Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Marcos L Torres, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as TORRES, MARCOS L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2645 2647

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

TORRES, MARCOS L works in tech center 2600 and art unit 2617. The profile covers 711 resolved cases, with a 67.7% allowance rate and a median of 1241 days to allowance. The interview lift is 10.7%, indicating that interviews have a measurable role, while the allowance and timing figures support careful planning for claim development.

Representative companies are Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Lenovo (United States) Inc. The listed firms are FIG. 1 Patents, IPX PLLC, and FOLEY & LARDNER LLP. The company list reflects communications and electronics activity, providing applicants with relevant organizations for prosecution-history research.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

67.7%
Allow Rate
+5.7% vs TC avg
770
Total Applications
+10.7%
Interview Lift
1241
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 711 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
54.8%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18725890 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR P-CSCF RESTORATION AND P-CSCF INFORMATION REGISTRATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18873697 CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18862041 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MOBILITY STATE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18147650 DETECTING CONDITIONS FOR TARGET WAKE TIME PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18316149 PLURAL-TONE, PLURAL-FREQUENCY WAKE-UP SIGNALING Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18621994 METHOD FOR STOPPING MONITORING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19028669 INFORMATION TRANSCEIVING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSES THEREOF Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18398264 BEAM SWITCHING BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT BEAM REFINEMENT PROCEDURE Non-Final OA Qualcomm Incorporated
18471236 REDUCING LISTEN MODE POWER CONSUMPTION OF A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) DEVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18170334 WAKE-UP RADIO DESIRED CONFIGURATION BASED ON UE INDICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18008950 MULTIPLE WUS INDICATION WITH MULTIPLE DRX GROUPS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17561506 METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTROL CHANNEL OPERATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18718831 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18424857 IN ALIGNMENT WITH PDCCH MONITORING SKIPPING Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18552749 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR POWER SAVING FOR A SIDELINK UE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18004590 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIONAL REFERENCE SIGNAL MONITORING Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd.
18296028 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BEAM SWITCHING Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18958456 METHODS FOR UPDATING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS USING THEREOF Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18795270 SIDELINK POSITIONING SESSION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18373224 POSITIONING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18109831 TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
16357047 IMAGE IDENTIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18532082 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLEXING RESOURCES FOR FEEDBACK MESSAGES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18085975 INTELLIGENT METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING A CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF A CIVIC ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITHIN AN ENHANCED 911 CALL Final Rejection T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18487010 LOCATION-BASED SERVICES RADIO ACCESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18670848 DEVICE AND APPLICATION CONTEXT AWARE PRIORITIZATION CONFIGURATION IN INTERNET PROTOCOL HEADERS OF EDGE ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18939404 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
18027820 METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
17925561 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW-POWER OPERATION-BASED COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTI-LINK Non-Final OA KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Marcos L Torres's allowance rate?

67.7% of resolved applications examined by Marcos L Torres were allowed (711 resolved cases), compared with 66.3% across Art Unit 2617 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Marcos L Torres?

This examiner's interview lift is +10.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Marcos L Torres take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Marcos L Torres took 1,241 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Marcos L Torres work in?

Marcos L Torres examines applications in Art Unit 2617 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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