Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZHAO, YONGHONG

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2472

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.0%
Allow Rate
+12.0% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+42.9%
Interview Lift
1017
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 10 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
56.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17927205 METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
17998283 DYNAMIC UPDATE OF POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION UPDATES Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18009577 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK-BASED RELAY COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18254849 SMART LOCAL MESH NETWORKS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18019877 TIMING ENHANCEMENTS RELATED TO PUCCH REPETITION TOWARDS MULTIPLE TRPs Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18187061 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18165769 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17926168 TERMINAL NETWORK CONNECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM AND CHIP THEREFOR Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17916339 Resource Determining Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18136251 MEASUREMENT OPPORTUNITY SHARING FOR LAYER ONE MEASUREMENTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18554427 METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE BEAM VIA LINEAR COMBINATION OF ORTHOGONAL BEAMS OF AN ARRAY OF RADIO-COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS Non-Final OA ORANGE
18468229 FORWARDING OF SPATIALLY MULTIPLEXED COMMUNICATIONS HAVING MULTIPLE LAYERS PER POLARIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18447841 TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA) WITH NON-CELL DEFINING (NCD) SIGNALING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18349061 NETWORK NODE-TO-RIS BEAM REFINEMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18017003 CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE (CLI) REPORTING BASED ON PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) MEASUREMENT IN FULL DUPLEX Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18153290 INTERWORKING FUNCTION SELECTION ACCOUNTING FOR SUPPORTED NETWORK SLICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17907436 RADIO RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR SELF-INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18495910 COORDINATED FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18009927 MODEL BASED PREDICTIVE INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18040211 TERMINAL AND BASE STATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
17913660 TERMINAL Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18459024 ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE AND MOBILITY ROBUSTNESS WITH CONDITIONAL HANDOVER IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUE IN 5G STANDALONE O-RAN NETWORK Non-Final OA DISH Wireless L.L.C.
18204391 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
18197109 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
18234977 SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION (SCI) SIGNALING DESIGN FOR SIDELINK IN UNLICENSED BANDS (SL-U) OPERATION Non-Final OA Parsa Wireless Communications LLC
17971705 METHOD FOR CHANNEL RESOURCE TRANSMISSION AND DEVICES Non-Final OA BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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