Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Weibin Huang, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HUANG, WEIBIN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2416 2471

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner WEIBIN HUANG is assigned to Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2416. The examiner has 667 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 89.1%. The interview lift is 5.5%, which indicates that an interview is a productive step in the prosecution process. The median days to allowance is 888, providing a benchmark for the time from filing to grant.

Top companies such as LG Electronics Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. are active in this examiner's docket. These applicants are represented by firms like LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY, Bayes PLLC, and Brooks Kushman P.C. The 5.5% interview lift suggests that direct communication can help move cases toward allowance. With 667 resolved cases and an 89.1% allowance rate, the data offers a clear view of the examiner's history. Practitioners can use the 888 median days to allowance to manage expectations for patent grants in Art Unit 2416.

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

Performance Statistics

89.1%
Allow Rate
+31.1% vs TC avg
715
Total Applications
+5.5%
Interview Lift
888
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 667 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.0%
§101 Eligibility
22.4%
§102 Novelty
43.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18851318 HANDLING OF GROUPS OF USER EQUIPMENT IN A CORE NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18682098 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18727035 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK SIGNAL AND/OR DOWNLINK SIGNAL, AND DEVICE FOR SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18151225 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING IUC MAC CE AND LCP OPERATING Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18007865 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING BANDWIDTH PART DURING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18894205 INPUT DEVICE CONNECTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18676987 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18074097 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18502272 SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING AT REFLECTING DEVICE Final Rejection QUALCOMM incorporated
17932127 5G QoS Provisioning For An End-to-End Connection Including Non-5G Networks Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17905898 BEAM HOPPING FOR REPETITIONS IN A PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18549806 RADIO EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR REQUIREMENTS ON CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF THE NETWORK Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17902700 DATA COPY ACCELERATION FOR SERVICE MESHES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18850922 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18554839 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17998982 CHANNEL ACCESS FOR MULTI-LINK DEVICES Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18567199 UPLINK TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL Non-Final OA NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
18677027 COMMUNICATION METHODS, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18432052 NODE SELECTION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18100767 Discontinuous Reception Processing Method and Apparatus, Terminal, and Network-Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
17985348 INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18397501 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING PROTOCOL DATA UNITS TO COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ACCORDING TO DATA METRICS Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18552230 TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND READALBE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA China Mobile Communications Group Co.,Ltd.
17977528 Radio Access Network Dynamic Functional Splits Non-Final OA Parallel Wireless, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Weibin Huang's allowance rate?

89.1% of resolved applications examined by Weibin Huang were allowed (667 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2416 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Weibin Huang?

This examiner's interview lift is +5.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Weibin Huang take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Weibin Huang took 888 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Weibin Huang work in?

Weibin Huang examines applications in Art Unit 2416 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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