Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WILLIAMS, ELTON S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2465

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
461
Total Applications
+8.3%
Interview Lift
968
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 439 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
61.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18294437 BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18802054 SECURITY AUDIT AND NOTIFICATION PROCESSING Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
18545397 TECHNOLOGIES FOR TIMER-BASED MULTICAST RECEPTION IN INACTIVE STATE Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18737732 SEQUENCE-BASED SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18519911 ACCESS METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18519973 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18890554 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18816670 SCHEDULING REQUEST TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18160772 INDICATION TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION POWER Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18844202 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18716934 STORED MAPPING CONFIGURATION FOR NEIGHBORING CELLS Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18058999 NETWORK AWARENESS OF DEVICE LOCATION Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18785480 TRIGGERING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING IN NETWORK DATA ANALYTICS FUNCTION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18716234 NETWORK INTEROPERABILITY Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18423729 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18545332 Alternative HARQ Configuration for XR Uplink Data Transmission Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18902397 CLOSE LOOP LISTEN BEFORE TALK FOR NR OPERATION IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

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