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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Lihong Yu, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as YU, LIHONG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2611 2631 2632 2849

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

YU, LIHONG is assigned to Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2611. The profile covers 840 resolved cases and reports an 81.4% allowance rate. Interviews are associated with a 19.0% lift in allowance outcomes. The median time to allowance is 912 days.

The listed companies are Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Texas Instruments Incorporated, and B1 Institute of Image Technology Inc. The listed firms are APPLE INC. - Fletcher, Li & Cai Intellectual Property(USA) office, and NIXON & VANDERHYE PC. The record supports using interviews selectively to clarify claim scope, while preserving technical distinctions in the written response.

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

Performance Statistics

81.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
860
Total Applications
+19.0%
Interview Lift
912
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 840 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.0%
§102 Novelty
67.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19280516 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19051856 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FRONTHAUL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19054533 SPLIT INPUT AMPLIFIER FOR PROTECTION FROM DC OFFSET Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19237193 BEAMFORMING AND POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19230380 SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19190153 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18814756 DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19025906 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18326704 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING A JOINT TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18257993 Transceiver method between receiver (Rx) and transmitter (Tx) in an overloaded communication channel Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
19027866 WIRELESS NETWORK WITH CHANNEL HOPPING Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
19004989 EQUALIZER ADAPTATION FOR DATA LINK Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18869321 CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Lihong Yu's allowance rate?

81.4% of resolved applications examined by Lihong Yu were allowed (840 resolved cases), compared with 70.5% across Art Unit 2611 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Lihong Yu?

This examiner's interview lift is +19.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Lihong Yu take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Lihong Yu took 912 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Lihong Yu work in?

Lihong Yu examines applications in Art Unit 2611 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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