Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, JOSHUA Y

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2477 2619

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.9%
Allow Rate
+6.9% vs TC avg
534
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1562
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 479 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
65.1%
§103 Obviousness
10.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18691263 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CELL GROUP ACTIVATION OR DEACTIVATION IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18398497 MULTI-MODAL ON-FIELD POSITION DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Nike, Inc.
17844118 BEACON-ENABLED COMMUNICATIONS FOR VARIABLE PAYLOAD TRANSFERS Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18290739 DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK HANDOVER Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18252614 DETERMINING THE RESOURCE ELEMENTS FOR TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZE DETERMINATION FOR A TRANSPORT BLOCK SPANNING MULTIPLE SLOTS Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18040290 CONTROL CHANNEL REPETITION WITH MAPPING SCHEME Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17797411 METHOD FOR BEING ALLOCATED, BY UE, RESOURCE RELATED TO FULL-DUPLEX RADIO IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18686408 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REGULATORY-AWARE ACCESS TO NETWORK RESOURCES OVER SATELLITES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18546364 REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17911151 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAMLESS RESET FOR SEAMLESS REDUNDANCY OF TSN/DETNET Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17730806 CIF-Value to Component Carrier Mapping Reconfiguration Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18430102 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18541065 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18030986 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18540587 MASTER NODE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17916991 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND BASE STATION Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18402826 MULTI-SITE MIMO COOPERATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS Non-Final OA Malikie Innovations Limited
17957001 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASED ON A NETWORK CODING (NC) SCHEME Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
18620218 DOWNLINK CONTROL INDICATOR (DCI) MONITORING AND SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING (SPS) RECEPTION WITH LIMITED CAPABILITY DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18686340 METHODS OF TRANSITION OF BEARERS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18546579 TRANSMIT CHAIN SWITCHING PREPARATION TIME FOR UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18162358 TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED CONTROL RESOURCE SET CONFIGURATIONS FOR FULL-DUPLEX OPERATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18057432 CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE GROUPING AND SPATIAL RELATION CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17995534 RADIO LINK CONTROL LAYER FEEDBACK REPORTING FOR RATELESS CODES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17162560 Wireless Resource Exclusion Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18586368 Coordinated Peer-to-Peer Transmission Opportunities Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17732669 Enhancements On Thermal Throttling Design For A Multi-Radio Transmitter Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
17870741 METHOD OF PRIOR CHANNEL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
17568734 UCI TRANSMISSION METHOD, UCI RECEIVING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD
18261921 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

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