Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HAILE, AWET A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2474 2616

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Awet A. Haile is an examiner in Tech Center 2600, assigned to Art Unit 2416. With 696 resolved cases, the examiner maintains an allowance rate of 79.6 percent. This high rate suggests that a large majority of applications reach a grant under Haile's review. The 696 resolved cases provide a robust dataset for analyzing examiner performance.

The data reveals a strong interview lift of 25.2 percent, suggesting that verbal communication is highly effective in this art unit. This lift is particularly valuable given the median days to allowance of 1107. Practitioners can use interviews to potentially streamline the prosecution or resolve complex issues. The 25.2 percent lift significantly enhances the already favorable 79.6 percent allowance rate.

By combining the 79.6 percent allowance rate with the 25.2 percent interview lift, applicants can develop a proactive strategy to manage the 1107-day median timeline in Tech Center 2600. The 696 resolved cases offer a clear picture of the examiner's history and consistent approach to Art Unit 2416.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

79.6%
Allow Rate
+17.6% vs TC avg
718
Total Applications
+25.2%
Interview Lift
1107
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 696 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
62.8%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18280568 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASED ON COT IN NR V2X Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18578281 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FREQUENCY HOPPING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18973364 Uplink Control Information Reporting Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18482533 RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE UNITS (RA-RUs) FOR LOW-LATENCY (LL) TRAFFIC Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18938003 GROUP-BASED SCELL BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18486672 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18918394 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18720611 METHODS FOR USE IN A PROCESS FOR MIGRATING RESOURCES BETWEEN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL TOPOLOGIES Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18874578 QOS SPECIFIC BEAM PREDICTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18979498 ENHANCEMENTS FOR CELL DTX CONFIGURATION AND ADAPTATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18932528 MACHINE LEARNING FOR ADDRESSING TRANSMIT (Tx) NON-LINEARITY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18810960 MOBILE INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL PROCEDURES BASED ON INTERFACE AVAILABILITY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18771707 SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL SIGNALING IN NEW RADIO SIDELINK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18735043 TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM DESIGN INCORPORATING SELF-INTERFERENCE IN FULL-DUPLEX CAPABLE WIRELESS DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17754547 CONFIGURATION OF CSI REFERENCE RESOURCE AND CSI TARGET RESOURCE FOR PREDICTIVE ESTIMATION OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18203346 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS DEVICE CONNECTION Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18845902 METHODS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, AND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18387181 MODULAR AND SCALABLE SWITCH MATRIX TOPOLOGY Final Rejection BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
18928693 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18863505 Figuring Out at a Second Network Node Whether a SHR Report (Received at a First Network Node from a UE) and a RLF Report (Received Thereafter at Said First Network Node) are in Fact Associated with the Same Handover Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18853281 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18707469 METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR PREDICTIVE EARLY HARQ Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18954485 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CAPABILITY INFORMATION, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18388301 COMMUNICATING SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCKS FOR NETWORK & CELL SELECTION Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18882368 STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
18893953 REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR 3D MIMO IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18579255 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION PROCESSING Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18865039 COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD Non-Final OA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

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