION SPATIAL MULTIPLEXINGDecember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18523276Channel Sounding Using Multiple Sounding ConfigurationsNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18513056AVOIDING MULTIPLE RETRANSMISSIONS OF SIGNALLING TRANSPORTED BY 5G NAS TRANSPORTNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18509025INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING RADIO COMMUNICATIONNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18504259WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICENovember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18494510Method and Apparatus for Determining Measured Value of Reference SignalOctober 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18493129COEXISTENCE PRIMITIVES IN POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORKSOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520NoNo
18487691Cancellation and Replacement of PUSCHOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720YesNo
18487354CSI TRANSMISSION WITH MULTIPLE BANDWIDTH PARTSOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520NoNo
18377945Packing Additional Information in Each Message Element in 5G/6GOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18375864METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA ACCORDING TO EDTOctober 2023April 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18477556WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK DATA USING A SELECTED SET OF RESOURCESSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120YesNo
18477639FLEXIBLE MULTIPLEXING OF USERS WITH DIFFERENCE REQUIREMENTS IN A 5G FRAME STRUCTURESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18475729METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE ASSUMPTION FOR CGI READING IN NRSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18475438MULTI-TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT OPERATIONSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18473384METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER PLANE RESOURCE SELECTION FOR 5G CORESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18372125WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS-BASED UPLINK MULTI-USER TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18372121WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINALSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18470170SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2010NoNo
18468022REPLICATED GRANT-FREE TRANSMISSIONS UTILIZING MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONSSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1820YesNo
18466175CHANNEL RESTRICTIONS FOR RELAYED SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18465330RESOLVING AMBIGUITIES RELATED TO NR CELL QUALITY DERIVATIONSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18244404Network Protocol for View Replication Over Unreliable NetworksSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18464198CHANNEL CONTROL FOR COMMUNICATION USING DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18241152METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18241120METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFORAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18458448RADIO NETWORK NODE, A WIRELESS DEVICE AND METHODS THEREIN FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF POSITIONING SYSTEM INFORMATIONAugust 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18239008MODULAR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18456175DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENTS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELSAugust 2023June 2024Allow900YesNo
18236320APPLICATION LAYER GROUP SERVICES FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2023December 2024Allow1620NoNo
18450960SCHEDULING REQUEST AND BUFFER STATUS REPORTING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18232889METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18448410FILE DELIVERY FAILURE FEEDBACK AND APPLICATION FEEDBACKAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18232066CELLULAR SITE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023April 2025Allow2020NoNo
18365356METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OVERLOADING DATA AND USER EQUIPMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010YesNo
18365564Communication Method and Communications ApparatusAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18227327METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJuly 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18227385METHOD AND ENTITY FOR TRANSMITTING IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18360670METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PATHLOSS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18357630METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CHANNEL FROM MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023November 2023Allow400NoNo
18357080SERVICE CARRIER FREQUENCY SELECTING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023March 2024Allow800YesNo
18222992AiNO: AN AI NETWORK OPERATORJuly 2023September 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18222425WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING TXOP AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAMEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18221604Message Validation Using Data-Link Layer FieldsJuly 2023April 2024Allow910YesNo
18350527DYNAMIC CELL SHAPING USING LOAD INFORMATION ON TRANSMITTED BEAM PATTERNSJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18349287DUAL-CONNECTIVITY SUPPORT FOR USER EQUIPMENT IN A HYBRID CELL VIRTUALIZED RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ARCHITECTUREJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2478.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
165
Examiner Affirmed
120
(72.7%)
Examiner Reversed
45
(27.3%)
Reversal Percentile
23.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.3% 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
661
Allowed After Appeal Filing
256
(38.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
405
(61.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
80.4%
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, 38.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 2478 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2478 is part of Group 2470 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 8,242 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2478's allowance rate of 81.2% places it in the 63% 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 2478 receive an average of 2.19 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 77% percentile). The median prosecution time is 30 months (in the 45% 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.

Important Disclaimer

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