Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2418 2617 2642 2812 3784

This examiner grants 24% of resolved cases

Analysis

Rafael Perez Gutierrez is an examiner in Art Unit 2418 within Tech Center 3700. The examiner has 198 resolved cases. The overall allowance rate for these cases is 24.2 percent. This rate suggests a challenging environment for reaching allowance. The examiner's history in this unit offers a clear view of typical prosecution outcomes.

The interview lift is 9.1 percent, which represents a modest improvement over the baseline allowance rate of 24.2 percent. This data suggests that interviews may provide some benefit in advancing prosecution. For applications that reach allowance, the median time to allowance is 1428 days. This pendency indicates that successful cases may require a longer period of time to resolve.

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

Performance Statistics

24.2%
Allow Rate
-45.8% vs TC avg
262
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
1428
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 198 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
23.3%
§102 Novelty
61.6%
§103 Obviousness
9.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18523860 USER EQUIPMENT POWER AND QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17902526 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17512462 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18526291 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING TRIGGER FRAME, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18472313 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18296853 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18736235 MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY ANTENNA MANAGEMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18468141 COVERAGE-AWARE JOINT CONFIGURATION FOR MULTI-NETWORK WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17647159 LAYER 3 MEASUREMENT ASSOCIATED WITH DEDICATED POLARIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19349559 PHY Assistance Signaling - Adaptive Inference Times for AI/ML on the physical layer Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18836945 Trust Validation of Location Information Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18261312 MAPPING OF PAGING EARLY INDICATOR TO MULTIPLE PAGING OCCASIONS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18026420 METHOD, APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING COVERAGE OF NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18293623 TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18569854 TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18807177 METHODS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF EPHEMERAL SECURITY BETWEEN AIOT ENTITIES Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18229656 CORE NETWORK SYSTEM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18804552 TEXT TRIGGERED EMERGENCY LOCATION TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18838108 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING DOWNLINK BANDWIDTH PART, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18688928 IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G NAS SECURITY CONTEXT HANDLING WHEN UE SUPPORTS BOTH 3GPP AND NON-3GPP ACCESSES Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18436925 PROCEDURE OF CELL CHANGE IN A RADIO SYSTEM Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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