Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2458 2463 2469

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.5%
Allow Rate
+29.5% vs TC avg
974
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
972
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 946 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.6%
§101 Eligibility
34.3%
§102 Novelty
39.4%
§103 Obviousness
10.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18431460 Connection Failure Report for Multiple Transmission and Reception Points Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18500980 L1 & L2 METHODS FOR SL DRX Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18690655 METHOD OF POWER SAVING FOR WTRU TO NETWORK RELAY Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18428030 TIMING RELATED STATUS UPDATE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18538094 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18695173 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18690764 Communication Technique between Radio Devices Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
18285872 METHOD FOR HANDLING DL UL TCI STATES Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18431523 CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18163898 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING BANDWIDTH PARTS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18289016 PROCESSING METHOD FOR RELAY USER EQUIPMENT AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18397449 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER EQUIPMENT AWARENESS FOR L4S IN CELLULAR NETWORKS BASED ON NAS MESSAGING Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18303646 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICE BEARER SPLITTING Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
18582893 BANDWIDTH PART-SPECIFIC DOWNLINK-UPLINK PATTERNS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18567735 WAKEUP SIGNAL (WUS) RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR SIDELINK WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18556262 MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FOR AERIAL USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18285491 TRANSMISSION CONTROL FOR MULTI-RELAY BASED COMMUNICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18224733 PDU SESSION STATUS IE HANDLING FOR MBS Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18593912 SIDELINK, SL, INTERLACING CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18431466 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR BUFFER STATUS REPORT Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18539492 DISASTER ALERT DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORKS Non-Final OA Rakuten Symphony, Inc.
18510303 ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION IN A DATA NETWORK Non-Final OA Cambium Networks Ltd

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