Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: IM, THEODORE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2116 2413 3648

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
+8.0% vs TC avg
57
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
75.2%
§103 Obviousness
2.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18657571 HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18890185 UE INITIATED REPORTING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18363813 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SELF-CONFIGURATION AND SELF-OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17922507 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIDELINK HARQ RETRANSMISSION PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17951755 METHOD AND WIRELESS NETWORK FOR MANAGING AERIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS INFORMATION OF UAV Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18599635 TRANSCEIVER AND OPERATING METHOD Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18381609 TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18241400 Information Transmission Method, Information Acquisition Method, and Network-Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17766529 CONDITIONAL SECONDARY NODE OPERATIONS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18468733 SIDELINK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18446735 PACKET FORWARDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18338941 CELL HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18304434 Method and Apparatus for Detecting Co-Channel Interference in Wireless Local Area Network Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18893834 FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING IN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18212023 CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS FOR INTER-CELL MOBILITY 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 Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17948072 TECHNIQUES FOR CAPABILITY INDICATION TO MULTIPLE SERVICES IN A SERVICE-BASED WIRELESS SYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18695681 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18012044 CORE NETWORK NODE FOR SESSION MANAGEMENT, CORE NETWORK NODE FOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18833327 PERFORMING LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK OPERATIONS FOR PHYSICAL SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18680315 METHODS FOR POWER EFFICIENT BROADCASTING IN WLAN Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18022221 TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN RESERVED HARQ RESOURCES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18459015 METHODS FOR UPLINK MULTI-USER TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND ACCESS POINT Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18213341 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18333143 METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18182051 JOINT TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, TARGET NETWORK DEVICE, AND COOPERATIVE NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18113822 HANDOVER SCHEMES IN MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICES Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
17547450 SHARED SPECTRUM COORDINATION Non-Final OA DISH Network L.L.C.
18271399 HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK METHOD Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

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