Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2641 2644 2645

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.4%
Allow Rate
+15.4% vs TC avg
843
Total Applications
+19.8%
Interview Lift
1112
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 809 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
25.6%
§102 Novelty
58.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18834859 TIME ALIGNMENT TIMER HANDLING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18833650 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING PACKET PROCESSING IN NETWORK CONGESTION SITUATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18032903 Common and Default Beam Indication of Uplink and Downlink Channel Resources and/or Reference Signals Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18847560 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18726620 COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTER RESTRICTIONS ON RESOURCE REPORTING FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18836718 ENHANCED REDUCED CAPABILITY USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18711651 RESOURCE CONFLICT AVOIDANCE IN A SIDELINK RESOURCE POOL Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18816003 Data Transmission Method, Terminal, and Network Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
18153448 INITIAL ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18496606 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18340651 SECURITY CONTEXT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18180784 WIRELESS PACKET HEADER PROTECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18505303 Resource Selection for Sidelink Inter-UE Coordination Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18570714 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18825092 ENGINE CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Rolls-Royce plc
18591997 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18521361 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURING MAPPING RESTRICTIONS FOR ONE OR MORE LOGICAL CHANNELS Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18040338 5G MULTICAST-BROADCAST SERVICES (MBS) RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND OPERATION Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18695292 BEAM MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18564728 INDICATING TIME WINDOW FOR CONDITIONAL HANDOVER Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18663470 ACCESS DEVICE, COMPUTING DEVICE, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18667731 ENHANCED MITIGATION OF CU-UP FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SERVICE CONTINUITY Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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