Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NEFF, MICHAEL R

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2631

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.6%
Allow Rate
+25.6% vs TC avg
1,005
Total Applications
+14.4%
Interview Lift
912
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 985 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.9%
§101 Eligibility
12.4%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
17.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18960570 IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DEVICE IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18729581 ULTRA-WIDEBAND POSITIONING METHOD FOR A POSITIONING DEVICE ARRANGED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, A POSITIONING DEVICE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SAME Non-Final OA MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
18858660 OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTING (OTAC) OVER A MULTIPLE ACCESS CHANNEL Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LIMITED
18928587 DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS HUB Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18723480 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED BY UE Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18859847 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18739157 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANAGING EMERGENCY ALERT MESSAGE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18519334 FIXED DEVICE, POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, CONTROL CIRCUIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18845509 Method and Apparatus for Performing Secondary Authentication/Authorization for Terminal Device in Communication Network Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18553603 TRANSMISSION POWER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18615436 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING LTE WAVEFORMS IN SHARED SPECTRUM BY CARRIER SENSING Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18625371 METHOD FOR UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY SECURITY IN PROXIMITY-BASED SERVICES Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18291032 METHOD OF JOINT USER ACTIVITY DETECTION AND CHANNEL INFORMATION ESTIMATION IN EXTRA-LARGE MIMO (XL-MIMO) SYSTEMS WITH NON-STATIONARITIES Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18968416 QUALITY OF SERVICE CLASS IDENTIFIER FORECASTING AS-A-SERVICE Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18738552 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFETY SENSOR ACTIVATION WITHIN A LOCATION Non-Final OA Resideo USA LLC
18852427 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONFIGURING UPLINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND DEVICES AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18094699 COGNITIVE SELECTION OF TRUSTED CONTACT USING INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DATA Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18571193 CHARGING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK-SIDE EQUIPMENT Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18871194 AERONAUTICAL MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CHINA TELECOM CORPORATION LIMITED

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