Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, JOSHUA Y

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2477 2619

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.6%
Allow Rate
+6.6% vs TC avg
542
Total Applications
+25.5%
Interview Lift
1467
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 491 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
64.4%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18398497 MULTI-MODAL ON-FIELD POSITION DETERMINATION Final Rejection Nike, Inc.
18568579 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SL DRX OPERATION IN NR V2X Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18832732 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SLICE BASED CELL RESELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18691263 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CELL GROUP ACTIVATION OR DEACTIVATION IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18540587 MASTER NODE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18697118 FIRST AND SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
17956808 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18743284 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18541065 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18780210 IDENTIFYING NULLING WIRELESS NODES FOR DISTRIBUTED MIMO COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS NODE CLUSTER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18620218 DOWNLINK CONTROL INDICATOR (DCI) MONITORING AND SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING (SPS) RECEPTION WITH LIMITED CAPABILITY DEVICES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18596583 Covert Communication State for Unauthorized Device Shutdowns Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18686340 METHODS OF TRANSITION OF BEARERS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17995534 RADIO LINK CONTROL LAYER FEEDBACK REPORTING FOR RATELESS CODES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17866331 UPLINK TRANSMISSION CANCELLATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18832399 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK DETERMINATION FOR TRANSPORT BLOCK REPETITION ON MULTIPLE CARRIERS Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
17162560 Wireless Resource Exclusion Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18290739 DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK HANDOVER Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18040290 CONTROL CHANNEL REPETITION WITH MAPPING SCHEME Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18586368 Coordinated Peer-to-Peer Transmission Opportunities Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18227963 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLISION-FREE JOINING OF WIRELESS INPUT/OUTPUT (IO) DEVICES TO A WIRELESS IO DEVICE NETWORK Final Rejection Dell Products, LP

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