Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617 2644 2646

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Analysis

Erika Alise Washington has an allowance rate of 89.1 percent across 1022 resolved cases. She is assigned to Art Unit 2617 in Tech Center 2600. This 89.1 percent rate indicates a very high probability of success for applications reaching a resolution. The large volume of 1022 cases suggests that this 89.1 percent rate is a highly reliable indicator of examiner behavior.

The interview lift is 4.3 percent. This 4.3 percent lift is relatively low, which is common when the baseline allowance rate is as high as 89.1 percent. In many cases, the high allowance rate suggests that applications may proceed to grant without the need for an interview. Practitioners should evaluate the 4.3 percent lift on a case by case basis.

The median days to allowance is 806. This 806-day period reflects an efficient prosecution timeline for the 1022 cases resolved. The combination of an 89.1 percent allowance rate and an 806-day median duration provides a clear and favorable profile for applicants in Art Unit 2617 of Tech Center 2600.

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

Performance Statistics

89.1%
Allow Rate
+27.1% vs TC avg
1,033
Total Applications
+4.3%
Interview Lift
806
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1022 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
38.8%
§102 Novelty
25.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19016498 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANAGING INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18947062 BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY TIMING IN A NONTERRESTRIAL NETWORK (NTN) Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18917956 PREDICTIVE GUIDANCE BASED ON SOUND MEASUREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18767000 RANGING WITH A MOBILE CELLULAR DEVICE Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18744098 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTATION OF REFERENCE SIGNAL (RS) MONITORING FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE) POWER SAVING Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18675282 Wake-Up Signal for Discontinuous Reception Operations Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18818446 USER EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN TRANSMITTING UE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18837124 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18928841 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18915526 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING WAKE-UP SIGNAL SEQUENCE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18807025 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ASSOCIATE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS WITH USER DEVICES Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18996949 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19019530 APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT SETUP AND METHODS FOR TESTING AN APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18326956 INTEGRATING PROVIDER-OPERATED RADIO-BASED NETWORKS WITH EXISTING PRIVATE NETWORKS Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18867239 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LOGGING AND REPORTING CELL SWITCH EVENT Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18862751 DIFFERENTIATED REGISTERING TO NETWORK SLICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
18875481 INITIATION FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL CONNECTED STATE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18959576 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18690335 ROUTING ADVERTISEMENT METHOD, PATH ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, SERVICE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM BORDER ROUTER Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
19100756 PATH HANDOVER METHOD, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18678237 CELLULAR DEVICE GEOLOCATION BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE DATA Non-Final OA AT&T Mobility II LLC
18782934 STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CELLULAR TOWERS Non-Final OA DISH Wireless L.L.C.

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