Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Christopher T Wyllie, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2429 2465 2619

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2419. The profile covers 650 resolved cases and shows a 58.9% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1481 days, so applicants should prepare for lengthy prosecution and maintain options for continued examination.

The interview lift is 36.1%, indicating that interviews have a substantial measured association with allowance. The leading companies are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The leading firms are NIXON & VANDERHYE PC, WEISBERG I.P. LAW, P.A., and BROWN RUDNICK LLP.

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

Performance Statistics

58.9%
Allow Rate
-3.1% vs TC avg
686
Total Applications
+36.1%
Interview Lift
1481
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 650 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
63.6%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18842450 Explicit Common Beam Index Configuration for Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18723997 SYNCHRONISATION SIGNALLING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18723625 SYNCHRONISATION SIGNALLING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18699459 Method for Handling Side Link (SL) Communication Over an Unlicensed Spectrum Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18681771 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18660066 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESETTING DOWNLINK HARQ FOR MULTICAST RECEPTION Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18604962 ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18495212 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPORTING CSI BASED ON AI MODEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18361675 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATION PARAMETER UPDATE FOR EPCS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18391254 BASE STATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18862470 TIME DOMAIN CHANNEL PROPERTY REPORTING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18727406 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18822881 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR L1 CONNECTION SETUP AND L1 RECONFIGURATION Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17487219 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18899245 PROTOCOLS FOR MULTI-ACCESS POINT COORDINATED MULTI-USER TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18464980 TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING A PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN A MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING SCENARIO Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18727427 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18271629 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RESOURCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18818922 CALL DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18799274 Information Processing Method and Communication Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18685629 CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR NETWORK NODE, NETWORK NODE AND BASE STATION Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Christopher T Wyllie's allowance rate?

58.9% of resolved applications examined by Christopher T Wyllie were allowed (650 resolved cases), compared with 77.3% across Art Unit 2419 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Christopher T Wyllie?

This examiner's interview lift is +36.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Christopher T Wyllie take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Christopher T Wyllie took 1,481 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Christopher T Wyllie work in?

Christopher T Wyllie examines applications in Art Unit 2419 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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