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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Melanie Jagannathan, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2468 2616 2619

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2419. The profile reports 786 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 86.5%, and a median of 1075 days to allowance. The interview lift is 4.1%, showing a positive interview metric that is small relative to the overall allowance profile.

The listed companies are Apple Inc., NEC Corporation, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The listed firms are Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC, FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, and IP LEGAL SERVICES, LLC. Practitioners can use the 86.5% allowance rate as the principal outcome reference and the 1075-day median for timing. The 4.1% interview lift supports considering interviews without making them the central feature of prosecution planning.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

86.5%
Allow Rate
+24.5% vs TC avg
818
Total Applications
+4.1%
Interview Lift
1075
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 786 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18684220 ADAPTIVE SIMULTANEOUS RECEPTION IN IAB NETWORKS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18822038 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION UPSAMPLING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18364122 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING MOBILE INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18933889 TIME DIVISION DUPLEX AND SUB-BAND FULL DUPLEX SYMBOL TRANSITION CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18837318 TIMING ADVANCE VALIDATION ENHANCEMENTS IN CONFIGURED GRANT SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18641285 TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPERATING TIMERS RELATED TO UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18856376 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18855388 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18692416 RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS THEREFOR Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18291985 DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION QUALITY PREDICTION APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18846158 BEAM PREDICTION MODES SWITCHING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18729483 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACES IN MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18719099 WIRELESS RELAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18851596 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18823751 QoS CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18811304 PRIORITY-BASED FLOW CONTROL MESSAGING FOR PORT EXTENDER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Melanie Jagannathan's allowance rate?

86.5% of resolved applications examined by Melanie Jagannathan were allowed (786 resolved cases), compared with 77.3% across Art Unit 2419 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Melanie Jagannathan?

This examiner's interview lift is +4.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Melanie Jagannathan take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Melanie Jagannathan took 1,075 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Melanie Jagannathan work in?

Melanie Jagannathan examines applications in Art Unit 2419 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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