Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CAO, NAM PHUONG

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2469 2479

This examiner grants 92% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nam Phuong Cao is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2400. She has 24 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 91.7%, and the interview lift is 10.5%. This 10.5% lift indicates that interviews are associated with an increase in the probability of allowance. Practitioners can use the 91.7% allowance rate to estimate the probability of success for applications in her docket.

The median days to allowance is 1034 for the 24 resolved cases. This 1034-day figure provides a timeline for applications that reach a grant. The 10.5% interview lift suggests that direct communication is a tool for reaching the 91.7% allowance rate. With 24 cases resolved, these metrics offer a basis for managing expectations regarding both the outcome and the 1034-day duration of prosecution in Tech Center 2400.

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

Performance Statistics

91.7%
Allow Rate
+33.7% vs TC avg
45
Total Applications
+10.5%
Interview Lift
1034
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
28.8%
§102 Novelty
65.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18860486 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18486656 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GROUP UE HANDOVER FOR SAVING NETWORK ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18363317 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING QOE OF APPLICATION FOR MBS BROADCAST SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18860613 Uplink Control Information Omission for Coherent Joint Transmission Multi-Transmission-Reception-Point Operation Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18255540 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17982110 Methods and Apparatus for Network Initiated Mobility In Networks Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18901682 PER-TUPLE NETWORK PAGING WHITELISTING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18149629 ACCESS POINT-TO-ACCESS POINT TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY SHARING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18140979 COMMUNICATION METHOD BASED ON INTER-UE COORDINATION INFORMATION IN SIDELINK Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18844292 PRECODING INDICATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-PANEL UL TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18420005 DEVICES, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18884773 UNEQUAL MODULATION PHY LAYER SIGNALING FOR WIFI SYSTEM Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18857953 Sounding Reference Signal Resource Reallocation Method, Base Station, and Storage Medium Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18562561 BEAM PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, BASE STATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18859118 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18013970 METHOD FOR REPORTING PROBLEM, METHOD FOR RECEIVING PROBLEM, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

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