Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CHAU, PETER P

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2419 2476 4100

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.0%
Allow Rate
+18.0% vs TC avg
613
Total Applications
+41.7%
Interview Lift
1087
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 581 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.5%
§101 Eligibility
4.0%
§102 Novelty
41.7%
§103 Obviousness
42.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18698593 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18838969 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE COMMUNICATING WITH TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK VIA A SATELLITE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18734237 RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES FOR LTM EXECUTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18612956 MULTIPLE TIMING ADVANCE GROUPS FOR MULTI-TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION POINT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18783776 POWER ALLOCATION FOR PSFCH IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18405142 Unicast Sidelink Access Stratum Level Connection Maintenance Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18222590 Rate Update Engine For Reliable Transport Protocol Final Rejection Google LLC
18304468 COMMUNICATION METHOD APPLIED TO INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL IAB SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18811447 LATENCY ENHANCEMENTS WITH MULTI-LINK OPERATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18795646 TECHNIQUES FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING USING DEVICE RESOURCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18699155 FLEXIBLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18696585 ASSOCIATING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PORTS TO SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE SETS FOR SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18041149 REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR UNCONNECTED MODE UES AND CONFIGURATION THEREOF Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18083266 CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK REPORTING DURING BEAM REFINEMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18731741 Selecting Resources Based on Signal Quality of Sidelink Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18677626 TECHNIQUES FOR DISTRIBUTED AUTOENCODING IN A DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18795739 UE AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE SELECTION FOR STANDALONE SIDELINK CSI-RS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18696707 ENABLING DISTRIBUTED NON-ACCESS STRATUM TERMINATIONS Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18826543 TERMINAL APPARATUS, SECONDARY BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18755930 METHOD FOR PROCESSING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18310633 QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) TRANSLATION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18727193 CHANNEL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18844013 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST IN INTER-SATELLITE MULTI-CONNECTIVITY ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Inha University Research and Business Foundation
18848130 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.

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