Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BLANTON, JOHN D

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2466 2619

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.5%
Allow Rate
+15.5% vs TC avg
1,066
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
1084
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1020 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
4.1%
§102 Novelty
84.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18468124 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPEATEDLY TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION WHEN PERFORMING NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18263825 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18031493 METHOD PERFORMED BY USER TERMINAL OR BASE STATION, USER TERMINAL AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18559063 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18450390 PDCCH MONITORING METHOD AND DRX UPLINK RETRANSMISSION TIMER CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18289074 METHODS, NETWORK NODE, WIRELESS DEVICE, MEDIA FOR TBS INDEX RANGE INTERPRETATION FOR 16-QAM IN DIFFERENT DEPLOYMENT MODES Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17631930 ADAPTIVE CSI MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FOR BWPS WITH DIFFERENT NUMBER OF LAYERS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17607585 Two-Step Contention-Free Random Access Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
16349547 A Wireless Device, a Network Node and Methods Therein for Transmission of Synchronization Signals Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18656480 DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18019550 CONFIGURED GRANT TRANSMISSIONS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18400004 RELAY COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18500238 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18549514 SINGLE-DCI-BASED PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18471241 LOSSY COMPRESSION FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18455477 TECHNIQUES FOR UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18272279 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17847703 PATH SELECTION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18567777 INTERFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE CONTROL METHOD, REPEATER AND PROGRAM FOR INTERFERENCE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18735259 Method, Apparatus and System for Control Channel Monitoring Final Rejection PanPsy Technologies, LLC
18099898 Enhanced Uplink Transmission Switching Non-Final OA PANPSY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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