Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIM, HARRY H

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2411 2415 2441

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.0%
Allow Rate
+32.0% vs TC avg
578
Total Applications
+8.5%
Interview Lift
855
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 538 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
54.6%
§103 Obviousness
20.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18015701 BEAM CONFIGURATION FOR ACCESSING AN OPEN SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18575526 METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18697126 DATA TRANSFER WITH ENERGY HARVESTING Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18293803 METHODS FOR PRACH IN HIGHER FREQUENCIES Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18264350 EARLY BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY FOR REDUCED OUTAGE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18697654 METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18643093 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION AND REPORTING IN NR-DC Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18476880 BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY METHOD, APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18326538 BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN SENSING-ASSISTED MIMO Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18465929 Distributed Configuration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18447243 PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18353751 TECHNOLOGIES FOR LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK INDICATION IN HIGH-FREQUENCY NETWORKS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18398736 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WI-FI PACKET DURATION CONTROL FOR IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) AMONG ASYNCHRONOUS RADIOS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18404336 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18578703 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NSTR COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18339352 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18653867 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENTS WITH LOW-POWER SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18593303 JOINT BEAM MANAGEMENT AND CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18489739 TECHNIQUES FOR CHANNEL ORIENTED TONE RESERVATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18550370 BEAM FAILURE DETECTION FOR A PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING OPERATION CORRESPONDING TO AT LEAST TWO TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18253008 COMMUNICATING RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE (RIS) INFORMATION TO SUPPORT RIS-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18600142 Bandwidth Part Operation Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18591625 Beam Failure Recovery of a Secondary Cell Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18123329 METHOD FOR CHANGING WORKING AREA, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18692812 SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18383002 LOW LATENCY SUPPORT IN MMWAVE LINK Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18519064 SINGLE ANTENNA TIRE PRESSURE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SYSGRATION LTD.
18553442 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BEAM FAILURE OF DEACTIVATED SECONDARY NODE (SN) Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18686548 FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18552967 MONITORING METHOD AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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