Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: 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
1,242
Total Applications
-0.7%
Interview Lift
874
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1218 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
26.5%
§102 Novelty
41.3%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
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
18894544 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON 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
18013180 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR A USER TERMINAL FOR MANAGING A NUMBER OF USER TERMINALS ALLOWED FOR EACH NETWORK SLICE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18854919 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK MEASUREMENT GAPS IN MULTIPLE LAYERS Non-Final OA 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
18799615 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR SUPPRESSING DECREASE IN TRANSMISSION RATE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18816273 COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROL TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18866702 METHODS AND NETWORK ENTITIES FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A BASE STATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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.
18043125 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION 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
18240735 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SIGNALING FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18757851 FREQUENCY HOPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION, INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
18828928 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18932858 METHOD ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR AERIAL USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18853687 PRECODING CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM 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.
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.
18701560 METHOD FOR SENDING OR RECEIVING CAPABILITY INDICATION INFORMATION, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18924902 MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) FOR MIXED CRITICALITY PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) Non-Final OA MaxLinear, Inc.

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