Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, BAO G

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2461

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Bao G. Nguyen is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2461. The data for this profile is based on 367 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 74.1 percent, which serves as the baseline probability of success for applications in this portfolio. This rate provides a benchmark for practitioners to evaluate the likelihood of a grant when filing in this unit.

The median days to allowance is 1195. This figure represents the time required for an application to reach a grant. Practitioners can use the 1195-day timeline to manage client expectations regarding the duration of the prosecution process. This duration reflects the pace of work for the 367 resolved cases concluded by the examiner.

The interview lift is 3.5 percent. This metric indicates the increase in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. When compared to the 74.1 percent allowance rate, the 3.5 percent lift suggests that oral advocacy provides a limited benefit for resolving outstanding issues. For matters in Art Unit 2461, the data indicates that interviews are associated with a slightly higher likelihood of moving a case toward allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

74.0%
Allow Rate
+16.0% vs TC avg
417
Total Applications
+3.7%
Interview Lift
1197
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 369 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
75.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18671268 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENERGY SAVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18427189 OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18495334 Frequency Domain Partial Transmission Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17429571 FRAME-BASED EQUIPMENT MODE OF OPERATION FOR NEW RADIO-UNLICENSED SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18159138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATING A QUEUE Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18495299 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES BASED ON AN INITIAL BLOCK ERROR RATE DETERMINED FROM A TRANSLATED CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR TABLE Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18774204 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR NETWORK CODING-BASED HARQ RETRANSMISSION WITH SCRAMBLING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18449790 Resource Scheduling Method and Terminal Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18357398 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18142673 CHANNEL CODING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18304388 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18506563 PREEMPTION TECHNIQUES FOR LOW LATENCY DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18553125 INTER-UE COORDINATION WITH DISTANCE-BASED COLLISION INDICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17931875 MULTIPLEXING AT A FORWARDING NODE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17458226 TECHNIQUES FOR DESTINATION FILTERING IN FIRST-STAGE SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18716661 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18321743 RECEIVING A PAGING MESSAGE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
17430437 Terminal Device, Network Device and Methods Therein Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18284996 LOAD BALANCING USING DYNAMIC DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACKS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18829230 METHOD FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING A REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR UPLINK DEMODULATION IN A CLUSTERED DFT-SPREAD OFDM TRANSMISSION SCHEME Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
17932115 REALLOCATION OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION SLOTS BETWEEN WIRELESS NODES FOR RETRANSMISSION OF DATA WITHIN MEDICAL BODY AREA NETWORK Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18038105 Edge Device and Method for Providing Redundancy Functions on the Edge Device Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18779838 Beam Management with DRX Configuration Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17729640 Antenna Panel Update Procedures Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18109429 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD
18064276 HANDOVER METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18453005 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR MEDIUM RESERVATION MITIGATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
18307175 TRAFFIC STEERING POLICY AND SELECTION OF SERVICE FUNCTION CHAIN IN V-PLMN WITH LOCAL BREAKOUT Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18060843 COORDINATING UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM TRAFFIC BETWEEN ACCESS POINTS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18850190 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AI-BASED CSI PROCESSING CAPABILITY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

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