Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHAU, PETER P

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2419 2476 4100

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

Peter P Chau is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2419. The examiner has 585 resolved cases. This volume of resolutions provides a basis for analyzing the examiner's prosecution patterns. The data offers a view of how applications are examined within this specific technical unit and the examiner's consistency in decision-making.

The allowance rate is 78.1 percent. This percentage shows the frequency of grants for applications that reach a final resolution with this examiner. The median days to allowance is 1087. This figure indicates the time from filing to the grant of a patent. Practitioners can use this duration to estimate the timeline for their own applications in this art unit and plan their intellectual property strategy accordingly.

The interview lift is 41.6 percent. This metric indicates that an interview is associated with a significant increase in the probability of an allowance. The positive lift suggests that verbal communication is a highly effective method for resolving rejections with this examiner. Applicants might prioritize scheduling an interview to address the examiner's concerns and potentially accelerate the path to a patent grant.

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

Performance Statistics

78.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
616
Total Applications
+41.6%
Interview Lift
1087
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 585 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.0%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
42.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18698593 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18838969 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE COMMUNICATING WITH TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK VIA A SATELLITE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18734237 RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES FOR LTM EXECUTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18304468 COMMUNICATION METHOD APPLIED TO INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL IAB SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18222590 Rate Update Engine For Reliable Transport Protocol Final Rejection Google LLC
18811447 LATENCY ENHANCEMENTS WITH MULTI-LINK OPERATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18740815 TECHNIQUES FOR 480 AND 640 MEGAHERTZ (MHZ) TRANSMISSION IN WI-FI Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18699155 FLEXIBLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18696585 ASSOCIATING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PORTS TO SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE SETS FOR SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18041149 REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR UNCONNECTED MODE UES AND CONFIGURATION THEREOF Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18083266 CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK REPORTING DURING BEAM REFINEMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18731741 Selecting Resources Based on Signal Quality of Sidelink Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18826543 TERMINAL APPARATUS, SECONDARY BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18677626 TECHNIQUES FOR DISTRIBUTED AUTOENCODING IN A DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
17764282 Group Signalling Aspects for NR-NR Dual Connectivity (NR-DC) and Reconfiguration Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18696707 ENABLING DISTRIBUTED NON-ACCESS STRATUM TERMINATIONS Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18310633 QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) TRANSLATION Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18957336 CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION IN SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL SIGNALING Non-Final OA T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18848130 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.

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