Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2419

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-33.0% vs TC avg
60
Total Applications
-33.3%
Interview Lift
1023
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 4 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.2%
§102 Novelty
57.3%
§103 Obviousness
21.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18292136 NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18577886 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FULL-DUPLEX WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18304140 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18374181 Sidelink Transmissions on Shared Spectrum Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18274464 MILLIMETER WAVE MODULE CIRCUIT AND TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Honor Device Co., Ltd.
17945595 System and Method for Connecting to a Target Access Point Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18647383 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR DOWNLINK HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) OPERATIONS WITH NETWORK CODING Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18645584 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURED GRANT UPLINK HARQ OPERATION WITH NETWORK CODING Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18398803 SENDING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD FOR BLUETOOTH BROADCASTING, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
17989459 RADIO FREQUENCY PA MID DEVICE, RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18577982 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REQUESTING FEEDBACK ON PARTIAL BAND IN 20MHZ UNIT IN 320MHZ NDPA FRAME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18227823 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE RESOURCE UNDER HALF DUPLEX IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection ASUS Technology Licensing Inc.
18599555 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18309454 Communication Method and Communication Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18261305 Resource Allocation for Transport Block Transmission Over Multiple Slots Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18129672 JOINT CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18647715 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18490049 SUPPORT OF PARTIAL MIGRATION OF A MOBILE NODE Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18282714 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18650051 COORDINATED MECHANISM OF ACCESS POINTS WITH DIFFERENT PRIMARY CHANNELS Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18603398 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18303324 HANDLING USER PLANE DATA IN A RELAYING SCENARIO Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18178984 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A SENSOR NETWORK Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.
18290946 DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18255211 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVER TEST, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18234411 Bluetooth audio playback apparatus and Bluetooth communication method thereof having audio source scanning mechanism Final Rejection REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
18550796 RESOURCE MAPPING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (UCI) Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18281546 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AND DETERMINING DOWNLINK SCHEDULING INFORMATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18165892 HANDLING HARQ FEEDBACK IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18013251 NETWORK UNIT, MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD Non-Final OA GS Yuasa International Ltd.

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