Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LUGO, DAVID B

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2611 2631 4100

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+19.0% vs TC avg
744
Total Applications
+1.9%
Interview Lift
904
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 725 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
20.8%
§102 Novelty
51.6%
§103 Obviousness
11.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19232855 ITERATIVE CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR NEW RADIO (NR) Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18460476 CSI FEEDBACK IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19119404 COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT, DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18815622 USER EQUIPMENT CONFIRMATION OF NETWORK-INITIALIZED MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19050916 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18968778 SIGNALING TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18746564 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18529872 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL USING SINGLE-CARRIER OFFSET-QAM Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18656399 ASYMMETRIC ANTENNA ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS FOR POLARIZATION-MIMO-CONSTRAINED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18568869 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EQUALIZING A DIGITAL INPUT SIGNAL, RECEIVER, BASE STATION AND MOBILE DEVICE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19121418 PAPR REDUCTION FOR MIMO TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18711445 NETWORK NODE AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR ESTIMATION OF A RADIO PROPAGATION CHANNEL Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18465949 RECEIVER CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18286544 SYMBOL SENDING METHOD, SYMBOL RECEIVING METHOD, SENDING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18291243 OPTIMAL INDEX VECTOR SELECTION METHOD FOR SPATIAL MODULATION Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH

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