Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Andrew Chanul Kim, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KIM, ANDREW CHANUL

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2471 2472 2473

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Analysis

Andrew Chanul Kim has resolved 52 cases in Art Unit 2471. The examiner has an allowance rate of 55.8 percent. The median days to allowance is 1274. Qualcomm Incorporated, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. are the top companies. These telecommunications firms represent the core of the examiner's work in Tech Center 2400.

The interview lift is 11.6 percent, suggesting that interviews are a helpful tactic for practitioners. ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C., ArentFox Schiff, LLP, and Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. are the leading firms. The 55.8 percent allowance rate provides a baseline for success in these 52 resolved cases. A median time of 1274 days to allowance reflects the typical duration for prosecution. The 11.6 percent lift is a data point for practitioners to consider when evaluating the benefits of direct examiner contact.

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

Performance Statistics

55.8%
Allow Rate
-2.2% vs TC avg
110
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
1274
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 52 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
23.1%
§102 Novelty
68.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18837800 MAINTAINING MULTI-PATH LINKS IN SIDELINK SCENARIOS DURING HANDOVER Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17908791 MASTER CELL GROUP (MCG) FAILURE AND RADIO LINK FAILURE (RLF) REPORTING Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17778894 SCHEDULING FOR MULTI-TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINT TRANSMISSION WITH DYNAMIC ON-OFF SWITCHING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18943554 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CHANNEL ON BASIS OF COMPRESSED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18814221 MULTI-LINK FRAGMENTATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18149559 METHOD OF PERFORMING POWER CONTROL WHEN PUCCH REPETITION TRANSMISSION IS APPLIED THROUGH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINTS IN NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18575318 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18970266 MASTER NODE, SLAVE NODE, POWER SUPPLY METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18496576 COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18477762 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18473346 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18999573 BEACON EXTENSION DESIGN Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18838186 SIDELINK RESOURCE SELECTION FOR A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18790221 TECHNIQUES FOR RESUMING SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONS WITHIN A SHARED CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18833643 TECHNIQUES FOR USER EQUIPMENT COMPONENT EVENT BASED ANTENNA SWITCHING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18593091 TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY-AWARE SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18261658 ENCRYPTION KEY EXTRACTION USING A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17917530 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DISCOVERY REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17797061 REPETITION OF INFORMATION IN A TRANSMISSION BURST Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17816485 TIMING ADVANCES FOR RANDOM ACCESS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17985003 LINK SELECTION FOR NON-SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT RECEIVE (NSTR) Final Rejection Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18723826 ON-DEMAND PRS CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18790223 NETWORK CAPABILITY EXPOSURE METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18040838 MULTI-CARRIER BASED NEW RADIO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS WITH SIDELINK Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18417766 METHOD FOR DETERMINING POWER ADJUSTMENT COMPONENT, TERMINAL, MEDIUM, AND CHIP Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18861989 UE POWER SAVING MECHANISM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18497195 RRC CONNECTION MAINTENANCE METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18606974 AGGREGATION LINK ESTABLISHMENT AND RELEASE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18622616 USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY SIGNALING FOR SCHEDULING TO AVOID SYMBOL BLANKING Final Rejection Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
18553537 PARTIAL SENSING METHOD AND PARTIAL SENSING DEVICE FOR SIDELINK RESOURCE Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Andrew Chanul Kim's allowance rate?

55.8% of resolved applications examined by Andrew Chanul Kim were allowed (52 resolved cases), compared with 77.9% across Art Unit 2471 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Andrew Chanul Kim?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Andrew Chanul Kim take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Andrew Chanul Kim took 1,274 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Andrew Chanul Kim work in?

Andrew Chanul Kim examines applications in Art Unit 2471 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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