USPTO Group 2640 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19390743MULTI-ACCESS POINT TARGET WAKE TIME INFORMATION REQUESTNovember 2025February 2026Allow300NoNo
19391459SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS UTILIZING SIGNAL DEGRADATION DATANovember 2025March 2026Allow400YesNo
19385991Sidelink Resource Allocation Mode SelectionNovember 2025February 2026Allow300NoNo
19375380Timing Advance Reporting Procedure in Non-Terrestrial NetworksOctober 2025February 2026Allow400NoNo
19371496SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESOctober 2025March 2026Allow500YesNo
19370507COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR IMPROVING ESTABLISHMENT AND ACCESS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG COMPUTING DEVICESOctober 2025February 2026Allow300NoNo
19368026Sidelink Transport Block Size DeterminationOctober 2025January 2026Allow300NoNo
19369096SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2025February 2026Allow400NoNo
19364455SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESOctober 2025December 2025Allow200YesNo
19358773SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEMETRY INFORMATION-BASED NETWORK ROLE REASSIGNMENTS IN WIRELESS BACKHAUL MESH NETWORKOctober 2025February 2026Allow410NoNo
19358926SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES HAVING DATABASES FOR ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENTOctober 2025March 2026Allow500NoNo
19354806Mobile device case with tactile elements spaced for discrete sensationOctober 2025February 2026Allow410YesNo
19353927WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPECTRUM SENSING ACROSS MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDSOctober 2025December 2025Allow200NoNo
19349352Cyclic Prefix Extension in Sidelink OperationOctober 2025January 2026Allow300NoNo
19346616REPEATER DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ULTRA-LOW LATENCY DATA FRAME ROUTING USING LABELLINGOctober 2025February 2026Allow410NoNo
19344656VIRTUAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECTRUM AVAILABILITY-BASED CONTROL OF WIRELESS BACKHAUL MESH NETWORKSeptember 2025December 2025Allow300NoNo
19338414Type of Early Timing Advance AcquisitionSeptember 2025January 2026Allow300NoNo
19337208SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2025February 2026Allow400YesNo
19337171SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2025February 2026Allow400YesNo
19337341SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY VERIFICATION IN A SHARED TRANSPORT NETWORKSeptember 2025January 2026Allow300YesNo
19337195SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATIC SIGNAL DETECTION BASED ON POWER DISTRIBUTION BY FREQUENCY OVER TIME WITHIN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUMSeptember 2025February 2026Allow510NoNo
19333586METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2025November 2025Allow200YesNo
19334560CONFIGURATION OF FRAME FORMAT FOR EXTENDED RANGE TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2025March 2026Allow610NoNo
19330886SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED SPECTRUM MONITORINGSeptember 2025October 2025Allow100NoNo
19329174SYSTEMS/METHODS OF BANDWIDTH VARIABILITY IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2025December 2025Allow300NoNo
19324884SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2025March 2026Allow600YesNo
19321580METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVERSeptember 2025November 2025Allow200YesNo
19322238Indication of Unused Uplink ResourcesSeptember 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19321913SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2025January 2026Allow400YesNo
19321058SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DUPLICATE SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS NETWORKSeptember 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19319577METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-LINK DEVICE-BASED ROAMING IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMSeptember 2025November 2025Allow200YesNo
19312112METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-LINK DEVICE-BASED ROAMING IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEMAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19311396ADAPTIVE VOICEMAIL AND IVR DETECTION FOR AI-DRIVEN CALL AUTOMATIONAugust 2025December 2025Allow400NoNo
19308940SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2025October 2025Allow200YesNo
19304284ENCOMPASSING ELLIPSE FOR DUAL LOCATION SOLUTIONSAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19302979COMPOSITE FASTENERAugust 2025March 2026Allow710NoNo
19301836METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19301023RADIO INTERFACE MEASUREMENTSAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19301244SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2025February 2026Allow600YesNo
19301230SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2025March 2026Allow700YesNo
19300474METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COEXISTENCE OF SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19300235Multi-Consecutive Slots Transmission with Sidelink Discontinuous ReceptionAugust 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19299912SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2025February 2026Allow600YesNo
19299921SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2025February 2026Allow600YesNo
19294954METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19294425MOBILE TERMINATED SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION BEARER HANDLINGAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19295267SYSTEMS/METHODS OF CELLULAR ADVANCEMENTSAugust 2025December 2025Allow500NoNo
19292008METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICEAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19291888WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AP DEVICE, AND STA DEVICEAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19291678Method and Apparatus of Handling of Scheduling Request Triggered by SL-PRS (Sidelink Positioning Reference Signal) Resource Request in a Wireless Communication SystemAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19289474Random Access Procedure with Multiple BeamsAugust 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19287508EXTENDED CAPABILITY FOR TRANSMISSION SWITCHINGJuly 2025February 2026Allow720YesNo
19286910SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS UTILIZING SIGNAL DEGRADATION DATAJuly 2025November 2025Allow310YesNo
19285645SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025January 2026Allow520NoNo
19283781SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo
19282293METHOD FOR RECEIVING STORE AND FORWARD SATELLITE OPERATION PARAMETER AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOFJuly 2025January 2026Allow510NoNo
