Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLANTON, JOHN D

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2466 2619

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.3%
Allow Rate
+15.3% vs TC avg
1062
Total Applications
+8.1%
Interview Lift
1124
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1014 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
11.5%
§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
18656480 DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18450390 PDCCH MONITORING METHOD AND DRX UPLINK RETRANSMISSION TIMER CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18271945 TYPE 2 HARQ CODEBOOK DETERMINATION IN PRESENCE OF PDCCH REPETITIONS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17631930 ADAPTIVE CSI MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FOR BWPS WITH DIFFERENT NUMBER OF LAYERS Final Rejection 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)
18400004 RELAY COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19233681 MULTICAST AND BROADCAST CONFIGURATION SIGNALING Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18551754 BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18559033 MEASUREMENT REPORTING PRIORITY FOR LOS-NLOS SIGNALS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18500877 SUB-SLOT PRECODING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
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
18178989 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK CODEBOOK FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18543402 Multiple Active Bandwidth Parts Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18263103 SELECTIVE DUPLICATION FOR TIME SENSITIVE NETWORKING FLOWS Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18272279 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18270957 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection KT CORPORATION
18740604 TRANSMISSION DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE, BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
17861348 MULTIPLEXING SCHEDULING METHOD FOR IAB NETWORK AND IAB NODE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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
18260340 COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF MBS SERVICE TRANSMISSION Final Rejection JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD

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