Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: ZHANG, ZHENSHENG

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2474

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Zhensheng Zhang is assigned to Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2474, with 407 resolved cases on record. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 76.4 percent. This figure reflects the likelihood of securing an allowance through standard prosecution procedures. The volume of 407 cases provides a substantial basis for understanding the examiner's decision-making patterns in this specific art unit.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 993 days. An interview lift of 10.7 percent is also reported. This 10.7 percent lift suggests that while interviews are a tool for practitioners, the examiner's overall allowance rate of 76.4 percent is already quite high without them. Applicants should weigh the 993 days median timeline against the probability of success when developing their prosecution strategy. These data points offer a clear view of the examiner's historical performance in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2474.

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

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+18.4% vs TC avg
431
Total Applications
+10.7%
Interview Lift
993
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 407 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
7.4%
§102 Novelty
76.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18784052 METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNELS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18793137 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING FULL DUPLEX OPERATION AT A USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18722529 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING SIGNALLING-BASED MDT IN INTER-RAT MOBILE COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18857069 SIDELINK BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY REQUEST Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18727045 USER EQUIPMENT TIMING ADVANCE VALIDATION WINDOW DESIGN FOR FREQUENCY RANGE 2 (FR2) SMALL DATA TRANSFER (SDT) Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18735427 Carrier Aggregation Capability Advertisement Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18907450 COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND CELLULAR NETWORK Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18294126 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18261477 Managing Pending Data in Inactive State Scenarios Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18920735 RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON UPLINK POWER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18618198 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION FOR ON-DEMAND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK AND TIME-DOMAIN SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK ADAPTATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17210364 ENHANCED TRIGGER-BASED NULL DATA PACKET FOR CHANNEL SOUNDING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18294195 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, USER EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18726188 DIRECT-TO-INDIRECT PATH SWITCH WITH INDICATION THAT SOURCE CELL IS THE TARGET CELL Final Rejection Kyocera Corporation
18859869 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18044150 TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18558358 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT/RADIO LINK MONITORING MEASUREMENTS FOR REDCAP UE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18176263 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Nokia Technologies OY
18918622 NTN-TN CONNECTED MODE MOBILITY IN ENERGY SAVING NETWORKS Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18914744 Positioning Method and Apparatus, Terminal, and Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18758865 COMMUNICATION OPERATION EXECUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18894842 Random Access Procedures Using Multiple Active Bandwidth Parts Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18397541 Random Access Procedures Using Multiple Active Bandwidth Parts Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18349915 ACCESS TYPE INDICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, APPLICATION SERVER, AND NETWORK FUNCTION ENTITY Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18732124 NLOS WIRELESS BACKHAUL DOWNLINK COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18341637 Sustainable Configuration Generation Based On Network Speed and Client Demand Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18859837 CSI REPORTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PRECODING MATRIX DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18856339 UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD/APPARATUS/DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18853960 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR SENSING AND MEASUREMENT REPORTING Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18728448 UCI TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.

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