Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SLOMS, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2476

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.9%
Allow Rate
+9.9% vs TC avg
621
Total Applications
+9.9%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 586 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.7%
§102 Novelty
54.9%
§103 Obviousness
18.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18121142 Resource Selection Triggering Condition for Sidelink Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18255627 EXPOSURE FRAMEWORK FOR CLOCK RESILIENCE Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18809076 MOBILE MESH NETWORK PROVISIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Lyft, Inc.
18303030 ROUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17593728 UE Provisioning and Charging for Sidelink Group Communication Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18431236 APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18431288 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18161749 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18551724 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MULTI-HOP TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK, METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MULTI-HOP TRANSMISSION, CORRESPONDING DEVICES, RELAY NODE, COMMUNICATION NODE, SOURCE NODE, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Final Rejection ORANGE
18551042 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MULTI-HOP TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK, METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MULTI-HOP TRANSMISSION, CORRESPONDING DEVICES, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Final Rejection ORANGE
18431157 DYNAMIC INDICATION TO SKIP CHANNEL RECEPTION OR TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18448114 SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18365905 SYNCHRONIZING A POLICY CONTROL FUNCTION WITH A USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18408975 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HANDOVER FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY WIRELESS DEVICES Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18389326 INTER RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS AND MILLIMETER WAVE ADDITION Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18694837 REQUESTING QOE MEASUREMENT REPORT SIZE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18291445 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18383481 COMPUTING SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSPORT SYSTEM Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18561530 WIFI ACCESS METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18357298 RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18408881 RELIABLE FRAME TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR MULTI-LINK DEVICE Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18392598 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A NETWORK TEST ENVIRONMENT WITH MISMATCH MEDIATION FUNCTIONALITY Non-Final OA Keysight Technologies, Inc.
18617884 MULTI-NODE SERVER NETWORK SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASRock Rack Incorporation
18238188 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH LONG-RANGE, INFRASTRUCTURE-FREE NETWORKING CAPABILITY Non-Final OA Lynq Technologies, Inc.
17851202 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SYNCHRONIZE RADIO DEVICE CLUSTERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Red Point Positioning Corporation

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