Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2477

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
88
Total Applications
+42.1%
Interview Lift
1148
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.3%
§102 Novelty
71.5%
§103 Obviousness
6.6%
§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.
18351156 BASE STATION AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18019381 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18274463 USER EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18006735 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17921137 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE, GROUND STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
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.
17798621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING DURING A TRANSITION PHASE WHEN A WIRELESS DEVICE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18496037 PSCCH DETECTION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18152358 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18074237 METHOD FOR OBTAINING CHANNEL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS Final Rejection 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.
17837600 ENHANCED WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING NEIGHBORING RELAY DEVICES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
18390299 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18276765 DETERMINING PERIODICITY OF SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS OUT OF THE NETWORK COVERAGE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18500748 BEAM MANAGEMENT TRIGGERS DUE TO POLARIZATION IMBALANCE WITH UE CASE AND COVER Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18491664 DYNAMIC INDICATIONS FOR PARTIAL UL SKIPPING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18550584 AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection 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
18517993 VIRTUAL ACCESS POINT ASSIGNMENT TO MULTIPLE BASIC SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER SETS BASED ON PHYSICAL MODE Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18183400 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INCREASING THE RELIABILITY OF SELECT PACKETS IN A DATA NETWORK Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17820833 USING USER-SIDE CONTEXTUAL FACTORS TO PREDICT CELLULAR RADIO THROUGHPUT Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
18292225 INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, PAGING LIMITING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
17922106 System Information Design For Synchronization In Non-Terrestrial Network Communications Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18055523 COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.

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