Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CLAWSON, STEPHEN J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416 2461

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Stephen J Clawson serves in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2416. He has 689 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 79.4 percent. This allowance rate indicates the frequency of successful outcomes for patent applicants. The median days to allowance is 1058, which provides the timeline for cases in this tech center.

The interview lift is 18.1 percent. This positive lift suggests that interviews are an effective way to further improve the 79.4 percent allowance rate. In Tech Center 2400, the 18.1 percent lift can be a factor in resolving technical disagreements.

The 689 resolved cases offer a statistical profile for this examiner. The 79.4 percent allowance rate and the 1058 days median to allowance are benchmarks for Art Unit 2416. Practitioners should consider the 18.1 percent interview lift as a strategy for securing an allowance. The combination of these metrics defines the current prosecution landscape for this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

79.4%
Allow Rate
+21.4% vs TC avg
714
Total Applications
+18.1%
Interview Lift
1058
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 689 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.4%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18861103 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL ON BASIS OF FREQUENCY HOPPING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18651532 TRANSMISSION SETTING INDICATION FOR SWITCHING OPERATION ZONES Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18857542 NETWORK IDENTIFICATION BASED REGIONAL CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT (CCA) SIGNALING WITH LISTEN BEFORE TALK (LBT) PROCEDURES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18814047 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18760708 Communication Method and Apparatus Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18639900 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18893861 ANCHOR CHANNEL FOR UPPER 6 GHZ BAND SHARING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18803311 DIFFERENTIAL ROUND TRIP TIME BASED POSITIONING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18719694 INTER-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18658136 TECHNIQUES FOR LINK-ADAPTED CODEBOOKS FOR UNSOURCED RANDOM ACCESS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18708184 REFERENCE SIGNAL SECURITY Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18652552 OPERATIONAL POWER STATES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18357969 EFFICIENT SCHEME FOR SUPPRESSION OF BASE STATION NON-LINEARITY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18320641 THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENTS FOR MULTI-LINK OPERATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17917517 MULTIPLE TCI STATE ACTIVATION FOR PDCCH AND PDSCH Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18850942 METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MITIGATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18684740 METHOD FOR FACILITATING REFERENCE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18802278 HARQ-ACK MULTIPLEXING IN PUSCH Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
18851152 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICARRIER OPERATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18794993 NTN-TN IDLE MODE MOBILITY FOR NW ENERGY SAVINGS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
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
18305154 ASYNCHRONOUS DATA NETWORKING OVER A NETWORK BUS Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18696315 POWER CONTROL PARAMETER DETERMINING METHOD AND DEVICE Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18724988 COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

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