Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: CLAWSON, STEPHEN J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416 2461

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.5%
Allow Rate
+21.5% vs TC avg
711
Total Applications
+17.8%
Interview Lift
1058
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 682 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
47.8%
§103 Obviousness
27.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18651532 TRANSMISSION SETTING INDICATION FOR SWITCHING OPERATION ZONES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18530275 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING AND BROADCASTING ROUTING INFORMATION WITHIN A WIRELESS INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORK Non-Final OA Airbus SAS
18684740 METHOD FOR FACILITATING REFERENCE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18409192 TCI STATE INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18393660 TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18814047 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18639900 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18803311 DIFFERENTIAL ROUND TRIP TIME BASED POSITIONING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18790553 SIDELINK COMMUNICATION CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18511961 FREQUENCY DOMAIN (FD)-SCRAMBLED FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW) SIGNALING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18320641 THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENTS FOR MULTI-LINK OPERATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18850942 METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MITIGATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18293902 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR BEAM INDICATION WITH INTER-CELL MOBILITY FOR PDCCH Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18851152 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICARRIER OPERATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18767468 Downlink Beam Failure Recovery Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18634856 SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18605795 WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION MODE SWITCHING METHOD Final Rejection Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
17231149 BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18790593 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING A VOICE-OVER-WIFI CALL FOR A VOICE-OVER-NEW RADIO DEVICE Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18305154 ASYNCHRONOUS DATA NETWORKING OVER A NETWORK BUS Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18276313 UE CAPABILITY PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18829928 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA INGESTION Non-Final OA BlackBerry Limited

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