Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2142 2442 2454

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
684
Total Applications
+7.0%
Interview Lift
1494
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 634 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.3%
§101 Eligibility
22.8%
§102 Novelty
32.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.5%
§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.
18570005 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITY STATUS OF ENTITIES IN A PIN Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18553962 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK ASSURANCE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18273030 BROKER CIRCUITRY, NETWORK BROKER CIRCUITRIES, BROKER DEVICES, BASE STATION, PUBLISHER DEVICES, SUBSCRIBER DEVICES Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18554020 APPROACHES FOR MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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)
17910604 Puncturing Pattern Based Control of OFDM Transmissions Final Rejection 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.
18394888 TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING CACHE QUALITY OF SERVICE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18475460 Method and device for controlling a local area network Final Rejection ORANGE
18547860 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SLAVE CLUSTER OF NODES BY A MASTER CLUSTER OF NODES, CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Non-Final OA Orange
18284280 TECHNIQUES FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL MESSAGE DELIVERY AND CONFIGURATION FOR REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18460490 KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REPORTING FOR LOCATION-BASED SERVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18486511 NETWORK LINK ESTABLISHMENT FOR SAAS APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18476741 Latency Reduction for Primary Cell Switching Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18284748 SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION PROCEDURES Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18519081 BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SETTING BLUETOOTH FREQUENCY HOPPING CONFIGURATION IN HIGH BAND AND ASSOCIATED BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
17950778 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AND BEAM MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18516071 NETWORK SERVICE FUNCTIONS API Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18433010 SELECTIVE TRAFFIC PROCESSING IN A DISTRIBUTED CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORK Final Rejection CLOUDFLARE, INC.
18461276 TRANSPORT LAYER FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING Final Rejection VMware LLC
18484108 CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ZERO TOUCH PROVISIONING Non-Final OA DISH Wireless L.L.C
18483890 VENDOR RAN SWAPPING USING ZERO TOUCH PROVISIONING Non-Final OA DISH Wireless L.L.C.
17976717 METHODS FOR RESILIENT MULTI CLOUD GATEWAY INTERCONNECTS Non-Final OA VeloCloud Networks, LLC
18003721 METHOD FOR ACCESSING NETWORK, MEDIA GATEWAY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZET CORPORATION
17910956 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd.

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