19282386OPERATION METHOD WHEN S&F SATELLITE OPERATION IS SUPPORTEDJuly 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19282417METHOD FOR RECEIVING STORE AND FORWARD SATELLITE OPERATION PARAMETERJuly 2025November 2025Allow410NoNo
19282459METHOD FOR SUPPORTING FASTER SERVICE RECOVERY AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOFJuly 2025November 2025Allow410NoNo
19282349METHOD FOR STOPPING TIMER IF STORE AND FORWARD SATELLITE OPERATION IS SUPPORTED AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOFJuly 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19282513METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PAGING EARLY INDICATION WITH PAGING SUBGROUPING ASSISTANCE AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOFJuly 2025February 2026Allow710YesNo
19281413METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORT BLOCK GENERATION WITH RETRANSMISSION OF MIMO IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19280444SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPLOITING INTER-CELL MULTIPLEXING GAIN IN WIRELESS CELLULAR SYSTEMS VIA DISTRIBUTED INPUT DISTRIBUTED OUTPUT TECHNOLOGYJuly 2025December 2025Allow520YesNo
19279666METHOD FOR INITIATING EMM DATA TRANSPORT PROCEDUREJuly 2025March 2026Allow820NoNo
19279699METHOD FOR OPERATING A USER EQUIPMENT WHILE RUNNING A TIMER T3451July 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19279569METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING EMM TRANSPORT MESSAGEJuly 2025October 2025Allow210NoNo
19276515METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING U2U RELAY COMMUNICATION VIA LAYER-2 U2U RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2025February 2026Allow711NoNo
19276681SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025February 2026Allow700YesNo
19276669SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATIC SIGNAL DETECTION BASED ON POWER DISTRIBUTION BY FREQUENCY OVER TIME WITHIN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUMJuly 2025March 2026Allow810NoNo
19274648COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND MULTI-LINK DEVICEJuly 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19273098METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK SATELLITE HANDOVERJuly 2025February 2026Allow710NoNo
19272887MULTI LINK RECONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19272847WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND DEVICEJuly 2025September 2025Allow200NoNo
19272276WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTING SPATIAL CONDITIONS AND GENERATING ALERTSJuly 2025January 2026Allow610YesNo
19273004Digital Messaging Systems and Methods with Pre-Sending Message ModerationJuly 2025September 2025Allow200YesNo
19271688OPERATING METHOD FOR ENHANCED MULTI-LINK SINGLE RADIO, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, MULTI-LINK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2025November 2025Allow400YesNo
19266846METHOD FOR POSITIONING, TERMINAL DEVICE AND POSITIONING DEVICEJuly 2025September 2025Allow200NoNo
19266954SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025February 2026Allow700YesNo
19265095Methods and Devices to Generate a Spectrum Utilization Map for Devices in Spot Beams Served by a Mobile Satellite Service NetworkJuly 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo
19264244SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025October 2025Allow410NoNo
19264209SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025February 2026Allow700YesNo
19262981Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management for identifying signal-emitting devicesJuly 2025November 2025Allow410NoNo
19260716ENHANCED EARPLUG DEVICE WITH ADVANCED ACOUSTIC FILTERING AND SMART LIGHTING SYSTEMJuly 2025October 2025Allow300YesNo
19261299UNMANNED VEHICLE RECOGNITION AND THREAT MANAGEMENTJuly 2025September 2025Allow210NoNo
19260334VIRTUAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SPECTRUM SHARING IN THE VIRTUAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2025February 2026Allow710NoNo
19259139Network Slice Mobility ManagementJuly 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19259487SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025February 2026Allow700YesNo
19259519Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum managementJuly 2025February 2026Allow820YesNo
19258318GEOVALIDATION FOR NON-EMERGENCY CALLSJuly 2025October 2025Allow410NoNo
19256841SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025February 2026Allow700YesNo
19256862Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum managementJuly 2025February 2026Allow810NoNo
19254205WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USING TWO USIMSJune 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19255622RANDOM CHANGES OF MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS OF WI-FI STATION WHILE CONNECTED TO ACCESS POINTJune 2025August 2025Allow100NoNo
19250868SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATIC SIGNAL DETECTION BASED ON POWER DISTRIBUTION BY FREQUENCY OVER TIME WITHIN A SPECTRUMJune 2025February 2026Allow820NoNo
19251303Multi-Wigig Channel MultiplexorJune 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo
19251013SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2025September 2025Allow300YesNo
19104416INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INTER-BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAMJune 2025December 2025Allow1010NoNo
19249430SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2025January 2026Allow700YesNo
19249458SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2025January 2026Allow700YesNo
19247513LOCAL LOCATION DETERMINATION ON PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICESJune 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 2640.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2392
Examiner Affirmed
1794
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
598
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
6.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% 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
7090
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2200
(31.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4890
(69.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
38.3%
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, 31.0% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Group 2640 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 2640 is part of Technology Center 2600. This group has examined 105,048 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2640 receive an average of 1.84 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 23 months.

Strategic Overview

This group-level data aggregates statistics across multiple art units. For more targeted prosecution strategies, review the individual art unit and examiner statistics within this group.

Important Disclaimer

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