Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2419 2463 2477 2619 2859 4100

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.9%
Allow Rate
+28.9% vs TC avg
1,052
Total Applications
+9.4%
Interview Lift
870
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1023 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.2%
§102 Novelty
53.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18856488 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18924546 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17950949 Device-Driven Network Connection Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18787469 Information Transmission Method, Terminal, and Network Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18703338 Managing Uplink Time Alignment Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18649666 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18472196 DECENTRALIZED SESSION MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18742731 MODEL MANAGEMENT FOR CONTROL CHANNEL ENCODING OR DECODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18685100 CELL WITH COMBINED NONCONTIGUOUS SPECTRUMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18844259 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18505825 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18841797 ENHANCED REFERENCE SIGNAL PREDICTION IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18551304 PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALLING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18257025 TIME DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18904086 Time Critical Packet Transmission Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18227821 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE COMMUNICATION SCHEDULES FOR WIRELESS BATTERY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18899320 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING OR RECONFIGURING PRIMARY CELL, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18808898 CONTROL INFORMATION PROCESSING Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18057739 MITIGATING LOSS OF CONNECTIVITY DUE TO LINE-OF-SIGHT BLOCKAGES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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