Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LAM, YEE F

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2465

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Yee F Lam, in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2465, has 648 resolved cases. The allowance rate pct is 77.2, and the median days to allowance is 1086. These metrics indicate the environment for patent grants in his docket. The 1086-day median serves as a benchmark for the expected duration of prosecution in Art Unit 2465 and can be used for budgeting.

The interview lift pct of 21.6 is a metric showing that interviews are associated with the chances of allowance. This 21.6 lift suggests that direct communication can help bridge the gap between a rejection and a grant, improving the 77.2 allowance rate pct. The 648 resolved cases provide a statistical basis for these observations. Practitioners should view the 21.6 lift as a reason to prioritize interviews when navigating this examiner's docket.

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

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+19.2% vs TC avg
687
Total Applications
+21.6%
Interview Lift
1086
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 648 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
4.3%
§102 Novelty
56.6%
§103 Obviousness
30.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18728326 METHOD OF CONFIGURING AND INDICATING TERMINAL BEAM INFORMATION THROUGH COMMON TCI FOR MULTI-TRANSCEIVER COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18158972 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18270147 METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18728364 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18799412 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18052848 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, ROBOT APPARATUS, PRODUCTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18810161 ACCESS PROCEDURE OF SMART DIRECTIONAL REPEATERS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18839015 FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE ALLOCATION INDICATIONS FOR TRANSFORM PRECODING IN MULTIPLE TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINT DEPLOYMENTS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18774212 SUPPORTING MULTICAST OR BROADCAST OPERATIONS WITH ENHANCED REDUCED CAPACITY USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18728373 RADIO NETWORK TEMPORARY IDENTIFIER SELECTION FOR MULTIPLE RANDOM ACCESS TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18659575 BOUNDARY IDENTIFICATION FOR PROBABILISTIC AMPLITUDE SHAPING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18360324 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK INDEXING SCHEMES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18345236 LOGICAL CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION FOR MULTIPLE TRANSPORT BLOCK UPLINK GRANTS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18339888 CONTENTION WINDOW ADJUSTMENT FOR NEW RADIO UNLICENSED/SIDELINK Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18257246 SIGNALING TO INDICATE INTENDED SLICE INFORMATION IN PAGING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18253239 Multiplexing Of Configured Grant-UCI (CG-UCI) And Uplink Control Information (UCI) In Shared Frequency Bands Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18302442 CONFIGURABLE SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL AND PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL BLOCK PATTERN Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18002415 SPATIAL MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17149539 SERVING CELL WITH DISTINCT PCI INDEX PER RRH FOR DL TCI STATE, SPATIAL RELATION, AND UL TCI STATE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18725413 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DEACTIVATION SN WITH MULTIPLE TRPS AND SCG ACTIVATION FAILURE Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18569356 PATH SWITCH TO INDIRECT COMMUNICATION THROUGH RELAY UE DEVICE IN RRC INACTIVE CONNECTION STATE Final Rejection Kyocera Corporation
18569293 INTRA-MULTIPLEXING BETWEEN EXTENDED REALITY AND ULTRARELIABLE LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18270060 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURED GRANT BASED TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18033115 Enhancements for Measurement Reporting in Non-Terrestrial Networks Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18248725 METHODS FOR AGGREGATING DOWNLINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18728375 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18558287 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18271596 METHODS OF PARTIAL FREQUENCY SOUNDING WITH SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18797567 NETWORK DEVICE AND CLIENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18209764 Method And Apparatus For Reference Signal Enhancements In Mobile Communications Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.

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