Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2142 2400 2442 2454

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.6%
Allow Rate
+14.6% vs TC avg
693
Total Applications
+7.5%
Interview Lift
1437
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 643 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
34.4%
§103 Obviousness
27.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18862488 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING NETWORK SUPPORT FOR IMS DC CAPABILITY TO UE AFTER INITIAL REGISTRATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18517451 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE POWER OFFSETS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18782882 COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18273030 BROKER CIRCUITRY, NETWORK BROKER CIRCUITRIES, BROKER DEVICES, BASE STATION, PUBLISHER DEVICES, SUBSCRIBER DEVICES Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18220805 MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUMSTANCE CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18143312 MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUMSTANCE CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK FOR HARDWARE Final Rejection Snap, Inc.
17372586 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18499876 DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROLLERS AND METHODS TO GENERATE DATA TRANSMISSION PACKETS ACCORDING TO MODIFIED QUIC PROTOCOL Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18284280 TECHNIQUES FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL MESSAGE DELIVERY AND CONFIGURATION FOR REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17935653 TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY ALLOCATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17810133 TIME GAPS FOR SEGMENT-BASED UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17806071 DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHODOLOGY FOR MULTIMEDIA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17910956 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd.
18475460 Method and device for controlling a local area network Non-Final OA ORANGE
18547860 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SLAVE CLUSTER OF NODES BY A MASTER CLUSTER OF NODES, CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Final Rejection Orange
18476741 Latency Reduction for Primary Cell Switching Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18554020 APPROACHES FOR MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18553749 INCREASED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL REPETITION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18270098 FIRST NODE AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING ANOMALOUS VALUES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18284748 SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION PROCEDURES Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17950778 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AND BEAM MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18964793 NETWORK-BASED COLLECTION OF USER ACTIVITY DATA FOR PERSONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18375354 BLOCKING MALFUNCTIONING NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Final Rejection Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
17918049 SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, TERMINAL AND NETWORK NODE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18776544 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVISIONING AN APPLICATION ON A NETWORK NODE ACCORDING TO MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND APPLICATION PARAMETERS FOR MOBILE DEVICES Final Rejection AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
17976717 METHODS FOR RESILIENT MULTI CLOUD GATEWAY INTERCONNECTS Final Rejection VeloCloud Networks, LLC

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