Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHLACK, SCOTT A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2418 2461 2475 2617

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.2%
Allow Rate
-17.8% vs TC avg
89
Total Applications
+34.8%
Interview Lift
1407
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 52 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.7%
§102 Novelty
65.8%
§103 Obviousness
16.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18461219 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE/NR SL CO-EXISTENCE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17728435 BASE STATION SUPPORTING DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARING BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17630036 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17470476 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PDCCH MONITORING FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18684186 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18473032 EVENT-TRIGGERED EARLY MEASUREMENT REPORT REPORTING Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
17396132 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
17426239 Method for Reliable Transmission of Early Mobile-Terminated Data Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18388744 RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17733246 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17593835 Systems and Methods for Handling Collisions between Aperiodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (AP-CSI-RS) and Periodic Reference Signal (RS) Measurements Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18285760 TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING VOICE OVER SERVICE FALLBACK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18169196 TRANSMISSION OCCASION SKIPPING WITH OVERLAPPING RESOURCES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17644198 SELECTIVE MANUAL PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK SCANNING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18685708 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17624726 TERMINAL Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18552848 DATA AMOUNT DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND THRESHOLD CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
17910912 BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18689110 A Radio Transmitter with a Neural Network, and Related Methods and Computer Programs Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18547446 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR SON PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18247070 BWP CONFIGURATION METHOD, DEVICE, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND TERMINAL Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17918998 SCHEDULING METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17945117 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Apogee Networks, LLC

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