Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KRUEGER, KENT K

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2474

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.4%
Allow Rate
+29.4% vs TC avg
463
Total Applications
+6.6%
Interview Lift
927
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 445 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
26.0%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
13.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18681349 METHOD, TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18294043 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING ENHANCED NON-PUBLIC NETWORKS OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18544925 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18532992 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING USING CRC BIT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18363211 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD BY WHICH ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRANSMITS REFERENCE SIGNAL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18600921 BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION PATH SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18292769 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18293955 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK DETERMINATION FOR MULTI-SLOT SCHEDULING Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18544746 DYNAMIC NETWORKING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18293949 MANAGING PAGING FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18280413 CODE BLOCK INTERLEAVING FOR DFT-S-OFDM WAVEFORMS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18439409 MULTIPLE ANTENNA FEED FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING FILTER BYPASSING IN RECEIVE CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18437890 UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (UCI) MULTIPLEXING ON PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) WITH A FALLBACK DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18433772 MOBILITY FOR A MOBILE INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL CELL Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18264224 ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SWITCHING AND RESOURCE CONFIGURATION WITHIN A BANDWIDTH PART Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18299367 L-BAND FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18211758 Dynamic Link Selection For Reliable Retransmission In Wireless Communications Final Rejection MediaTek Inc.

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