Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2415

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.0%
Allow Rate
+32.0% vs TC avg
55
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1123
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 10 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
3.7%
§102 Novelty
94.9%
§103 Obviousness
0.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18321502 EXISTENCE OF PERIODIC/SEMI-STATIC SIGNALS AND CHANNELS OUTSIDE OF CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME (COT) Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18185739 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SPLIT COMPUTING AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17959843 METHOD AND UE FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) OPERATION FOR MBS IN WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18578528 Signalling in a Split Radio Network Node Architecture Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18280284 Transmission of Reference Signal Resources Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18546699 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING BANDWIDTH FIELD AND INDICATOR BIT TO INDICATE BANDWIDTH OF TB A-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18150901 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18298635 Route Detection Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18161524 REPETITION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17976123 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18362264 STATEFUL ACCESS POINT LINK DISABLEMENT MECHANISMS FOR IMPROVING NETWORK EFFICIENCY Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
17871866 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SIGNALING RELATED TO QUALITY OF SERVICE FLOW TO DATA RADIO BEARER MAPPING UPDATES Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18028676 USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18001701 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17834077 OVERLAY NETWORK BASED TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ON-PREMISES AND CLOUD HOSTED DATA CENTERS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18292182 DUAL CONNECTIVITY CELL PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18006357 TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATORS (TCIS) FOR JOINT DOWNLINK/UPLINK BEAMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17827285 SLOT AGGREGATION TRIGGERED BY BEAM PREDICTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18146630 ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT FOR PACKET DROPS OCCURRING IN MOBILE NETWORKS Non-Final OA Juniper Networks, Inc.
18375465 IAB INDICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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.
17921662 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE HANDOVER ON A MOBILE NETWORK Non-Final OA Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
18105548 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18065144 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR ULTRA-RELIABLE LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATIONS (URLLC) Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
17862603 MULTI-SLOT PDCCH MONITORING CONFIGURATION ENHANCEMENTS Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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