Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Raul Rivas, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as RIVAS, RAUL

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2471 4100

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

RIVAS, RAUL is assigned to tech center 4100 and art unit 2471. The profile covers 486 resolved cases and shows an allowance rate of 83.7%. The median days to allowance is 997, providing a prosecution-timing reference for matters handled in this docket.

Interview lift is 9.1%, so the allowance record is more prominent than the interview-related effect in the available data. The principal companies are Qualcomm Incorporated, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. The listed firms are Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P., Bayes PLLC, and COATS & BENNETT, PLLC. Counsel can use the substantial case volume to treat these figures as a meaningful record while still tailoring strategy to the specific application.

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

Performance Statistics

83.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
536
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
997
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 486 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.8%
§102 Novelty
64.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18851790 UE POLICIES PROVISIONING IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18715790 Minimization of Drive Test Configuration in User Equipment Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18559221 SCHEDULING CELL EDGE USERS TO AVOID CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18037900 Data Collection by Considering UE Interaction Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18252466 MULTI-LINK MEASUREMENT REPORTING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17924474 SUBSCRIPTION BASED SERVICE RESTRICTION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18717161 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SENSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SL DRX IN NR V2X Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18425349 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY NODE RECOVERY IN NON-STANDALONE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18382229 Multiple Layer Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) Transmission That Uses More Than One Codeword Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18905458 TIME FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION–BASED POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18679736 TRANSMISSION INDICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18294936 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR ALLOCATING ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL OPERATING WINDOWS FOR A SIDELINK SIGNAL Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18441527 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK-BASED INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18332482 CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVALS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18331537 CONDITIONAL MEASUREMENT GAPS FOR DELAY CRITICAL TRAFFIC Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18308574 EVENT-BASED REPORTING OF BEAM-RELATED PREDICTION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18002597 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR RECIPROCAL CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17997689 INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT OF SENSING SIGNALS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
17890175 SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY SAVING AND OVERHEAD REDUCTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18905536 TECHNIQUES FOR INDICATING ON-DEMAND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK PARAMETERS Non-Final OA Lenovo (United States) Inc.
18927085 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING RESOURCES, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18504243 SDT FAILURE REPORTING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18491631 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18294962 EARLY MEASUREMENT REPORTING DURING SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18571016 ENHANCING SPLIT BEARER DATA TRANSFER Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18915558 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR APPLYING DYNAMIC CODEBOOK FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18016326 CSI MEASUREMENT REPORTING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Raul Rivas's allowance rate?

83.7% of resolved applications examined by Raul Rivas were allowed (486 resolved cases), compared with 77.9% across Art Unit 2471 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Raul Rivas?

This examiner's interview lift is +9.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Raul Rivas take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Raul Rivas took 997 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Raul Rivas work in?

Raul Rivas examines applications in Art Unit 2471 in Tech Center 4100.

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