Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2463 2477 2619

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.8%
Allow Rate
+26.8% vs TC avg
1034
Total Applications
+9.9%
Interview Lift
927
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1002 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
26.2%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
9.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18264022 MECHANISM FOR CELL ACTIVATION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18071504 USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF TRANSMISSION OF SAME Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18578277 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST/BROADCAST SERVICE Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18551304 PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALLING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18257025 TIME DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18361409 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17975688 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18620943 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) RESET AND/OR RADIO LINK CONTROL (RLC) RESET IN LAYER 1/LAYER 2 MOBILITY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17950949 Device-Driven Network Connection Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18692731 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18057739 MITIGATING LOSS OF CONNECTIVITY DUE TO LINE-OF-SIGHT BLOCKAGES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18505825 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18628818 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNAL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18687621 SIDELINK SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18685100 CELL WITH COMBINED NONCONTIGUOUS SPECTRUMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18438318 CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18494399 TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION OPERATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18331889 WIDEBAND PRECODING RESOURCE GROUP ACROSS DOWNLINK SUBBANDS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18592526 Methods and Systems for Chronic Incident Mitigation and Resolution Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18015078 DATA TRANSMISSION TIME DOMAIN PARAMETER INDICATION METHOD, UE, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18203063 UNIVERSAL GATEWAY FOR POLICY-AWARE TRAFFIC FORWARDING FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF NETWORK TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Atayalan, Inc.

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