Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

The Hy Nguyen, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NGUYEN, THE HY

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2478

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

NGUYEN, THE HY is assigned to USPTO Technology Center 2400 and art unit 2400. The profile records 332 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 74.7%. The median time to allowance is 996 days. Interview lift is 30.1%, indicating a strong measured association between interviews and subsequent allowance outcomes in the available record.

The listed companies are LG Electronics Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, and Apple Inc. The listed firms are LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, and AMPACC Law Group, PLLC. The allowance rate reflects a meaningful level of successful prosecution, while the interview result identifies interviews as an especially relevant tactical consideration. Practitioners may benefit from using interviews to narrow technical disagreements and confirm amendment direction. The median timing also supports maintaining realistic expectations about the duration of prosecution before allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

74.7%
Allow Rate
+16.7% vs TC avg
378
Total Applications
+30.1%
Interview Lift
996
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 332 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
59.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18861551 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT REPORT CONSIDERING HEIGHT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18064007 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18861156 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST DISABLEMENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18792079 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EARLY FR2 TUNE-AWAY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18699770 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS WITH MULTIPLE SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK-BASED MEASUREMENT TIMING CONFIGURATIONS Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18108096 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18929205 TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD OF CONTROL SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18917931 UPLINK RESOURCE MUTING RELATED UE CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18653652 NO TRANSMIT ZONE SIGNALING FOR AERIAL UES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18700672 SIDELINK CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME SHARING RESOURCE AWARENESS Final Rejection QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18240896 MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO INPUT MIXER Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18814205 SCALABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR EQUITABLE PRIORITIZED CHANNEL ACCESS IN CONTENTION-BASED NETWORKS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18465485 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF TRIGGERED CONTENTION-BASED PERIOD Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18843043 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF AN ENHANCED MECHANISM FOR AN RRC REESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18246665 CONFIGURING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18125874 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE RECEPTIONS OR TRANSMISSION ON MULTIPLE SERVING CELLS Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18860121 METHOD FOR SYSTEM MESSAGE PROCESSING, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18852294 UPLINK CHANNEL SENDING AND RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18834010 CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CELLS FOR L1/L2 MOBILITY Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18860942 TIMING ADVANCE MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18826918 SERVICE CONTINUITY OF BISTATIC UE-ASSISTED SENSING SERVICES Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18917996 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18916749 HANDOVER METHOD AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
18843482 Resource coexistence method and apparatus Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18781612 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING REFLECTION-BASED COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18012179 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING FRAME IN MULTI-LINK-SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner The Hy Nguyen's allowance rate?

74.7% of resolved applications examined by The Hy Nguyen were allowed (332 resolved cases), compared with 49.8% across Art Unit 2400 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner The Hy Nguyen?

This examiner's interview lift is +30.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner The Hy Nguyen take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by The Hy Nguyen took 996 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner The Hy Nguyen work in?

The Hy Nguyen examines applications in Art Unit 2400 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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