Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NOWLIN, ERIC

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2474

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.9%
Allow Rate
+29.9% vs TC avg
936
Total Applications
+6.2%
Interview Lift
918
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 893 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.7%
§101 Eligibility
25.9%
§102 Novelty
42.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18607970 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR E2 RETENTION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18294565 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPLINK CHANNEL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18610539 Uplink Resource Determination in Inter-cell Multiple Transmission and Reception Points Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18374509 Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Codebook Determination for Multi-Physical Downlink Shared Channel Scheduling Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18284599 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND AN ACCESS NETWORK NODE Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18414662 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE COMPLIANT BEAMFORMING RESOURCE SET Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18415130 SLOT OR SYMBOL RECLASSIFICATION FOR DYNAMICALLY ADAPTED SPATIAL ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18285127 COMMUNICATION DEVICE POWER SAVING WHEN COMMUNICATION DEVICE MONITORS MULTICAST CONTROL CHANNEL NOTIFICATION CHANNEL Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18453661 ANTENNA PORT INDICATION FOR MORE THAN FOUR LAYER PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL OPERATION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18040932 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK DETERMINATION FOR MULTI-CARRIER SCHEDULING Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18281653 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-BEAM SRS TRANSMISSION Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18268335 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18611291 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, CORE NETWORK DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18564213 METHOD FOR SCHEDULING A DATA PACKET Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18564986 MACHINE LEARNING GROUP SWITCHING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18467623 TWO STAGE HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) USING MIXED ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS (OMA) AND NON-ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS (NOMA) Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18408248 FRAMEWORK FOR DYNAMIC SLICE TRAFFIC OFFLOADING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18593548 CREATING NEW ACCESS POINT CONNECTIONS PRIOR TO ROAM POINT IN WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18032069 TERMINAL Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17163808 HIGH DEFINITION TIMING SYNCHRONISATION FUNCTION Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18263944 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18432178 Method And Apparatus For Capability Indication Of Repetition For Message 4 Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Feedback Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18570068 HANDLING DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT SCHEMES FOR COMMUNICATION CONTROL MODEL Non-Final OA RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
18250217 TRANSMISSION RESOURCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
18612958 PULSE GENERATION CIRCUITRY Non-Final OA XILINX, INC.
18411375 Method for Initiating a Communication Link between a Field Device and a Control Unit Non-Final OA KROHNE S.A.S.
18686094 METHOD FOR OBTAINING CSI REPORT AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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