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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Angel T Brockman, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BROCKMAN, ANGEL T

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2412 2414 2416 2463 2469 2485

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

BROCKMAN, ANGEL T examines in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2412. The record includes 734 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 81.9%, and a median of 986 days to allowance. The interview lift is 6.4%, providing a positive but limited association that can inform interview decisions without replacing application-specific analysis.

LG Electronics Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, and Lenovo (United States) Inc. are the listed companies. The leading firms are FIG. 1 Patents, Xsensus, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (DC). These organizations identify representative communications and electronics activity, while the case metrics provide practical context for assessing allowance expectations and planning around the reported median prosecution duration.

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

Performance Statistics

81.9%
Allow Rate
+23.9% vs TC avg
789
Total Applications
+6.4%
Interview Lift
986
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 734 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.3%
§102 Novelty
59.4%
§103 Obviousness
3.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18576547 DIVERSITY-AWARE TRUNCATED LAYER SELECTION FOR LOW COMPLEXITY BEAMFORMING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18980336 P2P TRANSMISSION METHOD IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18574251 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTICAST DATA BY USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18784637 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS POINT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18865254 MANAGING MEASUREMENT GAP CONFIGURATION FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18848138 MULTI-LINK DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18004884 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18718125 METHOD FOR SESSION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION (SMF), AND SMF Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18952622 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18613480 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18552127 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18716103 COORDINATION INFORMATION FORWARDING FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18289851 RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT FOR SIDELINK DISCOVERY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18335021 MULTI-STAGE GRANT FOR MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SPECTRUM SHARING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18717444 TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18903049 Methods and Apparatuses for Physical Uplink Shared Channel For Multi Transmit-Receive-Point Communications in a Wireless Communications Network Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18840384 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING RESOURCES Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
19000180 TECHNIQUES FOR DELAY-AWARE LOGICAL CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION FOR MULTI-MODAL TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18939719 PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) MONITORING DURING SKIPPED MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Lenovo (United States) Inc.
18874845 CELL DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18873553 RESOURCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18990542 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SUPPORT FAST ADAPTATION OF REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18629550 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18417722 RADIO FRAME SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RADIO FRAME RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies OY
19001191 METHOD OF TRANSMISSION WITH REPETITION, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18604512 METHOD FOR PERFORMING CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18373901 Method And Apparatus For Capability Reporting To Support Small Data Transmission On A Bandwidth Part With Non-Cell-Defining Synchronization Signal Block Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
18895145 Transmission Method, Terminal, and Network-Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
18829335 DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18875024 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Angel T Brockman's allowance rate?

81.9% of resolved applications examined by Angel T Brockman were allowed (734 resolved cases), compared with 82.9% across Art Unit 2412 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Angel T Brockman?

This examiner's interview lift is +6.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Angel T Brockman take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Angel T Brockman took 986 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Angel T Brockman work in?

Angel T Brockman examines applications in Art Unit 2412 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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