Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Alan Louis Lindenbaum, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2413 2466

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Analysis

LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2413. The record includes 435 resolved cases, with a 48.5% allowance rate and a median of 1342 days to allowance. The allowance figure reflects a materially mixed prosecution record, while the median timing indicates that matters reaching allowance may require sustained prosecution management.

The interview lift is 15.8%, providing a stronger association between examiner interviews and allowance outcomes than the overall allowance result alone would suggest. The listed companies are Lenovo, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, and NEC. The listed firms are Kunzler Needham Hilton, Bayes, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Applicants may benefit from planning interviews alongside focused claim amendments and extended prosecution timelines.

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

Performance Statistics

48.5%
Allow Rate
-9.5% vs TC avg
499
Total Applications
+15.8%
Interview Lift
1342
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 435 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.8%
§102 Novelty
58.2%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18828612 HARQ ACK FOR MULTI-PDCCH SCHEDULED PDSCH TRANSMISSION OVER MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17769723 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION OF SIDELINK TRANSMISSION AND UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF TERMINAL IN NR V2X Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18859392 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18694509 RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS THEREFOR Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18169666 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BEAM FAILURE OF A SECONDARY CELL Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18944802 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17657023 Feedback Information Transmission Method and Apparatus Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17983217 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLOT FORMAT INDICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection ASUSTek Computer Inc.
18261974 PRIORITIZATION OF SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNALS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17759148 DIFFERENT RELIABILITY LEVELS FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (ACK/NACK) TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18867242 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18041736 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17263457 USER EQUIPMENT AND TRANSMISSION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17043355 USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
15770891 USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, AND CONTEXT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17990955 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND GATEWAY DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18860980 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SCHEDULING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PDSCH) TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18020209 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING QUASI CO-LOCATION REFERENCE SIGNAL(S) Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18016554 APPARATUS AND METHODS OF BEAM FAILURE DETECTION MECHANISM FOR ENHANCED PDCCH WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
17606613 USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING CONDITIONAL HANDOVER Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18016215 BEAM FAILURE FOR SERVING CELL WITH MULTIPLE ACTIVE BANDWIDTH PARTS Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
17904278 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION FOR NON-PUBLIC RADIO CELL Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
17181938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING COORDINATED ORTHOGONAL BLOCK-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION (COBRA) OPERATIONS Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18256522 ENABLING DYNAMIC SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS AND SINGLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL SCHEMES Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
17357774 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RRM MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18886432 SYNCHRONIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED MICROSERVICES Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Alan Louis Lindenbaum's allowance rate?

48.5% of resolved applications examined by Alan Louis Lindenbaum were allowed (435 resolved cases), compared with 68.3% across Art Unit 2413 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Alan Louis Lindenbaum?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Alan Louis Lindenbaum take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Alan Louis Lindenbaum took 1,342 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Alan Louis Lindenbaum work in?

Alan Louis Lindenbaum examines applications in Art Unit 2413 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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