Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Christine Y Ng, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NG, CHRISTINE Y

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2464 2469 2616

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

Christine Y Ng is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 with 738 resolved cases. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 82.9 percent in Art Unit 2416. This rate is beneficial for technology companies like Qualcomm Incorporated and Apple Inc.

The interview lift is 4.3 percent. This figure suggests that while interviews can be helpful, the 82.9 percent baseline allowance rate indicates that many cases are resolved successfully through the written record. Firms such as Harrity & Harrity, LLP and AMPACC Law Group, PLLC should weigh the necessity of an interview against this probability of grant.

The median days to allowance is 1139. This duration provides a benchmark for the length of the prosecution cycle for applicants like Intel Corporation and Banner Witcoff (Intel). Practitioners can use this 1139-day median to manage client expectations. The overall data from the 738 resolved cases suggests a predictable environment for applicants, with a strong likelihood of allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

82.9%
Allow Rate
+20.9% vs TC avg
775
Total Applications
+4.3%
Interview Lift
1139
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 738 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18578041 Methods, and Devices, of Estimating a Duration that a User Equipment, UE, is Unreachable Caused by a Coverage Hole in a Coverage Area of at Least one Access Node in a Telecommunication Network Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18970754 QOS MANAGEMENT FOR WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18933958 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR USING DCI TO INDICATE SCELL DORMANCY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18757327 Fast Trigger Request Indication Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18899664 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18865008 IMPLICIT TIMING ADVANCE UPDATE FOR DEACTIVATED CELL OR TIMING ADVANCE GROUP Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18396252 DELAY STATUS REPORTING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18471275 UPDATES FOR UNASSOCIATED STATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18340780 RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE DISTRIBUTION FOR MULTI-LINK SERVICE Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17247183 Data Channel Resource Allocation Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18358179 USE OF CUSTOMIZED FREQUENCY ROTATION FOR PUNCTURED CHANNELS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18095170 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) ROUTE SELECTION POLICY (USRP) UE IN AN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM (EPS) Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18859893 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18703160 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18725363 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN AN IAB NETWORK Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18864974 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CANDIDATE CELL CONFIGURATION, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18729467 OPERATION TRIGGERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18810083 Methods and Apparatus for Efficient Wakeup of Wireless Device Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18775803 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAPPING BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF BANDWIDTH PARTS Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18905935 GROUP-BASED POLICIES FOR INTER-DOMAIN TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18800550 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A GENERATION AND USE OF MODELS Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18853216 CARRIER SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18736478 BUFFER STATUS REPORT METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Christine Y Ng's allowance rate?

82.9% of resolved applications examined by Christine Y Ng were allowed (738 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2416 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Christine Y Ng?

This examiner's interview lift is +4.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Christine Y Ng take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Christine Y Ng took 1,139 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Christine Y Ng work in?

Christine Y Ng examines applications in Art Unit 2416 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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