Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: SANDHU, NEVENA ZECEVIC

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2474

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nevena Zecevic Sandhu serves as an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2474. The examiner has handled 204 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 74.0 percent. This 74.0 percent rate provides a metric for practitioners to assess the likelihood of obtaining a patent grant under this examiner's review.

The data indicates an interview lift of 6.5 percent. This 6.5 percent lift suggests that conducting an interview can provide a benefit to the prosecution outcome. The median days to allowance is 1045. This 1045-day figure helps practitioners estimate the duration of the prosecution process in Art Unit 2474. The 204 resolved cases represent a significant volume of work within Tech Center 2400.

Practitioners can use the 1045 median days to allowance to manage their dockets and client expectations. The 74.0 percent allowance rate is a key factor in evaluating the examination landscape. Additionally, the 6.5 percent interview lift offers a data point for assessing the impact of direct communication with the examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

74.0%
Allow Rate
+16.0% vs TC avg
233
Total Applications
+6.5%
Interview Lift
1045
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 204 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.7%
§102 Novelty
68.8%
§103 Obviousness
15.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18019078 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSMITTING PUSCH, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR RECEIVING PUSCH Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17918226 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING TRANSMISSION RESOURCE IN NR V2X Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18015237 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING SIDELINK CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17786304 CROSS-DIVISION DUPLEX SIGNALING Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18285078 METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18505984 SCENARIO-SPECIFIC CODEBOOK LEARNING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18296129 GUARD PERIODS OR GAPS BETWEEN SYMBOLS OR SLOTS OR WITHIN A SLOT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18270662 EFFICIENT USAGE OF TIME RESOURCE BLOCKS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNALS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18860702 A METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE-STATION Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18932577 TECHNIQUE FOR USER PLANE TRAFFIC QUALITY ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18692755 RELIABILITY OF REPORTED PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18285486 TRANSMISSION OF A NEW RADIO DOWNLINK DATA CHANNEL AND CONFIGURATION OF LTE-CRS RATE MATCHING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18848799 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17909857 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18798257 REPETITION OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18712996 RESOURCE BLOCK PATTERN FOR PUNCTURED PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17887081 EVENT INJECTION FOR ANALYSIS OF HARDWARE NETWORK STACK BEHAVIOR Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18967640 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SENSING RESULT INFORMATION AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18653578 RESOURCE DETERMINING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
17587892 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MOBILITY CONTROL Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18405972 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION BASED ON PHYSICAL SIDELINK SHARED CHANNEL Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18897286 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Soenghun KIM

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