Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: IM, THEODORE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2413 3648

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.0%
Allow Rate
-12.0% vs TC avg
53
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1080
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 5 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
27.9%
§102 Novelty
67.1%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18476198 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-MODALITY SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17922507 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIDELINK HARQ RETRANSMISSION PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18469179 METHOD FOR BEAM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18459015 METHODS FOR UPLINK MULTI-USER TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND ACCESS POINT Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18333143 METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18182051 JOINT TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, TARGET NETWORK DEVICE, AND COOPERATIVE NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
17952610 METHOD FOR NETWORK SLICE HANDOVER AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18165506 METHOD OF OPERATING UE IN RELATION TO UE-TO-UE RELAY LINK SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18032318 CODEBOOK AND PMI OVERRIDE IN DOWNLINK MU-MIMO TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18022221 TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN RESERVED HARQ RESOURCES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18468733 SIDELINK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18446735 PACKET FORWARDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17976012 NETWORK CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17906492 UE CAPABILITY AGGREGATION BETWEEN A PRIMARY UE AND A SECONDARY UE FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18407131 ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION USING SUB-SYMBOL BEAM SWITCHING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18468495 RACH CONSIDERATIONS UNDER BEAM BASED SSB POWER FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18304091 DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION BY BASE STATION FOR ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18187331 DATA COLLECTION ENHANCEMENTS FOR SIDELINK Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18066268 FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY BASED CQI AND PMI REPORTING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18045797 RELEASE GROUP OF CELLS USING L1/L2 SIGNALING FOR L1-L2 INTER-CELL MOBILITY UNDER MTRP Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17948072 TECHNIQUES FOR CAPABILITY INDICATION TO MULTIPLE SERVICES IN A SERVICE-BASED WIRELESS SYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18599635 TRANSCEIVER AND OPERATING METHOD Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18113822 HANDOVER SCHEMES IN MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICES Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18381609 TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18525846 PCI Allocation Using Dynamic Region Locking Final Rejection Parallel Wireless, Inc.
17819945 REST Resilient Client-Server Reconciliation for Telecom Networks Non-Final OA Parallel Wireless, Inc.
18017776 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RETRANSMISSION IN SIDELINK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA WONKWANG UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION
18277165 PERSONAL DEVICE, A SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HANDOVER BETWEEN A SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK AND A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Pink Nectarine Health AB

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