Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 2414 2654 3992

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.2%
Allow Rate
+15.2% vs TC avg
261
Total Applications
+7.2%
Interview Lift
857
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 222 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
9.5%
§102 Novelty
27.8%
§103 Obviousness
22.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18989827 METHOD FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19203783 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TASK INCLUDING CALL IN RESPONSE TO USER UTTERANCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18770959 DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS CHARGING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.
19029491 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19030770 UPMIXER, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19029736 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19029400 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18139278 AUDIO OR VIDEO ENCODER, AUDIO OR VIDEO DECODER AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO OR VIDEO SIGNALS USING A VARIABLE PREDICTION DIRECTION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18587389 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION AND METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19319384 CAPACITOR Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19179871 TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17690665 SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18500144 System And Method For Decoding Using Parallel Processing Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18812523 Resource Scheduling Method for Network Slice and Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18801977 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19059465 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDICATING NUMEROLOGY Final Rejection Nec Corporation
18961506 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18859721 CORE NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18697348 USER EQUIPMENT CONTENTION-BASED POSITIONING WITHOUT AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
19230931 NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
19195317 AUTOMATED VOICEMAIL DETECTION Non-Final OA Advanis Inc.

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