Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2471

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.2%
Allow Rate
+32.2% vs TC avg
92
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
1162
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 41 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
33.4%
§102 Novelty
63.0%
§103 Obviousness
0.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18159565 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW-LATENCY TRAFFIC IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18578599 INTERWORKING BETWEEN LAYER 3 (L3) HANDOVER AND LAYER 1 (L1)/LAYER 2 (L2) CENTRIC INTER-CELL CHANGE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17954765 REDUCING CONTENTION BY IMPROVING THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGET OF A RESPONSE SIGNAL Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18259329 RANDOM ACCESS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18318509 CONNECTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18302072 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17855237 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18417949 INTERWORKING SYSTEM AND OPERATION IN V2X APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Malikie Innovations Limited
18418049 CODE BLOCK BUNDLE-BASED INTERLEAVING FOR FREQUENCY DIVERSITY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18506844 INSTANTANEOUS UE SI MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17922949 SIGNALING OF PARAMETERS FOR A COMMUNICATION SCHEDULE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18436618 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
17951770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UE REPORTING TO FACILITATE HANDOVER Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18530410 Detection of an Electric Vehicle Via a Two-Line Bus Termination Non-Final OA ABB E-mobility B.V.
18020179 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONTROL CHANNEL ELEMENT (CCE) INDEX AND RELATED PRODUCTS Non-Final OA SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
18246696 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RADIO COVERAGE OF A USER IN A NETWORK Non-Final OA Radisys India Private Limited

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