Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2415 4100

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+20.0% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.3%
§102 Novelty
73.7%
§103 Obviousness
11.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17871866 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SIGNALING RELATED TO QUALITY OF SERVICE FLOW TO DATA RADIO BEARER MAPPING UPDATES Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18136320 INDICATION INFORMATION VALIDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17956815 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18161524 REPETITION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18049740 Traffic Control Method, Network Device, and Communication System Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18833653 SIDELINK INTERFERENCE REDUCTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18255032 BEAM TRAINING FOR COORDINATED RELAYING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18054512 POINT CLOUD REPORTING IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17997474 TECHNIQUES FOR ACCELERATING DATA RECOVERY FROM OUT OF SERVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18049261 CONFIGURED GRANTS AND SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING FALLING IN A PARTIALLY FULL DUPLEX SLOT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17834077 OVERLAY NETWORK BASED TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ON-PREMISES AND CLOUD HOSTED DATA CENTERS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18032309 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18896432 CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FOR RELAYING Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18721800 DISCOVERY PROCEDURE FOR SEARCHING PREFERRED NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) WHICH IMPLEMENTS A SERVICE PRODUCER Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18280284 Transmission of Reference Signal Resources Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18008755 Multi-TRP Configured Grant Transmission Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18065144 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR ULTRA-RELIABLE LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATIONS (URLLC) Final Rejection Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18351019 RESOURCE SWITCHING METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
17814559 FACILITATING CONDITIONAL FAST RETURN WITH SLICING INFORMATION PRESERVATION AFTER VOICE FALL BACK IN ADVANCED NETWORKS Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18766798 Efficient flow aging Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18146630 ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT FOR PACKET DROPS OCCURRING IN MOBILE NETWORKS Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
17862603 MULTI-SLOT PDCCH MONITORING CONFIGURATION ENHANCEMENTS Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
17921662 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE HANDOVER ON A MOBILE NETWORK Final Rejection Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
17989257 COOPERATIVE NETWORK DEVICES Final Rejection Silicon Laboratories Inc.

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