Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Khai Minh Nguyen, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NGUYEN, KHAI MINH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2617 2641 3773

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

NGUYEN, KHAI MINH is assigned to tech center 3700 and art unit 2617. The profile covers 1305 resolved cases and reports an 87.2% allowance rate. The 4.4% interview lift indicates a limited association between interviews and allowance outcomes. The median time to allowance is 867 days, so applicants should account for a meaningful examination interval while relying primarily on clear written claim presentation.

The listed companies are Qualcomm Incorporated, Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd., and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. The leading firms are FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC), AMPACC Law Group, PLLC, and Ascenda Law Group, PC. The substantial resolved-case record supports the allowance and timing signals, while the interview result suggests that interviews may be most useful when directed to specific claim or prior-art issues.

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

Performance Statistics

87.2%
Allow Rate
+17.2% vs TC avg
1,350
Total Applications
+4.4%
Interview Lift
867
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1305 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
49.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18842166 Unified Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) States Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18723304 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATION OF TX UE RELATED TO CHANGING OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODE IN SIDELINK DRX AND REPORTING OF RELATED INFORMATION TO BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18848094 COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18577121 MULTI-CONNECTIVITY WITH QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT Final Rejection Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18729216 ACCESS NETWORK NODE, METHOD FOR ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18724253 METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF USER EQUIPMENT (UE), COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND UE Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18758182 CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18719317 REPORTING OF MEASURED AND PREDICTION BASED BEAM MANAGEMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18500027 ACKNOWLEDGMENT (ACK) PROCESSING ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) HEADER VERIFICATION, PAYLOAD VERIFICATION, OR BOTH Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18043671 MULTI-PORT POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) FOR DOWNLINK ANGLE-OF-DEPARTURE (AOD) ESTIMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18849868 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18660357 Article Transport Facility Final Rejection Daifuku Co., Ltd.
18781726 PAGING FOR LOW-POWER WAKE UP FOR A USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Limited
18823315 COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18923040 UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18903664 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CARRIERS, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18896324 INTERFACE FAILURE RECOVERY SUCH AS FOR N3MB WITH MONOLITHIC OR SPLIT ACCESS NODES Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18366798 PHONE LICENSE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18793113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION IN IAB NETWORK Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18721642 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Khai Minh Nguyen's allowance rate?

87.2% of resolved applications examined by Khai Minh Nguyen were allowed (1,305 resolved cases), compared with 66.3% across Art Unit 2617 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Khai Minh Nguyen?

This examiner's interview lift is +4.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Khai Minh Nguyen take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Khai Minh Nguyen took 867 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Khai Minh Nguyen work in?

Khai Minh Nguyen examines applications in Art Unit 2617 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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