Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2464

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.8%
Allow Rate
+15.8% vs TC avg
330
Total Applications
+15.5%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 317 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
47.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17667466 METHOD AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO LOCALIZED SERVICES (PALS) Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19076056 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18003954 HANDLING OF CSI-RS MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18271365 Methods and Devices for Sidelink Configuration and Operation Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18078071 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD USING FREQUENCY RANGE CONFIGURED BY NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18061236 RESOURCE OBTAINING METHOD, RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Final Rejection Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
18171876 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN NEW RADIO (NR) INACTIVE STATE Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18058692 CHANNEL ESTIMATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18019483 MBS DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NETWORK SIDE APPARATUS AND DEVICE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17925467 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONFIGURATION OF SEARCH SPACE SET, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

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