Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ELPENORD, CANDAL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2473 2616

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.7%
Allow Rate
+27.7% vs TC avg
1109
Total Applications
+12.4%
Interview Lift
990
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1082 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
25.1%
§102 Novelty
48.5%
§103 Obviousness
9.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18381012 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THROUGHPUT OF USER EQUIPMENT FOR SLICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18484377 CROSS-LINK POWER MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-LINK OPERATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18283449 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17828225 FREQUENCY CHANGE DURING CONNECTION EVENT Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18012170 ENHANCED EVENT REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE-TRP CELL MOBILITY Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18507861 NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD, RELATED APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18560180 USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18419929 METHODS FOR BEAM-DEPENDENT SCHEDULING OFFSET DETERMINATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18409135 BUFFER STATUS REPORTING MESSAGE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18550623 ACTIVATING TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR CODEPOINTS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18364311 PTRS-DMRS ASSOCIATION FOR STRP/SDM PUSCH Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17652060 POWER HEADROOM REPORTING BASED ON DUTY CYCLE SCHEDULING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18289642 COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18191975 HARQ-ACK Feedback Method, Terminal and Network-Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

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