Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: THOMAS, WILFRED

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.1%
Allow Rate
+19.1% vs TC avg
316
Total Applications
+29.9%
Interview Lift
1230
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 275 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
17.8%
§102 Novelty
66.8%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17711507 Sidelink Configuration of Wireless Device Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18579102 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18269457 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18294070 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18261445 SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL SUBBAND-LEVEL SOUNDING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
17633323 PUSCH DMRS DESIGN IN 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18692988 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS DURING A SMALL DATA TRANSFER SESSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18579220 CARRIER SELECTION FOR DOWNLINK RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18556035 SELECTION OF DEFAULT PATH LOSS REFERENCE SIGNAL OR DEFAULT SPATIAL RELATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18042594 DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION ASSUMPTIONS FOR A CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE RESOURCE FOR PERIODIC CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK REPORTING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18166232 PHYSICAL LAYER AND MAC LAYER UPLINK CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17849060 ENABLING MULTI-CLUSTER TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18019583 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY BASED ON A PRIORITY Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
17917234 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING A PUSCH INCLUDING UCI Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18692931 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DATA SCHEDULING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18231441 FEMTOCELL BASE STATION OF SPECIALIZED NETWORK AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection KT CORPORATION
18417963 METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18579185 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18278182 INTERFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE CONTROL METHOD, LINK-UP DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR INTERFERENCE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18463275 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL PATTERN FOR SIDELINK IN UNLICENSED BANDS (SL-U) Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18111708 Remote LPWAN Gateway With Backhaul Over a High-Latency Communication System Final Rejection FLEET SPACE TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
17475465 Discontinuous Reception for Carrier Aggregation Final Rejection Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18194404 SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA MAXLINEAR, INC.

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