Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LYTLE JR., BRADLEY D

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2473 2644

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.8%
Allow Rate
+22.8% vs TC avg
84
Total Applications
+21.9%
Interview Lift
1133
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 46 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
24.3%
§102 Novelty
68.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18684132 BEAM MANAGEMENT IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17758416 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA UNIT USING PRECONFIGURED UPLINK RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18249850 CHANNEL STATE VARIATION ESTIMATION AND SINR PENALTY COMPUTATION FOR MU-MIMO PAIRING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17947885 TECHNOLOGIES IN MULTI-PDSCH TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17634393 CELL HANDOVER METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18285260 MANAGING RADIO CONNECTIONS DURING EARLY DATA COMMUINICATION VIA A DISTRIBUTED BASE STATION Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18165856 FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON CELL WAKE-UP SIGNALS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17997358 FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17904492 MAC CE WITH SPATIAL RELATION INFORMATION FOR SRS RESOURCES ACROSS A LIST OF CELLS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17839818 MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO) IN A MESH NETWORK Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17726375 FREQUENCY-DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18150413 WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) OPTIMIZATIONS UTILIZING RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE (RIS) DEVICES Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18079616 METHOD FOR HANDLING PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT WHEN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PDU SESSIONS HAS BEEN REACHED Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18237005 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING A DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION FOR RADIO LINK FAILURE AND BEAM FAILURE Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18113157 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENHANCING INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL NETWORKS FOR NEW RADIO Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18578658 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
17798797 UPLINK AND DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION CONFLICT RESOLUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18097484 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING P-MPR REPORT, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING P-MPR REPORT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17868720 METHOD FOR DETERMINING UPLINK RESOURCE AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18040811 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION Final Rejection Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd.
17798511 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CPU OCCUPANCY TIME FOR MULTIPLE PDCCH REPEATED TRANSMISSION SCENARIO, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TERMINAL Final Rejection BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18004675 COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SPREADTRUM SEMICONDUCTOR (NANJING) CO., LTD.

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