Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2414 2461

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
635
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1002
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 581 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
4.6%
§102 Novelty
90.3%
§103 Obviousness
3.2%
§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.
17639194 IMPROVED SPECTRUM UTILIZATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17923040 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18019288 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARING Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18523778 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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.
17839648 D2D COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18374649 TRANSMISSION OF LOW PRIORITY DATA USING CONFIGURED UPLINK GRANTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18559318 Early Data Communication on Bandwidth Parts Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18516206 PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL POWER CONTROL Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18547635 CHANNEL SENSING DURING AWAY PERIOD Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18036138 CONGESTION CONTROL FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA 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
18313172 SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT OF OVERLAPPING BANDWIDTH Non-Final OA T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18180696 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED BANDS Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18180527 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED BANDS Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
17774390 DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18580718 COMMUNICATION METHOD, FIXED REPRESENTATIVE NODE, REPLICA SERVER, MOBILE NODE AND POSITION MANAGEMENT SERVER Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18606057 Access Point, Communication Controlling Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
18559494 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY INITIATOR DETERMINATION FOR TRANSMISSIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18260593 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18431004 METHOD FOR UE COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCH BASED ON POLICY Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18086686 APPARATUS FOR LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Motorola Mobility LLC
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 Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18552919 METHOD FOR ACTIVATING BANDWIDTH PART, METHOD FOR CONFIGURING BANDWIDTH PART, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

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