Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2467 2476 2616 2619

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Robert C. Scheibel serves in Art Unit 2419 of Tech Center 2600. His profile shows 814 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 80.7 percent. This 80.7 percent rate is significantly higher than the 15.0 percent interview lift. The median days to allowance is 1004, which is the primary time metric for successful applications. This 1004 day figure provides a clear expectation for pendency in Art Unit 2419.

The 15.0 percent interview lift indicates that direct communication can further enhance the 80.7 percent baseline. With 814 cases resolved, the examiner demonstrates a consistent pattern of granting patents. Practitioners should use the 1004 day median to plan their prosecution strategy. The 814 case volume in Tech Center 2600 indicates that these metrics are statistically robust. Direct engagement may be used to resolve specific issues and maintain the high 80.7 percent success rate. This examiner offers a predictable path to issuance.

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

Performance Statistics

80.7%
Allow Rate
+18.7% vs TC avg
843
Total Applications
+15.0%
Interview Lift
1004
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 814 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
16.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18853886 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND PROCESSING DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR RECEIVING UPLINK SIGNAL Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18823537 METHOD OF RECEIVING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND THE CORRESPONDING EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18815240 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPETITIVE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF UPLINK DATA FOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18797091 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEAM HANDLING WHEN GNB SWITCHES BETWEEN ANTENNA/PANEL CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18649833 SIDELINK POWER CONTROL WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18595245 BASE STATION SUPPORTING SELF-CONFIGURATION AND SELF-OPTIMIZATION AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18472476 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY SAVINGS OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18451453 METHOD OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18793302 DATA TRANSFER WITHIN CONNECTED MEASUREMENTS RADIO GAPS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18625521 PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL ANTENNA PORTS INDICATION ENHANCEMENT FOR DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL TYPE 2 WITH FREQUENCY DOMAIN ORTHOGONAL COVER CODE LENGTH FOUR Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18890534 TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND SCHEDULING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18809589 SPATIAL REUSE METHOD AND FIRST DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18886946 UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MULTIPLEXING ON PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNELS IN NEW RADIO Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18606954 MODEM CLOCK FREQUENCY ADAPTATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18606951 SYMBOL-LEVEL BASED LOG LIKELIHOOD RATIO (LLR) COMPANDING AND DECOMPANDING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18606933 TECHNIQUES FOR RADIO LINK CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGMENT MODE RETRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18552883 EXTENDED DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION DIFFERENTIATION FOR NEW RADIO (NR) Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18839978 TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18761513 Ambient-IoT Locating and Calibration Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18556223 WI-FI LINK SLEEP AND WAKE-UP METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies OY
18447873 ENERGY HARVESTING AWARE USER EQUIPMENT POWER STATE TRANSITION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies OY
18106951 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING SENSING WINDOW, AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18592370 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, FIRST DEVICE, AND SECOND DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18888870 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTER-DONOR MIGRATION AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18937844 PRE-ASSOCIATIVE QUALITY-OF-EXPERIENCE ADVERTISING Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18898417 DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES AT USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18915400 Packet Transmission with Implicit Loss Indication (ILI) Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18041169 MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
17241052 QCI Based Traffic-Offload of PDN Traffic at Trusted Wifi Access Gateway Final Rejection Parallel Wireless, Inc.
18283920 SETTING AND/OR DETECTING INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION OF O-RU IN O-RAN Final Rejection RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.

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