Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ROBERTS, BRIAN S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2466 2469 2619

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Brian S. Roberts is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2419. He has 749 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 85.0 percent. The interview lift is 3.4 percent, which is quite low. This suggests that interviews have a minimal impact on the already high 85.0 percent probability of allowance. The median days to allowance is 987.

With 749 resolved cases, the 85.0 percent allowance rate is a highly reliable and favorable metric. The 987 median days suggest an efficient path to patent grant. Practitioners should find this a very favorable environment for prosecution. The 749 resolved cases make these statistics highly reliable. The 85.0 percent allowance rate is a key highlight for applicants in this art unit.

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

Performance Statistics

85.0%
Allow Rate
+23.0% vs TC avg
757
Total Applications
+3.4%
Interview Lift
987
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 749 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
31.8%
§103 Obviousness
33.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18930375 1X LTF SEQUENCE FOR 320 MHZ Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18837383 Multi-Slot PDCCH Monitoring With Multiple Cells Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18902301 RADIO FRAME SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RADIO FRAME RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18559325 EARLY DATA COMMUNICATION WITH CONFIGURED RESOURCES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18695373 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18921668 TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING RESOURCES FOR SIDELINK CO-CHANNEL CO-EXISTENCE WITH MIXED NUMEROLOGIES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18951855 METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18260116 RELAYING INFORMATION USING ONE OR MORE RELAYS Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18949482 RACH REPORT WITH BEAM SELECTION INFORMATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18865546 DIRECTIONAL D2D COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18804564 RANDOM-ACCESS RESPONSE WITH ANALOG BEAMFORMING Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
18729790 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING QOS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK 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)
18835822 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE CELLS Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18356600 PATH SWITCHING METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18823779 SIMPLE MESH NETWORK FOR WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

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