Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2419 2465 2619

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

Christopher T Wyllie operates in Art Unit 2419 within Tech Center 2600 and has processed 644 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 58.7 percent, which represents a moderate level of success for applicants. This rate suggests that the examiner balances the requirements for patentability, resulting in grants for more than half of the cases.

The interview lift is 36.0 percent, indicating that personal engagement with the examiner is an effective tactic. Compared to the 58.7 percent allowance rate, this lift shows that interviews can significantly increase the odds in favor of the applicant. Practitioners should prioritize interviews to navigate the 644 resolved cases more successfully.

The median days to allowance is 1483, which is the timeline for reaching a grant. This duration suggests that applicants should be prepared for a prosecution process that extends over a significant period. The 1483-day median, combined with the 58.7 percent allowance rate, highlights the importance of using the 36.0 percent interview lift in Tech Center 2600.

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

Performance Statistics

58.7%
Allow Rate
-3.3% vs TC avg
672
Total Applications
+36.0%
Interview Lift
1483
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 644 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
63.6%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18681771 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
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.
18727406 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18940223 MILLIMETER WAVE (mmWave) LINK BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
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.
18862470 TIME DOMAIN CHANNEL PROPERTY REPORTING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18391254 BASE STATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18899245 PROTOCOLS FOR MULTI-ACCESS POINT COORDINATED MULTI-USER TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18840026 DETERMINING A BETA OFFSET FOR UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION ON AN UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL WITH TWO TRANSPORT BLOCKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18685803 UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (UCI) FOR NON-PRECODING MATRIX INDICATOR (PMI)-BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18464980 TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING A PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN A MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING SCENARIO Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17915966 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONTROL RESOURCE SET Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd.
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)
18727427 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
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
18727411 SEARCH SPACE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, SEARCH SPACE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18271629 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RESOURCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18920322 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING WIRELESS CHANNEL STATUS Non-Final OA Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
18605038 DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA GLO-CAP LLC

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