Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Charles Terrell Shedrick, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2642 2646

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2617. The profile covers 1026 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 77.9% and a median of 983 days to allowance. The interview lift is 9.3%, indicating a positive association between interviews and allowance in the reported cases.

The leading companies are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Qualcomm Incorporated. Listed firms include Studebaker Brackett PLLC, WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C., and FBT Gibbons LLP. Counsel can use the extensive resolution record to inform prosecution expectations, while the timing data supports planning response sequences and the interview result supports considering direct engagement for focused issues.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

77.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
1,067
Total Applications
+9.3%
Interview Lift
983
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1026 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
28.9%
§102 Novelty
49.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19101492 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STOPPING LOCATION REPORTING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18866676 MANAGING UNIT AND METHOD IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18899669 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18885365 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18768469 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TERMINAL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18484087 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AERIAL-ASSISTED FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18318172 DETERMINING IN-COVERAGE OR UNREACHABILITY INFORMATION IN SATELLITE AREA NETWORK Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18674259 EFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION AND DOWNLOAD OF OFFLINE MAPS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18905619 Minimum Deep Learning with Gating Multiplier Non-Final OA Google LLC
18700258 METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A REMOTE WIRELESS DEVICE AND A NETWORK NOCE, RELATED WIRELESS DEVICES AND RELATED NETWORK NODE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
19057717 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18897779 POSITIONING INFORMATION DETERMINING METHOD, POSITIONING METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18640406 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18490226 PRE-PAGING MONITORING FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18469547 SIDELINK POSITIONING AND RANGING OF MOBILE DEVICES WITH LOCATION SERVER ASSISTANCE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18003606 CELL SELECTION TECHNIQUES FOR DUAL-CONNECTIVITY OPERATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18425858 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND CORE NETWORK APPARATUS Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18894675 DISABLING N1 MODE UPON RECEIVING A 5GMM CAUSE VALUE MESSAGE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19017939 POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL PRS MEASUREMENT METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17514448 IMAGE UPSAMPLING USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
18838981 POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18998228 POSITIONING METHOD, TERMINAL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, LMF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Charles Terrell Shedrick's allowance rate?

77.9% of resolved applications examined by Charles Terrell Shedrick were allowed (1,026 resolved cases), compared with 66.3% across Art Unit 2617 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Charles Terrell Shedrick?

This examiner's interview lift is +9.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Charles Terrell Shedrick take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Charles Terrell Shedrick took 983 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Charles Terrell Shedrick work in?

Charles Terrell Shedrick examines applications in Art Unit 2617 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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