Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: MILLS, DONALD L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2462 2616

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.6%
Allow Rate
+22.6% vs TC avg
974
Total Applications
+10.6%
Interview Lift
1047
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 950 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.7%
§101 Eligibility
27.2%
§102 Novelty
36.9%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18855161 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESERVING RESOURCE FOR NR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN UNLICENSED BAND Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18793578 ON-DEMAND SS/PBCH BLOCK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18709167 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROL INFORMATION SIGNALING FOR SMART REPEATERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18556102 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, AND DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18435534 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18481076 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18464600 PACKET PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18729468 TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON UNIFIED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18729476 BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY COEXISTENCE LINK CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17957992 SELF-CHECKING DIAGNOSTICS FRAMEWORK FOR MULTICAST IN A PACKET FORWARDING DEVICE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18896562 CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18284482 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN NON-CONNECTED STATE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18840064 MANAGING RECONFIGURATION IDENTIFIERS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18664561 EVALUATION PERIOD, DETECTION PERIOD WITH ALLOWED DROPPING RATE AND MEASUREMENT PERIOD DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18766296 MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL SCHEDULERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18729340 TECHNIQUES TO CONFIGURE A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE DEVICE Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18490516 UPLINK RADIO RESOURCE GRANT DYNAMIC SCHEDULING Non-Final OA Dell Products, L.P.
18851641 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PTRS PORT AND DMRS PORT, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18682326 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION METHOD OF RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGE, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

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