Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SLOMS, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2476

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.3%
Allow Rate
+10.3% vs TC avg
633
Total Applications
+10.6%
Interview Lift
1253
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 600 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
64.4%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18357298 RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18303030 ROUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18743813 SPLIT RENDERING FOR LAYER 3 MULTIPATH RELAY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18715575 TECHNIQUES FOR RETRANSMITTING FEEDBACK IN SIDELINK WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18675899 CONDITIONAL HANDOVER EXECUTION CONDITION INDICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18658184 FIDELITY INDICATIONS FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Qualcomm Incorporated
18658104 RADIO ACCESS NETWORK TECHNIQUES FOR MULTI-MODAL SERVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18657758 SIGNALING FRAMEWORK FOR UNASSOCIATED ACCESS POINT COORDINATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18443044 TEMPORARY CHANGE TO THE BANDWIDTH OF A DIRECT CURRENT NOTCH FILTER OF A DIRECT CURRENT ESTIMATOR OF AN APPARATUS HAVING A DOWNLINK PIPE UTILIZED IN A MULTI-SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE MODE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18431157 DYNAMIC INDICATION TO SKIP CHANNEL RECEPTION OR TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18448114 SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK COMMUNICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18365905 SYNCHRONIZING A POLICY CONTROL FUNCTION WITH A USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18121142 Resource Selection Triggering Condition for Sidelink Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18809076 MOBILE MESH NETWORK PROVISIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Lyft, Inc.
18694763 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR POWER SAVING Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18694837 REQUESTING QOE MEASUREMENT REPORT SIZE Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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 Non-Final OA ORANGE
18291445 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18161749 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18383481 COMPUTING SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSPORT SYSTEM Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18540965 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT REPORT Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18408975 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HANDOVER FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY WIRELESS DEVICES Final Rejection T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18389326 INTER RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS AND MILLIMETER WAVE ADDITION Final Rejection T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18833320 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18423412 RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN SUBBAND FULL-DUPLEXING Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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