Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FERGUSON, KEITH

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2618 2647 2648

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.4%
Allow Rate
+24.4% vs TC avg
765
Total Applications
+9.0%
Interview Lift
882
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 744 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
23.7%
§102 Novelty
52.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18691082 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18539780 EXPANSION FRAME FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Final Rejection TILTA INC.
18277431 RADIO NETWORK NODE AND METHOD PERFORMED IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18277263 NETWORK NODE, TERMINAL, AND METHODS THEREIN Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18692686 METHOD FOR SHARING CELLULAR CAPABILITY, DEVICE, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18202753 IMPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18107167 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection KDDI CORPORATION
18299542 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SESSION PLACEHOLDER FOR MESSAGE COLLECTION USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA BlackBerry Limited
18576596 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTION OF GNSS JAMMERS Non-Final OA ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
18167367 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL POWER OPTIMIZATION USING KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18508526 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUGMENTING TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA COMMCRETE LTD

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