Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SMARTH, GERALD A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2146 2446 2478

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.4%
Allow Rate
+25.4% vs TC avg
803
Total Applications
+12.7%
Interview Lift
1081
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 781 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
61.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18856504 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK SIGNAL Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18725230 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING FREQUENCY RESOURCE FOR MULTICARRIER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18785751 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLACING NETWORK SLICE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18621528 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING QOE IN RRC INACTIVE MODE AND RRC IDLE MODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18745658 MANAGEMENT OF SIDELINK COMMUNICATION USING THE UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18000813 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-LINK TRAFFIC INDICATION MAP Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18351027 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND UE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18832842 DYNAMIC TRANSFORM PRECODING INDICATION FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL AND/OR MSG3 TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18848988 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18292497 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK NODE Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18845986 PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION WITH 8 ANTENNA PORTS Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18664252 SELECTING SUBSETS OF WIRELESS DEVICES Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
18844304 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INFORMING A USER EQUIPMENT APPARATUS OF AN UPDATE IN AN AERIAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEM SERVICES Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Limited
18840434 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18540299 Reference Signal Reception Using Reference Cells Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18206462 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WLAN MULTI-LINK MANAGEMENT FRAME ADDRESSING Final Rejection Nokia Technologies OY
18828192 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18664340 Accelerated time synchronization follower Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.

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