Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIN, KENNY S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2152 2416 2452 2478 3649

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.3%
Allow Rate
+17.3% vs TC avg
870
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
1080
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 847 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
27.8%
§102 Novelty
41.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18766515 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18578415 CORE NETWORK NODE, NETWORK NODE, METHOD FOR CORE NETWORK NODE AND METHOD FOR NETWORK NODE Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18683415 TRIGGERING BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY UPON SECONDARY CELL GROUP ACTIVATION Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18402779 FAILURE REPORTING IN SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18559007 CONTROLLING TIME SYNCHRONISATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18032305 TERMINAL DEVICES, BASE STATION DEVICES, AND COMMUNICATION METHODS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18372847 RELAY DEVICE HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) NACK MESSAGE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Kyocera Corporation
18685740 REDUCED CAPABILITY MACHINE LEARNING WITH ASSISTANCE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18003890 RADIO LINK FAILURE IN SIDELINK RELAY Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18562188 TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18558960 TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17606891 USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18289503 METHOD FOR RELEASING REMOTE TERMINAL Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18551579 CONFIGURATION METHOD AND CONFIGURATION DEVICE FOR INTER-CELL MEASUREMENT REPORTING Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17978641 Using multiple Wi-Fi radios at different frequency bands to maintain full-rate through a leaf node Non-Final OA Plume Design, Inc.
18689529 METHOD FOR RESOLVING TIME AMBIGUITY, A RELATED SYSTEM, A RELATED TRANSMITTER AND A RELATED RECEIVER Non-Final OA THE EUROPEAN UNION, REPRESENTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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