Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: TORRES, MARCOS L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2645 2647

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

Marcos L. Torres is an examiner in Tech Center 2600, working in Art Unit 2617. He has 709 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 67.6 percent. This 67.6 percent rate provides a baseline for the expected success of applications reaching a final resolution. This figure is a metric for practitioners to consider when assigned to this examiner.

The interview lift is 10.7 percent. This 10.7 percent lift suggests that interviews are a productive way to advance prosecution and increase the likelihood of an allowance. Practitioners should consider this lift when deciding whether to engage in a formal discussion to resolve outstanding issues and improve upon the 67.6 percent baseline for the 709 resolved cases.

The median days to allowance is 1241. This 1241-day timeframe represents the typical duration of the prosecution process. For the applications in Art Unit 2617, the 1241-day median and the 67.6 percent allowance rate provide a reliable set of expectations for applications assigned to Torres.

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

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
+5.6% vs TC avg
756
Total Applications
+10.7%
Interview Lift
1241
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 709 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
15.8%
§102 Novelty
55.2%
§103 Obviousness
20.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18862041 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MOBILITY STATE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18359632 TWT TEARDOWN PROCESS FOR MULTI-LINK DEVICES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18147650 DETECTING CONDITIONS FOR TARGET WAKE TIME PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT Final Rejection 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.
18398264 BEAM SWITCHING BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT BEAM REFINEMENT PROCEDURE Non-Final OA Qualcomm Incorporated
18504979 EXTENDING TWT INFORMATION FRAME FUNCTIONALITY OPERATION AND SIGNALING FOR ENHANCED LOW LATENCY AND POWER SAVINGS Non-Final OA Qualcomm Incorporated
18471236 REDUCING LISTEN MODE POWER CONSUMPTION OF A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) DEVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18008950 MULTIPLE WUS INDICATION WITH MULTIPLE DRX GROUPS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18129677 Location-Based Sidelink Wake-Up Operation Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
17561506 METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTROL CHANNEL OPERATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
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.
19028669 INFORMATION TRANSCEIVING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSES THEREOF Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18725890 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR P-CSCF RESTORATION AND P-CSCF INFORMATION REGISTRATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18285891 Network Node, User Equipment, and Methods Performed Therein for Communication of Availability Information for Reference Signals Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18718831 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18364910 SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION OPTIMIZATION USING RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18958456 METHODS FOR UPDATING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS USING THEREOF Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18296028 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BEAM SWITCHING Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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.
17955135 CELL HANDOVER METHOD, CELL HANDOVER PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18532082 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLEXING RESOURCES FOR FEEDBACK MESSAGES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18167414 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRX CONFIGURATION Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
16357047 IMAGE IDENTIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18916495 ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN A VISITING NETWORK TO DETERMINE LOCATION OF ROAMER Non-Final OA T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
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.

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