Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Networking & Security

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd. has 10 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each of the pending actions is handled by a unique examiner.

The busiest examiner for the company is TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. With 9 distinct art units involved, the company faces a variety of perspectives across its 10 pending actions. No examiner handles more than 1 action, ensuring that the portfolio's progress is not overly dependent on any single official.

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

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

4
Hard (40%)
6
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
90% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE 1 73.5% -4.6%
KWAK, JAEYOUNG 1 88.5% +20.0%
SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF 1 86.2% +19.6%
NGUYEN, MINH TRANG T 1 90.3% +5.5%
LING, CHHIAN 1 87.2% +25.8%
KIM, HARRY H 1 89.9% +8.4%
GIDADO, RASHEED 1 86.3% +8.1%
ALI, SYED 1 82.5% +59.2%
THOMAS, WILFRED 1 76.8% +30.0%
BETTENDORF, SAMUEL ROBERGE 1 88.9% +13.3%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18686548 FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS KIM, HARRY H 8d
18291358 METHOD OF BANDWIDTH PART (BWP) SWITCHING AND RELATED APPARATUS GIDADO, RASHEED 21d
18569363 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRIORITY OF CSI REPORT AND RELATED DEVICES ALI, SYED 27d
18852846 RATE MATCHING METHOD AND RATE MATCHING APPARATUS KWAK, JAEYOUNG —
18837763 MONITORING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, MINH TRANG T —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18551883 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION BETTENDORF, SAMUEL ROBERGE 2d overdue
18996614 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, NETWORK DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE —
18839050 METHOD FOR UPLINK PRECODING MATRIX DETERMINATION, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF —
18833548 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LING, CHHIAN —

Interview Candidates (6)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18551883 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION BETTENDORF, SAMUEL ROBERGE 2d overdue
18569363 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRIORITY OF CSI REPORT AND RELATED DEVICES ALI, SYED 27d
18852846 RATE MATCHING METHOD AND RATE MATCHING APPARATUS KWAK, JAEYOUNG —
18839050 METHOD FOR UPLINK PRECODING MATRIX DETERMINATION, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF —
18833548 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LING, CHHIAN —
18284626 SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE THOMAS, WILFRED —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2414 2
2641 1
2472 1
2477 1
2418 1
2411 1
2464 1
2463 1
2416 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18996614 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, NETWORK DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE 2641 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18852846 RATE MATCHING METHOD AND RATE MATCHING APPARATUS KWAK, JAEYOUNG 2472 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18839050 METHOD FOR UPLINK PRECODING MATRIX DETERMINATION, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF 2414 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18837763 MONITORING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, MINH TRANG T 2477 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18833548 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LING, CHHIAN 2418 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18686548 FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS KIM, HARRY H 2411 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18291358 METHOD OF BANDWIDTH PART (BWP) SWITCHING AND RELATED APPARATUS GIDADO, RASHEED 2464 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18569363 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRIORITY OF CSI REPORT AND RELATED DEVICES ALI, SYED 2463 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18284626 SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE THOMAS, WILFRED 2416 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18551883 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION BETTENDORF, SAMUEL ROBERGE 2414 §102§103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd. have?

Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd. applications?

William George Trost IV has the most, with 1 of Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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