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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Gary Addison Eldo Miller, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as MILLER, GARY ADDISON ELDO

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2417 2642

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Gary Addison Eldo Miller is in Art Unit 2417, Tech Center 2600. He has 15 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 66.7 percent. This rate provides an initial baseline for the likelihood of success for applications in his docket. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1109.

The interview lift is 0.0 percent, meaning interviews have not historically changed the 66.7 percent allowance rate. This suggests that the written record is the primary driver of outcomes for this examiner. The 1109-day median timeline is a standard duration for the prosecution process from filing to grant.

Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd., ZTE Corporation, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. are his top companies. The firms FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Bayes PLLC, and Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP are the most frequent. These representatives have navigated the 15 resolved cases and the 1109-day median timeline to achieve the 66.7 percent allowance rate.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+4.7% vs TC avg
50
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1109
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
71.2%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18764859 BEAM-BASED UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18148520 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CELL GROUP ACTIVATION OR DEACTIVATION SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18447044 WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17934762 CARRIER SWITCHING FOR A PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17998509 TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18700346 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18289999 DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18261503 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDICATING REPETITION OF RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGE, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPETITION OF RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18860383 DETECTION AND RECEPTION OF A PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18883729 METHOD FOR RESOURCE RESELECTION AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18382594 USER EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD IN SIDELINK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18074068 RELAY DISCOVERY METHOD AND TERMINAL Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18134861 MANUAL NETWORK SELECTION AT SWITCH ON FOR UE SUPPORTING CAG Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18424980 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A STATUS OF A SMART NODE FORWARDING UNIT Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
17950734 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL DESIGN Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
17742711 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF CANCELATION Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18426836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INDICATING MAPPING INFORMATION Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Gary Addison Eldo Miller's allowance rate?

66.7% of resolved applications examined by Gary Addison Eldo Miller were allowed (15 resolved cases), compared with 84.9% across Art Unit 2417 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Gary Addison Eldo Miller?

This examiner's interview lift is +0.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Gary Addison Eldo Miller take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Gary Addison Eldo Miller took 1,109 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Gary Addison Eldo Miller work in?

Gary Addison Eldo Miller examines applications in Art Unit 2417 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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