Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Steve R Young, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as YOUNG, STEVE R

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2417 2419 2477

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

YOUNG, STEVE R examines in Tech Center 2400, Art Unit 2417. The profile covers 595 resolved cases and reports a 67.4% allowance rate. Interviews are associated with a 19.2% lift in allowance outcomes. The median days to allowance are 1205, so applicants should account for extended prosecution timing.

The listed companies are Qualcomm Incorporated, Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP \ Qualcomm, VOLPE KOENIG, and Bayes PLLC. The interview lift supports targeted examiner discussions, especially where a focused amendment could resolve a defined issue.

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

Performance Statistics

67.4%
Allow Rate
+9.4% vs TC avg
636
Total Applications
+19.2%
Interview Lift
1205
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 595 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
64.5%
§103 Obviousness
7.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18270044 METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR HANDLING PUCCH RESOURCES IN A FREQUENCY SPECTRUM OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18753199 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FREQUENCY OFFSET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18755532 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18681507 Communicating early and non-early data between a user device and a core network Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18284213 METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18067395 FEEDBACK AND TRAFFIC DIFFERENTIATION IN SIDELINK RELAYS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE, PHILIPS N.V.
18758090 DYNAMIC UPLINK TRANSMISSION ADAPTATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18442799 SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18041066 DEFAULT PATHLOSS REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR MULTI-PANEL UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17755652 TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18957315 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ-ACK INFORMATION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Limited
18836080 INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18291527 RESOURCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18897373 SCHEDULING ENERGY HARVESTING NODES IN A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18815991 BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18835093 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) TRANSMIT BUFFER HANDLING Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18676198 COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18637750 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, FIRST TERMINAL DEVICE AND SECOND TERMINAL DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Steve R Young's allowance rate?

67.4% of resolved applications examined by Steve R Young were allowed (595 resolved cases), compared with 84.9% across Art Unit 2417 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Steve R Young?

This examiner's interview lift is +19.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Steve R Young take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Steve R Young took 1,205 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Steve R Young work in?

Steve R Young examines applications in Art Unit 2417 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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