Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: THOMAS, WILFRED

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Wilfred Thomas operates in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2416. The examiner has handled 283 resolved cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 77.0%. The median days to allowance is 1154, which indicates the prosecution timeline. Applicants should prepare for a process that follows this 1154-day duration.

The interview lift is 29.4%. This suggests that interviews are effective at moving cases toward a grant from the 77.0% baseline. For practitioners, the 29.4% lift indicates that the examiner is receptive to verbal arguments. Given the 1154-day median pendency, an interview is a tool for resolving rejections. With 283 resolved cases, these metrics offer a strategy to prioritize direct communication to improve the chances of success in Art Unit 2416. The 77.0% allowance rate serves as the primary benchmark for applicants.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

77.0%
Allow Rate
+19.0% vs TC avg
320
Total Applications
+29.4%
Interview Lift
1154
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 283 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
73.8%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18693007 SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION METHOD AND DEVICE Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18294070 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18579102 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
17799141 SIGNALING AND TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIPLEXING BETWEEN HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKS WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18692988 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS DURING A SMALL DATA TRANSFER SESSION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18422355 SIGNALING OF TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18579220 CARRIER SELECTION FOR DOWNLINK RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18248501 SELF-INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENTS FOR SINGLE FREQUENCY FULL DUPLEX (SFFD) COMMUNICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17849060 ENABLING MULTI-CLUSTER TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18355338 MECHANISM TO HANDLE TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY TERMINATION IN NON-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18028465 DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION INDICATING TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR STATES Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18019583 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY BASED ON A PRIORITY Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18802271 POWER HEADROOM CONTROL ELEMENT, METHOD OF COMMUNICATING POWER INFORMATION FROM A USER EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIVED POWER INFORMATION AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18261445 SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL SUBBAND-LEVEL SOUNDING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
17633323 PUSCH DMRS DESIGN IN 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18778866 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND DATA CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
18869267 METHOD FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SPECTRUM SHARING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18948171 UPSAMPLING OF NETWORK TRAFFIC TRACES Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18916206 BEAM INDICATION FOR 5G NEW RADIO Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18692931 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DATA SCHEDULING Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18780890 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FREQUENCY HOPPING OF CHANNEL, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18579185 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18463275 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL PATTERN FOR SIDELINK IN UNLICENSED BANDS (SL-U) Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18284626 SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18194404 SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection QUANTEFI CORPORATION

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