Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 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
320
Total Applications
+30.7%
Interview Lift
1152
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 279 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
73.4%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18294070 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18765875 METHOD AND NETWORK APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL UPLINK SLOT DIVISION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
18374383 POSITIONING METHOD, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18692988 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS DURING A SMALL DATA TRANSFER SESSION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18579220 CARRIER SELECTION FOR DOWNLINK RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18042594 DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION ASSUMPTIONS FOR A CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE RESOURCE FOR PERIODIC CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK REPORTING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18166232 PHYSICAL LAYER AND MAC LAYER UPLINK CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17849060 ENABLING MULTI-CLUSTER TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18664394 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18579102 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18019583 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY BASED ON A PRIORITY Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
17799141 SIGNALING AND TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIPLEXING BETWEEN HARQ-ACK CODEBOOKS WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18278182 INTERFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE CONTROL METHOD, LINK-UP DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR INTERFERENCE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18916206 BEAM INDICATION FOR 5G NEW RADIO Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
17475465 Discontinuous Reception for Carrier Aggregation Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18692931 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DATA SCHEDULING Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
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)
17766817 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF CONFIGURED UL AND DL TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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 Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18463275 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL PATTERN FOR SIDELINK IN UNLICENSED BANDS (SL-U) Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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