Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2417 2419 2466 2619

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+22.0% vs TC avg
679
Total Applications
-0.1%
Interview Lift
1058
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 657 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
70.9%
§103 Obviousness
14.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18391318 UE-INITIATED CSI MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18470338 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TCI STATE INDICATION AND ASSOCIATION FOR CONTROL AND DATA CHANNELS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18014456 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TERMINAL CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18418628 TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18242849 WIRELESS DIGITAL NETWORK USING NEAR VERTICAL INCIDENCE SKYWAVE Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18604974 DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL REPETITION NUMBERS AND ASSOCIATED SELECTION CRITERIA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18472083 RECURRENT EQUIVARIANT INFERENCE MACHINES FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17484257 Methods and Apparatus for Signalling Transmission in L2 UE-to-Network Relay Operation Final Rejection MediaTek INC.
18204382 PUSCH TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18299307 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPETITION WITH CONFIGURED GRANT, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18587788 BEAM INDICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REPEATER Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
17972838 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED LINK MANIPULATION Non-Final OA CACI, Inc. - Federal
17936871 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING A DISTRIBUTED DATA FLOW MODEL Non-Final OA Sayantek, Inc
17489440 DYNAMIC EMERGENCE, SYNCHRONIZATION, AND CONSOLIDATION OF SPECIALIZED AUTHORITIES AMONG NODES OF AN AD HOC PEER NETWORK Final Rejection Quixotic Holdings, LLC

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