Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2471 4100

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.9%
Allow Rate
+28.9% vs TC avg
98
Total Applications
+14.6%
Interview Lift
1147
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 54 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
32.2%
§102 Novelty
64.4%
§103 Obviousness
0.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17756432 CONTROL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONNECTION METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18773383 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MULTI-USER SCHEDULING WITH BEAM SQUINTING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18318509 CONNECTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17855237 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17726985 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18749037 METHODS AND DEVICES SHARING AIML PROFILES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18798453 CONFIGURED GRANT (CG) TRANSMISSION USING NON-CONTIGUOUS SUB-BANDS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18418049 CODE BLOCK BUNDLE-BASED INTERLEAVING FOR FREQUENCY DIVERSITY Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18506844 INSTANTANEOUS UE SI MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18244871 CHANNEL CALCULATIONS BASED ON CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) AND SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18184464 USER EQUIPMENT OPERATION IN MOBILITY SCENARIOS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18069947 MULTI-SLOT SIDELINK SLOT FORMAT AND SCHEDULING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17998414 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS AND CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH JOINT SENSING AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18530285 Multi-Station Block Acknowledgment Frame with Padding Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18578599 INTERWORKING BETWEEN LAYER 3 (L3) HANDOVER AND LAYER 1 (L1)/LAYER 2 (L2) CENTRIC INTER-CELL CHANGE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18780070 METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18060443 BEAM STATE UPDATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18553097 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
17623851 SCHEDULING VIRTUAL USERS BASED ON CURVE FITTING Non-Final OA MICRO FOCUS LLC
18388892 TRANSMISSION METHODS OF SL OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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