Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HAILU, KIBROM T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2461 2616

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.9%
Allow Rate
+17.9% vs TC avg
887
Total Applications
+6.3%
Interview Lift
1081
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 847 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.7%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
49.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18441440 METHOD EXECUTED BY TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18272247 METHODS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18357559 User Device Positioning Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18191626 HOME PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK CONTROLLED USER EQUIPMENT BEHAVIOR TUNING Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18229366 PAGING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
18278224 NETWORK NODE FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18594585 STORAGE OF UE CONTEXTS IN RAN FOR INACTIVE UES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18559633 Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Use of Paging Early Indication or Wake-Up Signals Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18281106 HANDLING LAYER 3 MEASUREMENTS OF A USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18520859 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER PLANE HANDLING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18324350 Route Advertisement Method, Apparatus, and System Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18146552 COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCHING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17307761 Information Transmission Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18303349 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18335930 CELL GROUP TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR MANAGEMENT FOR LAYER 1/LAYER 2 TRIGGERED MOBILITY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18168145 MULTICAST DISTRIBUTION TREE SWITCHOVER IN HETEROGENEOUS PROVIDER EDGE ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18421088 TECHNIQUES FOR ENCRYPTING BUS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
18167287 EXECUTION OF MULTIPLE DISTINCT PIPELINES IN A SINGLE NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA Arista Networks, Inc.
18524744 MULTICAST HANDLING BASED ON MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS Non-Final OA Juniper Networks, Inc.
18564404 CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROLLER, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18681026 MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD, AND MONITORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18362621 MULTICAST RENDEZVOUS POINT DISCOVERY Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18585750 ENABLING PHYSICAL RANDOM-ACCESS CHANNEL REPETITION COMBINING IN A RADIO UNIT FOR AN O-RAN-BASED RADIO ACCESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Mavenir Systems, Inc.
18234373 DISTRIBUTED GATEWAYS FOR MULTI-REGIONAL LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENTS Non-Final OA VeloCloud Networks, LLC

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