Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BLANTON, JOHN D

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2466 2619

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.6%
Allow Rate
+15.6% vs TC avg
1,068
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1026 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
57.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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 Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18043688 MULTICAST AND BROADCAST CONFIGURATION SIGNALING Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18724453 A METHOD FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BY A WIRELESS DEVICE, RELATED NETWORK NODE AND RELATED WIRELESS DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18559063 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18559763 TECHNIQUES FOR DEFERRING FEEDBACK UPON UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL COLLISIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18455477 TECHNIQUES FOR UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18309459 INDICATING SUBBAND CONFIGURATIONS IN SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX OPERATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18178989 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK CODEBOOK FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18549514 SINGLE-DCI-BASED PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18656480 DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18019550 CONFIGURED GRANT TRANSMISSIONS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18724334 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCEMENTS ON PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) MONITORING ADAPTATION Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18803062 METHOD AND DEVICE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18199717 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18819579 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND DETECTING TIME DOMAIN RESOURCE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION

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