Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMARTH, GERALD A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2146 2446 2478

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.6%
Allow Rate
+25.6% vs TC avg
796
Total Applications
+13.0%
Interview Lift
1109
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 768 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
59.4%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18621528 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING QOE IN RRC INACTIVE MODE AND RRC IDLE MODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18540139 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING RESOURCE CAPABILITY OF USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17995846 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATED NETWORK SLICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17825555 METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR COMMUNICATION IN A HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18292497 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK NODE Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18264209 Mesh Network Range Extension and Reliability Enhancement Through Lower Order MIMO Spatial Streams Final Rejection Google LLC
18000813 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-LINK TRAFFIC INDICATION MAP Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18440214 MIB MODIFICATION PERIOD Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18540299 Reference Signal Reception Using Reference Cells Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18076462 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
18434912 Physical Downlink Control Channel Reception and Transmission Method, Terminal, and Network-Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18374806 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18351027 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND UE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18681999 METHOD FOR MULTI-MODAL SERVICE-BASED CELL HANDOVER AND RELATED DEVICES Non-Final OA SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
18551911 CELL HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION DEVICE Non-Final OA SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

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