Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2632

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+12.4% vs TC avg
792
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
1117
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 767 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
23.3%
§102 Novelty
47.2%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18702502 WIRELESS DEVICE CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA Synaptics Incorporated
18566397 DETERMINATION OF DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTER SIZE OF AN ACCESS NODE Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18557094 MAGNITUDE AND PHASE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR HIGH OUTPUT POWER RF POWER AMPLIFIER COMBINING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18884049 INTELLIGENT REFLECTION SURFACE, SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18811790 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18553084 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) MITIGATION FOR MULTI-PANEL USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
17973828 TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18893869 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM CATV PLANT CAPACITY EXPANSION Final Rejection ARRIS Enterprises LLC
18965868 POWER CONTROL FOR INDEPENDENT LINKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18681324 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18338754 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS WITH CO-CHANNEL COEXISTENCE AND INTER-SYMBOL INTERFER[[A]]ENCE CALCULATION Final Rejection NXP B.V.
18992314 RADIOS CONFIGURED TO SPLIT POWER FOR A COMBINED SIGNAL, AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATING RADIOS Final Rejection Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
18772811 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO WITH POWER AMPLIFIER PROTECTION Final Rejection BULL SAS
18852172 SKYWAVE MASSIVE MIMO-OFDM TRIPLE BEAM-BASED CHANNEL MODELING AND CHANNEL INFORMATION ACQUISITION Non-Final OA Southeast University
18394757 HIGH PRECISION TIMESTAMP DETECTION FOR IMPROVED CABLE MODEM CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION Final Rejection MAXLINEAR, INC.
17710500 EQUALIZATION OF DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION SIGNAL Non-Final OA MaxLinear, Inc.

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