Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: THOMAS, WILFRED

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.3%
Allow Rate
+19.3% vs TC avg
316
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1153
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 277 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
3.8%
§102 Novelty
94.0%
§103 Obviousness
1.0%
§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 Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18235320 METHOD FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND TERMINAL DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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)
18693007 SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18294070 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18028465 DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION INDICATING TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR STATES Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18692988 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTS DURING A SMALL DATA TRANSFER SESSION Non-Final OA 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 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
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
17888791 FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD Final Rejection Airbus (S.A.S.)
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.
18019583 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY BASED ON A PRIORITY Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18111708 Remote LPWAN Gateway With Backhaul Over a High-Latency Communication System Final Rejection FLEET SPACE TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
18417963 METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18194404 SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA MAXLINEAR, INC.
18463275 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL PATTERN FOR SIDELINK IN UNLICENSED BANDS (SL-U) Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
17778882 RADIO ACCESS METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION Final Rejection Purplevine Innovation Company Limited

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