Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: YOUNG, STEVE R

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2419 2477

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.2%
Allow Rate
+9.2% vs TC avg
621
Total Applications
+19.7%
Interview Lift
1207
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 589 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18753199 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FREQUENCY OFFSET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18291479 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18726836 DEVICE, METHOD AND MEDIUM FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18681507 Communicating early and non-early data between a user device and a core network Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
17957818 Random Access Method, Apparatus, and System Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17385570 RA-RNTI PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18602755 RANDOM ACCESS USING RESOURCE FOR MULTIPLE OPERATORS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18296632 SKIPPING INDICATION FOR A TIME WINDOW OF SCHEDULED RESOURCES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18001389 MULTIPLE PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONS FOR A USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18284213 METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18835093 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) TRANSMIT BUFFER HANDLING Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18897373 SCHEDULING ENERGY HARVESTING NODES IN A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18815991 BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18676198 COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18219145 DATA RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
18660245 RACH-LESS HANDOVER METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute

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