Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIM, WON TAE C

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2414

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.5%
Allow Rate
+30.5% vs TC avg
293
Total Applications
-3.3%
Interview Lift
1004
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 270 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
53.1%
§103 Obviousness
26.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18553158 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SIDELINK RESOURCE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18378008 Simultaneous Uplink and Unlicensed Sidelink Transmissions Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18233186 Sidelink Resource Allocation in Unlicensed Bands Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18290850 RADIO TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18278126 METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY FIRST DEVICE, FIRST DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY SECOND DEVICE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18506820 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS, TERMINAL DEVICES, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18255363 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAC CE BASED INTER-DEVICE COORDINATION OF SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18177690 Electronic Devices with Thermal Component Carrier Management Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18273615 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR A PRE-EMPTION CHECK PROCEDURE FOR A SIDELINK TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
17958212 UNLICENSED NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 4 (UNII4) CHANNELIZATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18541786 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18398996 UPLINK CONFIGURED GRANT OF FULL DUPLEX CAPABLE USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18559532 TECHNIQUES FOR INTER-UE COORDINATION PRIORITIZATION FOR COLLISION INDICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18458980 BEAM MANAGEMENT BLOCK FOR SIDELINK Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18264234 SIDELINK CHANNEL COEXISTENCE BY MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES IN NON OVERLAPPING RESOURCES OF A RESOURCE GROUP Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18350709 RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODE 1 OPERATION IN FR2 SIDELINK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18249725 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE THEREOF Final Rejection IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
18577726 GROUP-SCHEDULING INSTRUCTION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18684188 WIRELESS APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18525797 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO USE WIFI AS BACKUP FOR CBRS PRIVATE 5G NETWORK Non-Final OA Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
18695458 BEAM MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies

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