Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PHILLIPS, MICHAEL K

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2464

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.6%
Allow Rate
+26.6% vs TC avg
519
Total Applications
+26.3%
Interview Lift
1040
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 492 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18086835 Sidelink Inter-UE Coordination Information Transmissions Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18037773 METHODS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18681375 APPARATUS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18579407 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK BEAM SWEEP ENABLED DIRECTIONAL REPEATER Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18693661 RESOURCE RESELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18294156 NETWORK NODE, USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18693639 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF INDICATING STATES OF AVAILABILITY OF TRS RESOURCES Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18569763 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SLOT FORMATS OF UPLINK AND DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18575827 ENHANCED ACTIVATION OF PRE-CONFIGURED MEASUREMENT GAPS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA INTEL CORPORATION
18628610 SYSTEM INFORMATION INDICATION OF PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL ADAPTATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18626093 BACKHAUL SIGNALING TO SUPPORT NETWORK ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18294136 Attention (AT) Command For Managing Data Measurement Reporting Non-Final OA Qualcomm Incorporated
18425246 LAYER-TWO ENHANCEMENTS FOR PDU SETS WITH DIFFERENT IMPORTANCE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18424959 METHOD FOR EXTENDED DRX Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18696098 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18520197 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATED DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE DATA CHANNELS OVER PHYSICAL MEDIUM Final Rejection Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18381877 COMMUNICATION SCHEDULING IN A NETWORK BASED ON LINK QUALITY Final Rejection Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18693566 SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING (SPS) TRANSMISSION INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO MULTI-BROADCAST SCHEDULING (MBS) Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Moblie Software Co., Ltd.

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