Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2631 2632 2635

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+12.4% vs TC avg
796
Total Applications
+11.7%
Interview Lift
1065
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 772 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
66.3%
§103 Obviousness
2.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18834354 HARDWARE IMPAIRMENT COMPENSATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18702502 WIRELESS DEVICE CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA Synaptics Incorporated
18884049 INTELLIGENT REFLECTION SURFACE, SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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
18553084 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) MITIGATION FOR MULTI-PANEL USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
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.
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
18792054 LOW DATA RATE, LOW POWER BI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS OVER EXISTING PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION MEDIA USING A PORTABLE NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS MODULE Non-Final OA Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
17710500 EQUALIZATION OF DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION SIGNAL Non-Final OA MaxLinear, Inc.

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