Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YOUNG, STEVE R

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2419 2477

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+8.7% vs TC avg
608
Total Applications
+20.5%
Interview Lift
1239
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 577 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
20.1%
§102 Novelty
62.8%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17818940 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCRHONOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING A SINGLE RADIO Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18291479 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18284213 METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18270044 METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR HANDLING PUCCH RESOURCES IN A FREQUENCY SPECTRUM OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17635999 SCHEDULING TIMING FOR LARGE CELLS AND LONG PROPAGATION DELAYS Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
17957818 Random Access Method, Apparatus, and System Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17385570 RA-RNTI PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17927024 URLLC UCI MULTIPLEXING ENHANCEMENTS FOR INTRA-UE UPLINK CHANNEL COLLISIONS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18681507 Communicating early and non-early data between a user device and a core network Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18602755 RANDOM ACCESS USING RESOURCE FOR MULTIPLE OPERATORS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18442799 SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18041066 DEFAULT PATHLOSS REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR MULTI-PANEL UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18003465 MULTI-SLOT CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION (CQI) REPORTING Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18001389 MULTIPLE PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONS FOR A USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17450221 COLLISION HANDLING BETWEEN SCHEDULING REQUESTS AND HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGMENT FEEDBACK HAVING DIFFERENT PRIORITIES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17755652 TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18219145 DATA RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18601695 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING TIMING ADVANCE REPORT Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18291527 RESOURCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18382043 PDSCH TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, PDSCH RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18306459 HARMONIC CHANNEL DETECTION AND PREVENTION Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18331871 DYNAMIC UPDATE OF LATENCY SENSITIVE TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Senscomm Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
18449955 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUB-BAND USER CORRELATION BASED ON SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR MULTIPLE SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL GROUPS IN MASSIVE MIMO RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS Final Rejection Mavenir US Inc.
17799289 METHOD FOR DETERMINING REFERENCE SIGNAL OR REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE OR REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE SET, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. ZONE

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