Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Benjamin H Elliott IV, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2198 2416 2419 2469 2472 2474

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.0%
Allow Rate
+31.0% vs TC avg
1,270
Total Applications
-0.7%
Interview Lift
874
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1223 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
26.7%
§102 Novelty
41.1%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18866702 METHODS AND NETWORK ENTITIES FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A BASE STATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18575703 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PDSCH IN IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18871632 METHOD PERFORMED BY NODE, AND NODE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18908926 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18894544 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18805086 INTERMITTENT FAILURE HANDLING FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18870520 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR WAKE-UP SIGNAL Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18856950 METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, METHOD PERFORMED BY ACCESS NETWORK NODE, USER EQUIPMENT, AND ACCESS NETWORK NODE Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18845328 REDUCED LATENCY SCHEDULING REQUEST PROCEDURES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18716089 SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION (SCI) FOR SIDELINK-POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SL-PRS) Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18465698 LOW POWER WAKE-UP SIGNAL WITH TWO PARTS IN TIME DOMAIN Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18721045 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18700155 TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18870559 COMMUNICATION QUALITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION QUALITY ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18799615 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR SUPPRESSING DECREASE IN TRANSMISSION RATE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18162624 NR Sidelink Relaying Discovery Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18556584 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REPORTING EVENT RELATED INFORMATION Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18855777 METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO REPORT MEASUREMENT RELAXATION STATE AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18719437 TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18117132 RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR INCREASING TXOPS OBTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENHANCING TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY, AND REDUCING Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18866457 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18856313 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18816273 COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROL TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18240735 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SIGNALING FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18936554 CONNECTION CONFIGURATION METHOD AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18934526 Conflict Handling in Bandwidth Aggregation Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18932858 METHOD ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR AERIAL USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18727247 TIME DIFFERENCE DETERMINATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18141468 Methods and Apparatus for Preamble Detection in A Communication Network Final Rejection Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
18825034 WIRELESS NETWORK CHANNEL USAGE Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Benjamin H Elliott IV's allowance rate?

89.0% of resolved applications examined by Benjamin H Elliott IV were allowed (1,223 resolved cases), compared with 74.4% across Art Unit 2198 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Benjamin H Elliott IV?

This examiner's interview lift is -0.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Benjamin H Elliott IV take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Benjamin H Elliott IV took 874 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Benjamin H Elliott IV work in?

Benjamin H Elliott IV examines applications in Art Unit 2198 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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