Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: DEAN, RAYMOND S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2618 2645 2649

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Raymond S. Dean is assigned to Art Unit 2618 in Tech Center 2600. He has handled 905 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 70.3 percent. This 70.3 percent rate provides a baseline for evaluating the probability of a grant. The 905 resolved cases represent the volume of historical data available for this examiner in Tech Center 2600.

The median time to allowance for these applications is 1206 days. The interview lift is 15.7 percent. This 15.7 percent lift indicates that cases involving an interview are more likely to be allowed than those without such engagement. Practitioners may find that an interview is a productive way to navigate the 1206-day median pendency and reach the 70.3 percent allowance rate in Art Unit 2618.

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

Performance Statistics

70.3%
Allow Rate
+8.3% vs TC avg
940
Total Applications
+15.7%
Interview Lift
1206
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 905 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.2%
§102 Novelty
66.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18690949 OPERATION METHOD RELATED TO PATH SWITCHING IN SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18040921 METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION POWER OF UPLINK SIGNAL BY TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18694114 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING SUBGROUP BASED PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18239269 METHOD OF REPEATEDLY TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18187626 CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18179664 WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOTAL EXPOSURE RATIO (TER) CONTROL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18096973 SRS ENHANCEMENTS FOR COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18666980 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NXP USA, INC.
18988737 ANTENNA INTEGRATED WITH FILTER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18832449 MANAGING POWER IMBALANCES AND POWER CONTROLS FOR ANTENNAS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18466733 OPPORTUNISTIC SATELLITE COMMUNICATION WITH ALIGNMENT PREDICTION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18548312 REFERENCE SIGNAL AVAILABLE SLOT INDICATION BY GROUP COMMON DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18181365 MAXIMUM TRANSMIT POWER INDICATION FOR BANDWIDTHS ABOVE 160 MHZ OR FOR PUNCTURED BANDWIDTHS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18158793 PRIORITIZATIONS FOR TRANSMISSION POWER REDUCTIONS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18234647 Transmission Power Determination for Uplink Signals Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18024510 SATELLITE WATCHING SYSTEM, SATELLITE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, GROUND EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION SATELLITE, MONITORING SYSTEM, CONSTITUENT SATELLITE, ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE, COMMUNICATION SATELLITE CONSTELLATION, SATELLITE CONSTELLATION, AND SATELLITE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18402285 TECHNIQUES FOR TWO-WAY SHARING OF WEARABLE-BASED DATA Final Rejection Oura Health Oy
18697225 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR A MRO MECHANISM Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
17760276 POWER CONTROL USING AT LEAST ONE POWER CONTROL PARAMETER Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
18838474 Methods and Devices for Adjusting the Pointing Direction of an Antenna Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18725432 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPORTING ENERGY SAVING BY A RADIO NODE Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18564078 A RADIO NETWORK DISTRIBUTION BOARD Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18019269 FRAMEWORK FOR POWER CONTROL STATES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18701495 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18256297 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18030690 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18268108 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18811362 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18623340 ENHANCED BROADCAST/MULTICAST TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION ASSOCIATED WITH NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18729450 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation

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