Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CLAWSON, STEPHEN J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416 2461

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.1%
Allow Rate
+21.1% vs TC avg
700
Total Applications
+18.1%
Interview Lift
1092
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 665 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
10.6%
§102 Novelty
47.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18684740 METHOD FOR FACILITATING REFERENCE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18560729 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TCI STATE SIGNALLING FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18007423 Measurement Configuration for Deactivated Secondary Cell Group Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18163896 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18293902 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS AND METHODS FOR BEAM INDICATION WITH INTER-CELL MOBILITY FOR PDCCH Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18284039 TERMINAL DEVICES AND BASE STATIONS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18681505 MANAGING MULTI-CONNECTIVITY COORDINATION INFORMATION FOR CONDITIONAL SECONDARY NODE PROCEDURES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18511961 FREQUENCY DOMAIN (FD)-SCRAMBLED FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW) SIGNALING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18357969 EFFICIENT SCHEME FOR SUPPRESSION OF BASE STATION NON-LINEARITY Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18166289 ORTHOGONAL TIME FREQUENCY SPACE INDEX MODULATION USING A SELECTION OF SUBBLOCKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18522151 DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION AND INDICATION SCHEMES Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18409192 TCI STATE INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18393660 TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18362710 HANDLING MULTICAST DEVICE LATENCIES THROUGH SELECTIVE JOIN FORWARDING Non-Final OA Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
18146247 Wireless consumer-electronic devices with levitation capabilities Final Rejection Plume Design, Inc.
18530275 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING AND BROADCASTING ROUTING INFORMATION WITHIN A WIRELESS INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORK Non-Final OA Airbus SAS
18615757 UNIVERSAL MOCA GATEWAY SPLITTER Non-Final OA Times Fiber Communications, Inc.
18566231 HYBRID QUALITY OF SERVICE FLOW Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNGDER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18364295 Disconnector assembly for an on-board network of a vehicle Final Rejection Eberspächer Controls Esslingen GmbH & Co. KG

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