Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HARPER, KEVIN C

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2462 2469 2616

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.9%
Allow Rate
+25.9% vs TC avg
999
Total Applications
+6.3%
Interview Lift
1010
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 973 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
54.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18681754 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TRANSMISSION OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR RECEPTION OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
17812135 EARLY INDICATION BY USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18712204 BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18682457 COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18426699 SIDELINK RESOURCE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18660751 INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18695789 P-MPR REPORTING IN A PHR MAC-CE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18681296 CELL GLOBAL IDENTITY REPORTING TIMELINE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18393253 TIME-DOMAIN RESOURCE BLOCK MAPPING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18549323 BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18725640 METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
13639219 METHOD OF CONFIGURING CROSS-CARRIER CFI Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18806748 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UP LINK CONTROL SIGNAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18844253 MECHANISM FOR POSITIONING ANOMALY DISCOVERY Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18609922 RECEPTION SCHEME Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18837425 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SATELLITE ACCESS NETWORK MEASUREMENT OUTSIDE GAPS Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
16687398 UPLINK CONTROL SIGNALING FOR JOINT FDD NAD TDD CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18833222 INTER-DONOR MIGRATION FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NODES Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18641194 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RESILIENCY TO ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18667563 ADAPTIVE LEARNING OF SILENCE INSERTION DESCRIPTOR FRAME DURATION TO ENHANCE UPLINK RESOURCE USAGE Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18856853 RELAY COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

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