Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP - QUALCOMM

35 pending office actions • 1 client • 33 examiners • 28 art units • 29 of 35 (83%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
29
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
3
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
33
Medium (94%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only28 (80%)
§102 only5 (14%)
§112 only2 (6%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
21
Information Tech
60% of docket
11
Communications
31% of docket
2
Semiconductors
6% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 3 83.1% +25.7%
TSE, YOUNG TOI 1 89.2% +8.5%
YANG, WENYUAN 1 68.6% +17.5%
SMITH, GRAHAM P 1 76.4% +12.6%
PERLMAN, DAVID S 1 80.6% +12.7%
CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 1 83.3% +15.9%
BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 1 81.2% +13.7%
SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C 1 80.6% +14.8%
NGUYEN, CHUONG M 1 72.5% +19.8%
CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S 1 92.9% +6.2%

Quick Wins (9)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18611208 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS FOR EYEWEAR BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 43d overdue
18441979 Cell Discontinuous Transmission and Reception Control for Multiple Transmission Reception Points CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 28d overdue
18598945 WIDEBAND OPERATION WITH MULTIPLE RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) CHAINS CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S 11d overdue
18532469 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 8d
18371189 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 9d
18665325 IMAGE MATCHING USING CHROMA-ENHANCED OR ADAPTABLE SIZE FEATURES PERLMAN, DAVID S 21d
18695678 CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK WITH FRACTIONAL RANK INDICATOR CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 29d
18883156 PRE-DISTORTION TRAINING FEEDBACK VIA INDUCTIVE COUPLING TSE, YOUNG TOI 41d

Interview Candidates (10)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18611208 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS FOR EYEWEAR BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 43d overdue
18781277 STATION-TIME SCENE REPRESENTATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-BASED PLANNING YANG, WENYUAN 30d overdue
18441979 Cell Discontinuous Transmission and Reception Control for Multiple Transmission Reception Points CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 28d overdue
18532469 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 8d
18371189 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 9d
18665325 IMAGE MATCHING USING CHROMA-ENHANCED OR ADAPTABLE SIZE FEATURES PERLMAN, DAVID S 21d
18769074 MITIGATION OF ANTENNA PANEL MISALIGNMENT SMITH, GRAHAM P 29d
18695678 CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK WITH FRACTIONAL RANK INDICATOR CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 29d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Qualcomm 35

