Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LOPATA, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2471

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.3%
Allow Rate
+31.3% vs TC avg
977
Total Applications
+1.5%
Interview Lift
915
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 953 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
38.8%
§102 Novelty
26.1%
§103 Obviousness
13.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18407873 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING ACQUISITION TIME AND POWER CONSUMPTION AT A USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18681520 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18186632 NON-LEGACY PREAMBLE FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18294378 ENHANCEMENT ON INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NETWORK Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18407194 TRANSMITTING SIGNAL ON CO-CHANNEL RESOURCES Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18247781 SYNCHRONISATION SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18438799 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18217203 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHODS WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18507029 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18694695 POWER CONTROL PARAMETER INDICATION IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18406271 UE FULL-DUPLEX OPERATION WITH AID OF FREQUENCY-TRANSLATION REPEATERS (TDD) Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18565789 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, SERVICE NODE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18533298 MULTI RTT POSITIONING PROCEDURE WITH TIMING ADVANCE FOR NTN SYSTEM Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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