Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: IM, THEODORE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2116 2413 3648

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Analysis

Theodore Im is an examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2116 with 15 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 60.0 percent, which represents the frequency of grants among his total resolutions. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1172, providing a timeline for successful prosecution in his docket. This 1172 median days to allowance serves as a benchmark for the time required to reach an allowance.

The data shows an interview lift of 30.0 percent, indicating that interviews are associated with a higher probability of success than the 60.0 percent base allowance rate. This 30.0 percent lift suggests that direct communication is a strategy for practitioners in Art Unit 2116. With only 15 resolved cases, the examiner's profile is based on a small sample of data. The 15 resolved cases mean that the 30.0 percent lift should be viewed as an indicator of his examination style. Practitioners in Tech Center 3600 should note the 60.0 percent allowance rate as they prepare their filings.

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

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
+8.0% vs TC avg
58
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1172
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
79.3%
§103 Obviousness
2.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18657571 HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18698589 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18859784 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING INFORMATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18890185 UE INITIATED REPORTING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18476198 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-MODALITY SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17922507 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIDELINK HARQ RETRANSMISSION PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17951755 METHOD AND WIRELESS NETWORK FOR MANAGING AERIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS INFORMATION OF UAV Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17906492 UE CAPABILITY AGGREGATION BETWEEN A PRIMARY UE AND A SECONDARY UE FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18695681 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
17976537 System and Method for Abbreviating Channel Scans Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18468733 SIDELINK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18446735 PACKET FORWARDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18304434 Method and Apparatus for Detecting Co-Channel Interference in Wireless Local Area Network Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17766529 CONDITIONAL SECONDARY NODE OPERATIONS Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18893834 FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING IN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18468495 RACH CONSIDERATIONS UNDER BEAM BASED SSB POWER FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18187331 DATA COLLECTION ENHANCEMENTS FOR SIDELINK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18066268 FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY BASED CQI AND PMI REPORTING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18599635 TRANSCEIVER AND OPERATING METHOD Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18022221 TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN RESERVED HARQ RESOURCES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18680315 METHODS FOR POWER EFFICIENT BROADCASTING IN WLAN Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18407131 ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION USING SUB-SYMBOL BEAM SWITCHING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18241400 Information Transmission Method, Information Acquisition Method, and Network-Side Device Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18459015 METHODS FOR UPLINK MULTI-USER TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND ACCESS POINT Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18213341 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18182051 JOINT TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, TARGET NETWORK DEVICE, AND COOPERATIVE NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18113822 HANDOVER SCHEMES IN MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICES Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
17547450 SHARED SPECTRUM COORDINATION Non-Final OA DISH Network L.L.C.
17819945 REST Resilient Client-Server Reconciliation for Telecom Networks Final Rejection Parallel Wireless, Inc.
18033520 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

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