Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2477

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.4%
Allow Rate
+11.4% vs TC avg
90
Total Applications
+23.7%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 36 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
1.2%
§102 Novelty
98.9%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18468350 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING EPS FALLBACK IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18274463 USER EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17921137 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE, GROUND STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18080311 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
17798974 PUCCH RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENTS WITH MULTIPLE TRPs Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17798621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING DURING A TRANSITION PHASE WHEN A WIRELESS DEVICE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18017559 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAUSING RADIO LINK FAILURE DETECTION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
17995376 BANDWIDTH PARTS DEACTIVATION AND DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18496037 PSCCH DETECTION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18164860 Frequency Domain Resource Determining Method, Device, and Storage Medium Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18152358 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17975854 NETWORK SLICE LOAD CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED PRODUCT Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17440593 PANEL SELECTION FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18016493 ADAPTIVE RESIZING OF AUDIO JITTER BUFFER BASED ON CURRENT NETWORK CONDITIONS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18019480 CODE RATE DETERMINATION FOR MULTIPLEXING OF HARQ-ACK WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON PUCCH WITH SEPARATE CODING Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18491664 DYNAMIC INDICATIONS FOR PARTIAL UL SKIPPING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18548869 MESSAGE 1 CFO COMPENSATION METHOD BASED ON RAPID MISMATCH Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18004531 UPLINK RESOURCES FOR UE INITIATED CSI AND DOWNLINK GRANT CSI Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18052451 INDICATION OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION PRECODING PARAMETER CHANGE Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17839209 DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA PANELS FOR SIMULTANEOUS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18187850 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING RELAY COMMUNICATION INFORMATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18055523 COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18367222 Apparatus, Methods, and Computer Programs Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18276541 A NETWORK REPEATER Final Rejection NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
18456384 TRANSMISSION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18020083 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
17922106 System Information Design For Synchronization In Non-Terrestrial Network Communications Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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