Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: LEONARD, SAMUEL HAYDEN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2649

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Samuel Hayden Leonard has resolved 35 cases in Art Unit 2649. The examiner has an allowance rate of 82.9 percent. This 82.9 percent rate is based on the 35 resolved cases in Tech Center 2600. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the probability of a grant. The volume of resolutions provides a specific data set for this examiner's history.

The interview lift is 10.0 percent. This 10.0 percent figure represents the change in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. Practitioners should consider this lift when deciding on a prosecution strategy. This metric indicates how interviews correlate with the overall allowance rate. The 10.0 percent lift is a recorded factor in the examiner's prosecution profile.

The median time to allowance is 1139 days. This 1139 day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. Applicants can use this figure to plan their prosecution timelines. The median pendency is a specific temporal measure in Art Unit 2649. It provides a benchmark for cases assigned to this examiner. Understanding this 1139 day timeline is important for managing expectations during the examination process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

81.1%
Allow Rate
+19.1% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
1128
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 37 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
70.5%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18584490 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18858426 Training and Inference for AI-Based Positioning Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18493942 MOBILITY PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18438212 LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR) OPERATION WITH DUTY CYCLE SELECTION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18818419 ENHANCED PRECISION RANGING FOR WI-FI NETWORKS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18574267 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NEW RADIO (NR) POSITION MEASUREMENT IN A RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL INACTIVE STATE Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
18726863 WIRELESS TRANSMITTER DEVICE FOR MM-WAVE/THZ-BASED COMMUNICATION AND GAS-SENSING Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18905156 INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18573546 NETWORK DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, AND METHODS THEREIN FOR INDOOR POSITIONING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18555435 TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18764911 POSITIONING APPROACH Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18586875 PROCEDURE FOR PRE-DEPLOYMENT VALIDATION OF AI/ML ENABLED FEATURE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19033377 CONDITIONAL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18573831 COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE MAPPING FOR PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS Non-Final OA Viasat, Inc.

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