Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ROBERTS, BRIAN S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2466 2619

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.1%
Allow Rate
+23.1% vs TC avg
755
Total Applications
+3.2%
Interview Lift
988
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 746 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.0%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
32.3%
§103 Obviousness
33.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18797134 DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING FOR UL COEXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE SERVICE TYPES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18559325 EARLY DATA COMMUNICATION WITH CONFIGURED RESOURCES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18902301 RADIO FRAME SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RADIO FRAME RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18789022 CORE NETWORK NODE, UE, ACCESS NETWORK NODE AND CONTROLLING METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18260116 RELAYING INFORMATION USING ONE OR MORE RELAYS Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18695373 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18682334 RADIO NODE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18835822 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE CELLS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18634513 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMON DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN SINGLE CARRIER WITH FREQUENCY DOMAIN EQUALIZATION Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18804564 RANDOM-ACCESS RESPONSE WITH ANALOG BEAMFORMING Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
18687977 5G and Cloud Action Coordination for Continuous End-to-End Communication Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18823779 SIMPLE MESH NETWORK FOR WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18199648 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS BROADBAND USING A LOCAL MESH NETWORK Final Rejection Gigaband IP, LLC

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