Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Jutai Kao, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KAO, JUTAI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2417 2473 2616

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

KAO, JUTAI is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2416. The profile records 682 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 80.2%, and a median of 1176 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 16.9% lift in the recorded allowance rate. These figures support a prosecution strategy that treats interviews as potentially useful while retaining attention to substantive claim amendments.

Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Apple Inc. are the listed companies. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP \ Qualcomm, Arch & Lake LLP, and Xsensus. The case volume supports reviewing patterns across a broad set of matters. Practitioners can use the allowance and timing measures to frame expectations for communications-related applications in art unit 2416.

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

Performance Statistics

80.2%
Allow Rate
+18.2% vs TC avg
722
Total Applications
+16.9%
Interview Lift
1176
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 682 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
60.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18967547 PEER-TO-PEER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR WLAN Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18851615 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18890568 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING FOR DATA AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17628072 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPORTING INFORMATION, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING MESSAGE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18898629 SYNCHRONIZATION ESTIMATION BASED ON ULTRA-WIDEBAND CONNECTIONS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18413482 Enhanced EMR for Service-Aware Measurements and Reports Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18018020 MANAGING UNICAST, MULTICAST AND BROADCAST COMMUNICATION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18992136 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE, A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE CONTROLLING NODE, AND A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18286557 COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18413122 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18317509 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TIMING ADVANCE (TA) VALUES Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18783838 SENSING FOR SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18751740 TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PROCEDURE TO FOUR-STEP RACH PROCEDURE FALLBACK Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18430438 Adapt Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) Monitoring and/or Connected Mode Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) Behavior of a User Equipment (UE) Based on a Delay Status Report (DSR) Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18574991 TIMING FOR APERIODIC SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18547373 AIR TO GROUND SIGNALING ENHANCEMENT FOR INTERFERENCE COMPENSATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18308499 TIMING CONTROL OF REPEATERS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18298154 POWER SAVINGS IN A MULTI-CONNECTIVITY USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18285348 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18835090 RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RADIO SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
17801234 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING UPLINK TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
17612922 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18285165 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-CELL MULTI TRP OPERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18420605 METHOD FOR ACCESS CONTROL, RELAY TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18859966 DETERMINING PATHLOSS REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR CELL ACTIVATION IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18313474 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17777444 DATA PACKET SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND DATA PACKET RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jutai Kao's allowance rate?

80.2% of resolved applications examined by Jutai Kao were allowed (682 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2416 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jutai Kao?

This examiner's interview lift is +16.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jutai Kao take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jutai Kao took 1,176 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jutai Kao work in?

Jutai Kao examines applications in Art Unit 2416 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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