Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2645 2647

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.2%
Allow Rate
+3.2% vs TC avg
674
Total Applications
+16.8%
Interview Lift
1324
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 627 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.2%
§102 Novelty
64.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18421224 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENERGY SAVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18412222 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE GROUP SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19293520 Priority of Sidelink Reference Signal Transmission Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18421372 Random Access Preamble Transmission with Repetitions Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18590438 BASE STATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18256687 POSITIONING A DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE NETWORK SUBSCRIPTIONS Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18434668 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
17922287 SUPPORT, DISPLAY ASSEMBLY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17848137 FILTER, PHASE SHIFTER, AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17899369 Hybrid Radar with Reconfigurable Filters Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18630888 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17312341 SELECTING A NETWORK ON THE BASIS OF REAL-TIME NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Orange
18513115 MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST OR SUCCESSFUL MOBILITY REPORTING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18551826 SELECTIVE POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) MUTING WITH REPEATER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18177937 POSITIONING PROCESSES FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY DEVICES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17552121 TECHNIQUES FOR SURROUNDING INFORMATION INDICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17449568 ASSISTANCE DATA FOR POSITION ESTIMATION USING CARRIER PHASE COMBINATION IN A CELLULAR POSITIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18598027 ROAMING IN A MULTI-LINK DEVICE TOPOLOGY Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17938266 WIFI RF FRONT END AND ANTENNA MULTIPLEXING Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18643167 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE POSITIONING Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18242225 WIRELESS STATION LOCATION DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18522127 METHOD FOR ALLOCATING TIME-FREQUENCY RESOURCES IN A SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING BEAMFORMING, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA THALES
18637462 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA BASED ON RECEIVED SYSTEM INFORMATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Soenghun Kim

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