Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2461

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.6%
Allow Rate
+13.6% vs TC avg
634
Total Applications
+12.2%
Interview Lift
1018
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 577 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
58.0%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18618092 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING INFORMATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18384657 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SRS AND AN OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18229165 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING MULTILINK, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME Final Rejection WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
18019288 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARING Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18034946 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) UPLINK (UL) BUDGET PRIORITIZATION FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PUCCH) AND PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
17923040 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18261737 NETWORK NODE, WIRELESS DEVICE AND METHODS THEREIN FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18447056 Random Access Method, Terminal Device, and Network Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18165837 BANDWIDTH MODE INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18374649 TRANSMISSION OF LOW PRIORITY DATA USING CONFIGURED UPLINK GRANTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18471755 Frame-Based Channel Access Using Fixed Frame Period Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18553621 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN FULL DUPLEX MODE Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18679082 RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL OCCASION CONFIGURATIONS FOR RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE REPETITIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18359609 TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING SUB-BAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18251360 TECHNIQUES FOR SIDELINK CONTROL CONNECTION WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18006137 UPLINK TRANSMIT SWITCHING FOR TWO FREQUENCY BANDS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17374905 ANCHOR AND COMPLEMENTARY BANDWIDTH PARTS FOR FULL-DUPLEX OPERATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18367846 OPTIMIZED UPLINK CONFIGURED GRANT ON NEW RADIO CARRIER AGGREGATION PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CELLS Non-Final OA T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18559494 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY INITIATOR DETERMINATION FOR TRANSMISSIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18180696 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED BANDS Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18180527 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED BANDS Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18688332 USER PAIRING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18431004 METHOD FOR UE COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCH BASED ON POLICY Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18580718 COMMUNICATION METHOD, FIXED REPRESENTATIVE NODE, REPLICA SERVER, MOBILE NODE AND POSITION MANAGEMENT SERVER Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18035043 Methods For Signaling Of UE-Initiated COT In Mobile Communications Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18115893 Method And Apparatus For Lean Protocol Stack In Mobile Communications Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18151192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING Wi-Fi® SIGNALS TO DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CYCLES Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18551604 RESOURCE SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
18606057 Access Point, Communication Controlling Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
17983572 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSISTENT LBT FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY IN CELL HANDOVER Non-Final OA 1FINITY Inc.

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