Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ASHLEY, HUGH MARK

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2463

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.6%
Allow Rate
+32.6% vs TC avg
65
Total Applications
+14.3%
Interview Lift
1090
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.4%
§101 Eligibility
38.6%
§102 Novelty
40.2%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18546815 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING SL DRX CONFIGURATION IN NR V2X Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18684041 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR JOINT OPTIMIZATION OF POWER SAVING FOR RADIO UNIT Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18683297 METHOD AND NODE FOR TRANSMISSION ON UNLICENSED BAND Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18247639 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL MACHINE LEARNING MODEL CANDIDATES TO COLLABORATE IN TELECOM NETWORKS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18026234 Technique for Radio Resource Allocation in a Relayed Radio Communication Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18559436 ENHANCED RETRANSMISSION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18553164 COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES AND COMMUNICATION METHODS FOR OPTIMISING TIME DOMAIN WINDOW AND DMRS FOR JOINT CHANNEL ESTIMATION Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17937879 NETWORK EXPANSION TO REMOTE SITES UTILIZING SECURE AUTONOMOUS OR REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLE AS A REMOTE MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTER Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18293471 RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE (RIS) FOR REPETITION OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18417524 MEASUREMENT EVALUATION PERIODS FOR SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS FROM SYNCHRONIZATION REFERENCE SOURCES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18450342 LOW LATENCY CHANNEL ACCESS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18041671 TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING PAGE SHARING USING A CHANNEL QUALITY-BASED MERGE CONDITION FOR DUAL-SUBSCRIPTION DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18245470 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18364444 Network Energy Savings in Multi-Radio Access Technology Networks Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18477663 TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17935323 LONG RANGE CONTENTION BASED ACCESS PROTOCOL NETWORK Final Rejection PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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