Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BLANTON, JOHN D

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2466 2619

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

John D. Blanton serves as a patent examiner in Tech Center 2600, assigned to Art Unit 2419. His record includes 1036 resolved cases, providing a robust dataset for analysis. The allowance rate pct for Blanton is 77.7, which indicates a high frequency of patent grants. This 77.7 allowance rate pct suggests that practitioners have a strong probability of success when navigating the examination process in Art Unit 2419.

The median days to allowance is 1083, representing the typical timeframe for successful applications. Blanton also demonstrates an interview lift pct of 8.2, which shows that conducting an interview can provide a modest improvement in the chances of allowance. While the 77.7 allowance rate pct is already high, the 8.2 interview lift pct indicates that verbal advocacy remains a useful supplemental strategy. With 1036 resolved cases and a 1083 median days to allowance, Blanton maintains a steady pace of resolutions within Tech Center 2600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

77.7%
Allow Rate
+15.7% vs TC avg
1,070
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1036 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
57.5%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18280187 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18468124 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPEATEDLY TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION WHEN PERFORMING NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18043688 MULTICAST AND BROADCAST CONFIGURATION SIGNALING Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18829912 METHODS AND DEVICES OF RESOURCE MAPPING FOR DATA TRANSMISSION AND OF DATA RECEIVING Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18400004 RELAY COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18605152 BANDWIDTH AGGREGATION CONFIGURATION FOR FRACTIONAL SPECTRUM INTEGRATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18559763 TECHNIQUES FOR DEFERRING FEEDBACK UPON UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL COLLISIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18319695 REDUCED CANCELATION INDICATION MONITORING 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
18804484 RESERVED TIME-SLOTS LIST TO AVOID TRANSMISSION COLLISIONS IN VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA Kyocera Corporation
16349547 A Wireless Device, a Network Node and Methods Therein for Transmission of Synchronization Signals Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18567777 INTERFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE CONTROL METHOD, REPEATER AND PROGRAM FOR INTERFERENCE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18656480 DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18019550 CONFIGURED GRANT TRANSMISSIONS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18943879 BEAM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS AUXILIARY DEVICE AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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
18757852 Random Access Channel Configuration of a Base Station Non-Final OA Peninsula Technologies, LLC
18099898 Enhanced Uplink Transmission Switching Non-Final OA PANPSY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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