Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WILLIAMS, TRACY L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2465 4100

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tracy L. Williams has handled 26 resolved cases within Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2465. The examiner shows an allowance rate of 80.8 percent. This indicates a frequency of granted patents among the completed files. The 80.8 percent rate reflects the outcomes of the applications in this art unit.

The interview lift is 20.2 percent, indicating that direct communication is a strategy for overcoming rejections. Successful applications reach allowance in a median of 1097 days. Practitioners should consider the 20.2 percent boost in allowance probability when deciding whether to request an interview during prosecution. While the total case count is 26, the combination of the allowance rate and the interview lift suggests that engagement is a factor in these outcomes. The median pendency of 1097 days provides an expectation for the time required to navigate the process from filing to grant.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

80.8%
Allow Rate
+20.8% vs TC avg
53
Total Applications
+20.2%
Interview Lift
1097
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 26 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.1%
§102 Novelty
57.6%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18683386 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCLUDING RESOURCE ON BASIS OF PARTIAL SENSING OPERATION IN NR V2X Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18786401 SL CSI-RS SIGNALING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18741483 S-SSB STRUCTURE FOR LARGER SUBCARRIER SPACING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18363392 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTICAST RECEPTION AND SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17973041 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17934240 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18863042 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18477528 STORE AND FORWARD SATELLITE ACCESS WITH DISCONTINUOUS FEEDER LINKS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17921068 MULTIPLEXING SIDELINK DATA FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18090991 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DURING A TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) Non-Final OA INTEL CORPORATION
18640837 CELL RESELECTION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18683428 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18005068 WIRELESS CONNECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18852987 ENHANCED POWER CONTROL Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18529521 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18432273 INTELLIGENT CARRIER AGGREGATION FOR MULTISERVICE USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18860478 CONTROL CHANNEL RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS, CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18901036 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONAL HANDOVER IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Soenghun KIM
18900977 MBS PROCESSING METHOD, MBS SENDING APPARATUS AND MBS RECEIVING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Shanghai National Engineering Research Center of Digital Television Co., Ltd.
18552614 BWP OPERATION FOR NR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES Final Rejection ESSEN INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
17955535 Lunar Data Center System And Method In A Lunar Lava Tube Non-Final OA LONESTAR DATA HOLDINGS, INC

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