Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: YANG, ZHAOHUI

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2468

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Zhaohui Yang works in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2468. The examiner has 404 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 72.0 percent, and the median days to allowance is 1134. These metrics provide a clear picture of the expected outcomes and the duration of the prosecution process. The 1134 day median represents the typical period from filing to the grant of a patent for applications assigned to this examiner.

The interview lift for this examiner is 11.7 percent. This indicates that interviews are associated with a higher probability of allowance. For the 404 resolved cases, the 11.7 percent lift and the 72.0 percent allowance rate suggest that practitioners should use interviews as a key tool. Engaging in oral advocacy may help navigate the 1134 day median prosecution timeline more effectively for applications in Art Unit 2468.

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

Performance Statistics

72.0%
Allow Rate
+14.0% vs TC avg
448
Total Applications
+11.7%
Interview Lift
1134
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 404 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
66.4%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18578270 COMMUNICATION PAGING BASED ON MULTIPLE PATHS Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18508368 APPARATUS FOR MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18177093 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC IDENTIFIER-BASED UPLINK TRIGGERING OPERATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18384818 MULTI-LINK INFORMATION ELEMENT WITH MILLIMETER WAVE (MMWAVE) LINK Final Rejection NXP USA, Inc.
18761795 RESOURCE SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18681434 CONDITIONS RELATED TO POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS (PRS) FOR PERFORMING PROCESSING WITHOUT MEASUREMENT GAPS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18509227 RADIO LINK CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MODE TIMING FOR MULTI MODAL TRAFFIC Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18486871 INDICATING UNUSED TRANSMIT OCCASIONS IN UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18482781 PDCCH AND PDSCH MULTIPLEXING WITH PDSCH DATA RATE CONTROL Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17906305 TECHNIQUES FOR SOFT CANCELLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17905397 EFFICIENT SCG ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION AND MAINTAINING UPLINK TIMING ALIGNMENT WITH A SECONDARY NODE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17663099 COMMUNICATIONS CARRIED VIA A USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18074842 SCALABLE SECURE SPEED NEGOTIATION FOR TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKING DEVICES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18073756 PRIORITIZED ACCESS FOR PPDU RETRANSMISSIONS AFTER A COLLISION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18073281 MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME DESIGN FOR EXTENDED RANGE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18072498 FLOW OFFLOADING METHOD FOR A PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC) Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18072110 LINK AGGREGATION GROUP (LAG) PORT SELECTION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18248700 MANAGEMENT OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF USER DATA Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
16323673 USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17739041 BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY DETERMINING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17829993 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
18728065 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PROCESSING TIME PARAMETER OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18033288 Methods For Simultaneous PUCCH And PUSCH Transmissions In Intra-Band Carrier Aggregation Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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