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Last updated: October 27, 2026

William George Trost IV, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2442 2444 2472 2641 2642

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.5%
Allow Rate
+11.5% vs TC avg
95
Total Applications
-4.6%
Interview Lift
983
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 49 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
29.0%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19100990 TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING A BOGUS RADIO BASE STATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18863406 URSP RULE PROVISIONING IN ROAMING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18846868 Freshness Indication of a SUCI, and Verification Thereof Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18687197 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18871711 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING LAYER 1 MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FOR SUPPORTING LAYER 1/LAYER 2-BASED INTER-CELL MOVEMENT IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18826374 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18891696 AUTHORIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18832357 AREA DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AREA DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18826155 ENHANCEMENTS RELATED TO HANDOVER FAILURE AND SECONDARY NODE CHANGE FAILURE PREDICTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18680709 LOCATION SERVICES BASED ON USE OF COUNTRY CODE Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18997273 USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18996827 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18863136 LOCATION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION NETWORK ELEMENT SELECTION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18501742 ONBOARDING A DEVICE WITH NO HOME NETWORK Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18880875 Apparatus Comprising at Least One Processor Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18896389 UE MOBILITY DETECTION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18428492 ENHANCED SCAN FOR ACCESS POINT Final Rejection HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18680645 RECORDATION OF DWELLING TIMES RELATIVE TO UPPER BOUNDS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18606674 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18806235 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXING AND MATCHING MULTI-VENDOR BASEBAND UNITS AND RADIO UNITS IN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18992285 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HARDWARE ALARMS IN RADIO SYSTEM Non-Final OA JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED
18880341 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING INTERWORKING OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS WITH DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES Non-Final OA JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner William George Trost IV's allowance rate?

73.5% of resolved applications examined by William George Trost IV were allowed (49 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2416 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner William George Trost IV?

This examiner's interview lift is -4.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner William George Trost IV take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by William George Trost IV took 983 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner William George Trost IV work in?

William George Trost IV examines applications in Art Unit 2416 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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