Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SCHLACK, SCOTT A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2418 2461 2475 2617

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-12.0% vs TC avg
96
Total Applications
+33.7%
Interview Lift
1305
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 66 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
65.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18792487 PARTIAL TWT COORDINATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18718379 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING QOS CONFIGURATION CONTROL FOR SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17728435 BASE STATION SUPPORTING DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARING BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics 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 Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18836635 MANAGING RADIO CONFIGURATIONS FOR A USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Google LLC
18388744 RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18467785 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18728542 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR WAVEFORM DESIGNS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SENSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18285760 TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING VOICE OVER SERVICE FALLBACK Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17644198 SELECTIVE MANUAL PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK SCANNING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18685708 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17624726 TERMINAL Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17910912 BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
17925859 METHODS FOR SUPPORTING END TO END QOS Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18736024 Wireless Communications And Power Configurations Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18689110 A Radio Transmitter with a Neural Network, and Related Methods and Computer Programs Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
17426239 Method for Reliable Transmission of Early Mobile-Terminated Data Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18837686 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMMUNICATING SYSTEM INFORMATION, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18728547 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18549784 TRANSFER METHOD FOR NETWORK ANALYTICS AND TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR NETWORK ANALYTICS Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18247070 BWP CONFIGURATION METHOD, DEVICE, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17918998 SCHEDULING METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17144951 RADIO LINK DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA 1FINITY Inc.

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