Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LAMONT, BENJAMIN S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2461 2615

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+11.3% vs TC avg
501
Total Applications
+14.9%
Interview Lift
1233
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 457 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
19.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18288920 METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION IN CONSIDERATION OF MOBILITY OF TERMINAL IN SEPARATE BASE STATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17947821 NR SIDELINK ASSISTANCE INFORMATION MESSAGES Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18280410 ADAPTIVE UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN AN UNLICENSED RADIO SPECTRUM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17027620 RECEPTION OF DOWNLINK DATA FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION IN THE EVENT OF FALL-BACK Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
13970546 Reception of Downlink Data for Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission in the Event of Fall-Back Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18687580 SIDELINK MODE 1 ENHANCED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18589954 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18291382 CONDITIONAL FALLBACK CONFIGURATION FOR MCG-RLF Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17960168 NEGOTIATION METHOD FOR AN OPERATING MODE, INITIATOR, RECEIVER, CHIP SYSTEM, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18122033 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) ROUTING SELECTION POLICY (URSP) RULES FOR A ROAMING UE Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18563064 COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17917594 RESERVATION SIGNAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS ABOVE 52.6 GHZ Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18554621 APPLYING NETWORK CODING AT ONE OR MORE MULTICAST RADIO BEARER (MRB) PATHS IN A MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE (MBS) SYSTEM Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18470126 UE-OBJECT ASSOCIATION ASSIST MULTI-DEVICE AGGREGATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17914715 POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
17820991 PRIORITY FOR HALF-DUPLEX USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17759706 TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING AND RESELECTING SIDELINK RELAY Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18010765 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME SHARING Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18620815 TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED SERVICE SESSION INITIATION Non-Final OA T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18683055 INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
17983034 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18558723 COORDINATION CELL BEAM MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18286182 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
17912192 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18528756 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18691458 ECP TIMESLOT DETERMINATION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
18656216 METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENT CROSS-LAYER NETWORK ANALYTICS Non-Final OA Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
18336052 METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING FREQUENCY BANDS, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.

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