Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2644 2646

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.9%
Allow Rate
-17.1% vs TC avg
468
Total Applications
+56.0%
Interview Lift
1512
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 437 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
6.3%
§102 Novelty
70.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18106649 Access to Second Network Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
17918134 COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, CORE NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18032394 METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF UE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND UE Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18266328 METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR MULTI-STA ASSISTED SENSING Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18090085 METHOD FOR NETWORK SELECTION, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18156892 Access Control Method and Apparatus for Terminal Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18147247 Cell Selection Method and Apparatus Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17992494 Network Access Method, Apparatus, and System Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17091935 USER EQUIPMENT ONBOARDING BASED ON DEFAULT MANUFACTURER CREDENTIALS UNLICENSED Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18166434 TRACKING AREA CODE-BASED CELL BARRING IN NTN Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18016848 CELL SELECTION, CELL RESELECTION, AND PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) SELECTION FOR SHARED NETWORK DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18333789 MEASUREMENT REPORT CALIBRATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE) STEERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Non-Final OA T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18175213 METAVERSE SERVICE ORCHESTRATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Final Rejection T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18016606 USER EQUIPMENT RADIO CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18191323 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ACCOUNT USAGE ON A PLATFORM Final Rejection Twilio Inc.
17365334 Transmission Method with Data Offloading, Network Master Node MN, and Network Secondary Node SN Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18365949 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION ACROSS ELECTRONIC MAIL USERS AND FEATURE PHONE USERS Non-Final OA YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18171202 DECOUPLING OF PACKET GATEWAY CONTROL AND USER PLANE FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
18268129 CELLULAR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SECURITY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DATA STRUCTURE FOR PLMN Final Rejection Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
18162906 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TERRESTRIAL AND NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS SELECTION Final Rejection Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18347590 CELL SELECTION METHOD Final Rejection Wistron Corporation

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