Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2419 2468

This examiner grants 26% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

26.3%
Allow Rate
-31.7% vs TC avg
73
Total Applications
+55.3%
Interview Lift
967
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
66.4%
§103 Obviousness
19.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17963676 MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION IN NTN ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18407978 APPARATUS FOR REPORTING APPLICATION PROCESS STATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17998630 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONDITIONAL PSCELL CHANGE PROCEDURE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18257575 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND LEARNING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18136850 APERIODIC REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18840283 TIMING ADVANCE TIMER HANDLING FOR MULTI-TIMING ADVANCE OPERATION FOR MULTI-TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE POINTS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18838362 STORING DOWNLINK CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE TIME INSTANCES AT A USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18735563 COMPRESSION LEVEL BASED ON NONLINEARITY CAPABILITY Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18609858 SPATIAL BEAM PREDICTION FOR DUAL-CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK BURSTS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18597706 REMAPPING OF MESSAGES TO CODEWORDS FOR NONUNIFORM MESSAGE TRANSMISSION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18408468 PARTIAL CBG BASED LINK ADAPTATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18305711 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COEXISTENCE BETWEEN LONG TERM EVOLUTION SIDELINK AND NEW RADIO SIDELINK Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18737440 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATION OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18242663 Systems and Methods for Diagnosing Communication System Errors Using Interactive Chat Machine Learning Models Non-Final OA STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
18840251 CONFIGURATION OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL RESOURCES Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18839780 CODE BLOCK GROUP BASED OUTER LOOP LINK ADAPTATION FOR EXTENDED REALITY Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18735959 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEEDING UP PACKET PROCESSING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18735943 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEEDING UP PACKET PROCESSING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18656736 MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection MEDIATEK Inc.
18214201 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-BEAM SYSTEM Final Rejection MediaTek INC.
18778829 DYNAMIC CARRIER AGGREGATION RECONFIGURATION Non-Final OA T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18464154 CALL SERVICE INTEGRATION FOR INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICES Final Rejection T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18164556 PRE-TERMINATION HANDOVER IN EDGE PROCESSING Final Rejection T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18649432 ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18836715 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18020237 NETWORK SLICING MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18452435 Machine-Learning-Based Collision Detection for Retransmissions Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18324379 NETWORK ENHANCEMENT FOR REDUCING INTERFACE TRAFFIC AND STORAGE OF SESSION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18601472 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTED RF SITE ANALYSIS Final Rejection DISH Network L.L.C.
18839144 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING WAKE-UP SIGNAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

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