Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: ZHAO, YONGHONG

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2472

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Yonghong Zhao is an examiner in Art Unit 2472, located in Tech Center 2400. The examiner's history includes 24 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 75.0 percent. This 75.0 percent rate suggests the frequency at which cases are successfully allowed. The 24 resolved cases provide the context for these outcomes.

The interview lift is 11.1 percent, which represents the correlation between interviews and allowances compared to the 75.0 percent allowance rate. Practitioners should weigh this 11.1 percent lift when deciding whether to interview. Direct communication remains a tool in Art Unit 2472.

The median days to allowance is 1116. This 1116-day timeline is a benchmark for applicants. Although the data is based on 24 resolved cases, the 11.1 percent lift offers a point for prosecution strategy. The median helps in estimating the time required to reach a final resolution under this examiner in Tech Center 2400.

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

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+17.0% vs TC avg
69
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
1116
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
71.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18033040 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18009577 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK-BASED RELAY COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18884398 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE PRIORITY FOR INTERWORKING WITH EXTERNAL NETWORKS AND PROTOCOLS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18934896 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18926842 Packet Processing Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18467802 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18325369 POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18165769 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17916339 Resource Determining Method and Apparatus Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17974793 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17927205 METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18869660 BANDWIDTH PART OPERATIONS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION PROCEDURES OF A REDUCED CAPABILITY USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18500696 FAST DATA PATH SWITCH IN LOWER LAYER MOBILITY Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18447841 TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA) WITH NON-CELL DEFINING (NCD) SIGNALING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18349061 NETWORK NODE-TO-RIS BEAM REFINEMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18252139 COMMON BEAM INDICATION TECHNIQUES FOR MULTI-BEAM OPERATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18174805 TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATORS AND PRECODING MATRICES FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17960454 END-TO-END QUALITY OF SERVICE VIA A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17907436 RADIO RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR SELF-INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18554427 METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE BEAM VIA LINEAR COMBINATION OF ORTHOGONAL BEAMS OF AN ARRAY OF RADIO-COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS Final Rejection ORANGE
17925441 SMALL DATA EXCHANGE HANDLING BY A USER EQUIPMENT IN INACTIVE STATE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18582229 METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RF DATALINK NETWORK MODELING AND MISSION EVALUATION Final Rejection Rockwell Collins, Inc.
18040211 TERMINAL AND BASE STATION APPARATUS Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18171207 MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION METHOD, TRAFFIC-TO-LINK MAPPING METHOD, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies OY
18942510 PROCESSING METHOD FOR SENSING MEASUREMENT, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18105840 PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18583495 COORDINATED FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18858717 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18808097 METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Apogee Networks, LLC

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