Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2477 2619

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.3%
Allow Rate
+7.3% vs TC avg
736
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
1346
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 677 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
22.6%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18553930 ENHANCEMENTS FOR TCI ACTIVATION AND APPLICATION IN COMMON TCI OPERATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18686471 SL DRX RECONFIGURATION FOR SL GROUPCAST BASED ON CONGESTION CONTROL Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18003725 USER EQUIPMENT OPERATION DURING AN INACTIVE STATE Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18374442 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18557885 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18559187 REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17599051 User Equipment, Radio Network Node and Methods Performed Therein for Handling Communication Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18333666 Techniques for coexistence of multiple radio access technologies Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17441969 PRIORITIZING TRANSMISSIONS BY USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection APPLE INC.
17440014 DELAY AND INTERRUPTION CONFIGURATIONS FOR BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17986795 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING QoS CHANGE, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18560328 ENHANCED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) OPERATION FOR FIFTH-GENERATION (5G) SYSTEMS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18549316 ENHANCED INTRA-USER EQUIPMENT PRIORITIZATION FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
18455559 UE SUGGESTED UPLINK RESOURCE ALLOCATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18547490 TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPLEXING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17598329 PREAMBLE TO DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL MAPPING FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES Final Rejection Qualcomm Incorporated
17179290 TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGES BASED ON BEAM REFINING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18002142 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17755259 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18493641 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE UPLINK BAND POWER OUTPUT FROM EARTH STATION UPLINK ANTENNAS Non-Final OA DISH Network L.L.C.
18294409 UPLINK COORDINATED TRP DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18459704 COMMUNICATION METHOD, AERIAL VEHICLE, AND USER DEVICE Final Rejection SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18595807 QUALITY OF SERVICE CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER DETERMINING METHOD, DATA SENDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18367693 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STATUS OF SCG, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18475350 CELL SWITCHING METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18172314 USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING ROUTING IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE NETWORK Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
18299498 PRECODER AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR RATE-SPLITTING MULTIPLE ACCESS IN OVERLOADED NETWORKS Non-Final OA VIAVI SOLUTIONS Inc.
18117261 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE BEAMS COLLISION HANDLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASUSTek Computer Inc.
18199806 Systems and Methods for Enabling Non-3GPP Devices Without 3GPP Signaling Capability to Communicate on 3GPP-based Communications Networks Final Rejection MITRE Corporation
18378884 RAN APPLICATION FOR INTERFERENCE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA VMware, Inc.

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month