Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2641 2644 2645

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.9%
Allow Rate
+14.9% vs TC avg
832
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1103
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 788 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
27.4%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
4.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17753464 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18570714 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18591997 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18040338 5G MULTICAST-BROADCAST SERVICES (MBS) RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND OPERATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18682698 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SENSING PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18564689 REFERENCE SIGNALLING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18271799 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) IDENTIFIER REQUEST Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18619877 Method and Apparatus of Partial Sensing and DRX in Sidelink Communications Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17593339 HARQ TRANSMISSION IN NEW RADIO (NR) BASED ON SUBCARRIER SPACING Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18285262 MANAGING MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES ON SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING RADIO RESOURCES Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18050589 INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION CAPABILITY AWARENESS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18410529 EMULATING WIRELESS CONNECTIONS WITHIN NETWORK SIMULATIONS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18012360 MOBILE NETWORK AUTHENTICATION USING A CONCEALED IDENTITY Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18686699 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18493756 DEREGISTRATION AND EMM PARAMETER HANDLING CONSIDERING ACCESS TYPE Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18032903 Common and Default Beam Indication of Uplink and Downlink Channel Resources and/or Reference Signals Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18564593 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BLIND RETRANSMISSION SLOT RESOURCE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18153448 INITIAL ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18410998 Service Tool for Predicting Quality of Service (QoS) of Wireless Networks Non-Final OA Saffron, LLC

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