Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
799
Total Applications
+12.6%
Interview Lift
1081
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 775 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
83.8%
§103 Obviousness
2.7%
§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.
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
18256043 IMPROVEMENT IN NETWORK CODING FOR HANDOVER Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
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 Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18406107 Auction-Based Resource Allocation in Communication Systems Non-Final OA Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
18076462 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection 1FINITY Inc.
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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