Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2142 2400 2442 2454

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+14.7% vs TC avg
691
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
1440
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 638 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
68.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.7%
§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 Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18273030 BROKER CIRCUITRY, NETWORK BROKER CIRCUITRIES, BROKER DEVICES, BASE STATION, PUBLISHER DEVICES, SUBSCRIBER DEVICES Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18546855 ALLOCATION OF FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCES FOR WIRELESS SENSING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18270098 FIRST NODE AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING ANOMALOUS VALUES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18220805 MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUMSTANCE CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18143312 MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUMSTANCE CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK FOR HARDWARE Final Rejection Snap, Inc.
18284748 SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION PROCEDURES Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18499876 DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROLLERS AND METHODS TO GENERATE DATA TRANSMISSION PACKETS ACCORDING TO MODIFIED QUIC PROTOCOL Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18394888 TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING CACHE QUALITY OF SERVICE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17372586 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18486511 NETWORK LINK ESTABLISHMENT FOR SAAS APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18284280 TECHNIQUES FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL MESSAGE DELIVERY AND CONFIGURATION FOR REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17360938 Content Storage and Identification Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18519081 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SETTING BLUETOOTH FREQUENCY HOPPING CONFIGURATION IN HIGH BAND AND ASSOCIATED BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18475460 Method and device for controlling a local area network Non-Final OA ORANGE
18516071 NETWORK SERVICE FUNCTIONS API Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18461276 TRANSPORT LAYER FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING Final Rejection VMware LLC
18375354 BLOCKING MALFUNCTIONING NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
18376544 USING TELEMETRY METRICS FOR REMEDIATING NETWORK ISSUES Non-Final OA Thomson Licensing
17976717 METHODS FOR RESILIENT MULTI CLOUD GATEWAY INTERCONNECTS Non-Final OA VeloCloud Networks, LLC
17910956 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd.

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