Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LUGO, DAVID B

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2631

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+17.0% vs TC avg
737
Total Applications
+1.3%
Interview Lift
903
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 715 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
80.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18460476 CSI FEEDBACK IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18785930 SUB-BAND NON-OVERLAPPING FULL DUPLEX PATTERN WITH ANTENNA SWITCHING Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18173221 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18412151 AUTOMATED CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION FOR MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED RIS-AIDED MIMO SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Tektronix, Inc.
18419424 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR CONTROL SIGNALING Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18346648 POLARIZATION AND ANTENNA PANEL CONFIGURATION AND COMMUNICATION DIVERSITY CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18465949 RECEIVER CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18012133 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18286544 SYMBOL SENDING METHOD, SYMBOL RECEIVING METHOD, SENDING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18789209 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CALIBRATION AND ITS CALIBRATION METHOD Non-Final OA MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.

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