Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2464

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.7%
Allow Rate
+28.7% vs TC avg
50
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
1058
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
34.7%
§102 Novelty
63.2%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18033216 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SECONDARY CELL GROUP IN A MULTI-RAT DUAL CONNECTIVITY NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18160896 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING MULTICAST SERVICE AFTER AN RELEASE IN MULTICAST SUPPORTING NETWORK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17981852 Initial Access Enhancement for Multi-Beam Operation Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
17918246 METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18220147 HANDLING OF NEW RADIO SLOT AGGREGATION IN RADIO SIDELINK CO-CHANNEL COEXISTENCE Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
17957238 ASSIGN MANAGEMENT RELATED ENTITIES TO GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18147606 CELL MEASUREMENT INDICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18382397 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASUS Technology Licensing Inc.
18275274 FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE, THIRD NODE, AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO HANDLE A PATH FOR A PACKET Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18504531 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18448042 REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CHANNEL TIME DOMAIN PROPERTIES Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18236258 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO REMOTE DRIVING, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18688517 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18108802 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18622340 PACKET SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18447830 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX SYMBOLS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18335726 TWO STAGE MACHINE LEARNING BASED CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17932644 BLIND RETRANSMISSIONS WITH SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN MODE 1 Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18553727 KEEPING A TERMINAL IN A CONNECTED STATE WHILE THE TERMINAL IS AWAY FROM A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18104834 METHOD FOR ENHANCING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18000214 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18460835 MULTICAST SERVICE RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17823078 Enhanced Downlink Link Adaptation (DLLA) for Spectral Efficiency Maximization Non-Final OA Parallel Wireless, Inc.
18201189 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A CONTROL CHANNEL CANDIDATE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC

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