Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
536
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1466
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 482 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.6%
§102 Novelty
88.9%
§103 Obviousness
0.5%
§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
18686408 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REGULATORY-AWARE ACCESS TO NETWORK RESOURCES OVER SATELLITES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18567109 METHODS FOR HANDLING A SERVICE FOR A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND NETWORK NODES IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Final Rejection 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)
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.
18430102 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18586368 Coordinated Peer-to-Peer Transmission Opportunities Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18540587 MASTER NODE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18030986 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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
17561743 ULTRA-LOW LATENCY DATA TRANSMISSION IN WLANS Non-Final OA 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
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
17732669 Enhancements On Thermal Throttling Design For A Multi-Radio Transmitter Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
17956808 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17568734 UCI TRANSMISSION METHOD, UCI RECEIVING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD
17870741 METHOD OF PRIOR CHANNEL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18261921 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
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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