Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2477 2619

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.4%
Allow Rate
+7.4% vs TC avg
748
Total Applications
+19.1%
Interview Lift
1296
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 689 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
59.8%
§103 Obviousness
7.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18859509 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18849914 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18557885 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19000969 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PSA-UPF RELOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18754335 OPERATING METHODS OF BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR JOINT DECODING OF INTERFERENCE UPLINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
18348266 MOBILITY CLASSIFICATION AND CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION PREDICTION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18830130 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SLEEPY FUNCTIONALITY IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18793454 Sidelink Control Information (SCI) Signaling and Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) Methods for Sidelink Unlicensed (SL-U) Channel Occupancy Time (COT) Sharing and Resuming Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18339764 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SLEEPY FUNCTIONALITY IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17440014 DELAY AND INTERRUPTION CONFIGURATIONS FOR BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18117261 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE BEAMS COLLISION HANDLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection ASUSTek Computer Inc.
17311984 Selecting a Wireless Network Connection Non-Final OA Google LLC
18679304 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18699122 NETWORK-ASSISTED SIDELINK COMMUNICATION OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18455559 UE SUGGESTED UPLINK RESOURCE ALLOCATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18261975 TRANSMISSION OF CANCELLED UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18245710 UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MAPPING FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION SWITCHING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18069140 VARIABLE UPLINK GRANT CONFIGURATIONS FOR HIGH POWER CLASS DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17662831 INTER USER EQUIPMENT COORDINATION FOR RESOURCE POOLS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17650504 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR C-V2X SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18549316 ENHANCED INTRA-USER EQUIPMENT PRIORITIZATION FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
18193340 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A DATA FIELD OF A PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) OVER A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL BANDWIDTH (BW) SEGMENTS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17986795 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING QoS CHANGE, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18850208 METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18853593 TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17420847 USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18553930 ENHANCEMENTS FOR TCI ACTIVATION AND APPLICATION IN COMMON TCI OPERATION Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18906563 Spatial Mapping Coordination for Multi-Access Point Communication Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17776837 APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
17146917 FLEXIBLE DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS CONSIDERING CONFIGURED GRANT TIMERS Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

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