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24674
28452
26412
26492
24132
26321
36671
26731
24751
24111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18883156 PRE-DISTORTION TRAINING FEEDBACK VIA INDUCTIVE COUPLING Qualcomm Incorporated TSE, YOUNG TOI 2632 §112 Final Rejection 41d AI Ready Sep 12, 2024
18781277 STATION-TIME SCENE REPRESENTATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-BASED PLANNING Qualcomm Incorporated YANG, WENYUAN 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue AI Ready Jul 23, 2024
18769074 MITIGATION OF ANTENNA PANEL MISALIGNMENT Qualcomm Incorporated SMITH, GRAHAM P 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 29d AI Ready Jul 10, 2024
18665325 IMAGE MATCHING USING CHROMA-ENHANCED OR ADAPTABLE SIZE FEATURES Qualcomm Incorporated PERLMAN, DAVID S 2673 §103 Non-Final OA 21d AI Ready May 15, 2024
18695678 CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK WITH FRACTIONAL RANK INDICATOR Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 2475 §103 Non-Final OA 29d AI Ready Mar 26, 2024
18611208 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS FOR EYEWEAR Qualcomm Incorporated BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue AI Ready Mar 20, 2024
18606954 MODEM CLOCK FREQUENCY ADAPTATION Qualcomm Incorporated SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C 2467 §112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18604245 Assistance Information for Mobility Prediction Qualcomm Incorporated NGUYEN, CHUONG M 2411 §103 Non-Final OA 33d AI Ready Mar 13, 2024
18598945 WIDEBAND OPERATION WITH MULTIPLE RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) CHAINS Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S 2471 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue AI Ready Mar 07, 2024
18685987 QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE REPORTING ENHANCEMENTS Qualcomm Incorporated DEWAN, SANJAY K 2472 §103 Non-Final OA 30d AI Ready Feb 23, 2024
18685740 REDUCED CAPABILITY MACHINE LEARNING WITH ASSISTANCE Qualcomm Incorporated LIN, KENNY S 2416 §103 Non-Final OA 7d AI Ready Feb 22, 2024
18441855 DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated NGUYEN, TU X 2642 §102 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18441979 Cell Discontinuous Transmission and Reception Control for Multiple Transmission Reception Points Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue AI Ready Feb 14, 2024
18293309 PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) SCANNING FOR A PLMN WITH DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE Qualcomm Incorporated DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 2641 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue AI Ready Jan 29, 2024
18420257 ANTENNA TUNER WITH JAMMER REJECTION Qualcomm Incorporated REGO, DOMINIC E 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue AI Ready Jan 23, 2024
18419467 REESTABLISHMENT WITH REDIRECTION FOR A NARROWBAND INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE Qualcomm Incorporated SHIVERS, ASHLEY L 2477 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue AI Ready Jan 22, 2024
18416992 IMPLICIT INDICATION OF TRANSMISSION POWER LEVEL FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS Qualcomm Incorporated PEREZ, ANGELICA 2649 §103 Non-Final OA 15d AI Ready Jan 19, 2024
18405869 Information Sharing Between Radio Access Networks (RANs) for a User Equipment (UE) Configured with Dual Stack Dual Connectivity Qualcomm Incorporated SAMARA, LOUIS 2476 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue AI Ready Jan 05, 2024
18575237 PAGING IN DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE Qualcomm Incorporated CHEN, ZHITONG 2649 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue AI Ready Dec 28, 2023
18391930 COMMUNICATION LINK DISRUPTION PREDICTION REPORTING AND MITIGATION Qualcomm Incorporated RUBIN, BLAKE J 2457 §102 Non-Final OA 34d AI Ready Dec 21, 2023
18392360 TECHNIQUES FOR REQUESTING INTER-UE COORDINATION MESSAGES FOR SIDELINK Qualcomm Incorporated LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 2641 §103 Non-Final OA 42d AI Ready Dec 21, 2023
18532469 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103 Non-Final OA 8d AI Ready Dec 07, 2023
18519916 PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) MONITORING ADAPTATION FOR TWO STAGE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) Qualcomm Incorporated LANGER, PAUL ANTHONY 2419 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue AI Ready Nov 27, 2023
18507922 UNCREWED AERIAL VEHICLE FLIGHT PATH OPTIMIZATION Qualcomm Incorporated SAMS, MATTHEW C 2646 §102 Non-Final OA 12d AI Ready Nov 13, 2023
18484040 INTERLEAVING PRE-COMPENSATION FOR RANDOM ACCESS Qualcomm Incorporated MASUR, PAUL H 2417 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18481788 DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF USER EQUIPMENT RECEIVER FOR COMMUNICATION CHANNEL ADAPTATION Qualcomm Incorporated PASIA, REDENTOR M 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue AI Ready Oct 05, 2023
18477093 EFFECTIVE ISOTROPIC RADIATED POWER LIMIT FOR MULTIPLE BEAM COMMUNICATION Qualcomm Incorporated CHEN, JUNPENG 2645 §103 Non-Final OA 15d AI Ready Sep 28, 2023
18371189 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103 Non-Final OA 9d AI Ready Sep 21, 2023
18463920 Downlink Control Information-Based Low Power Wake-Up Signal Monitoring Qualcomm Incorporated MIZRAHI, DIANE D 2647 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue AI Ready Sep 08, 2023
18446469 Quality of Service Management for Protocol Data Unit Sets Qualcomm Incorporated MIAN, OMER S 2461 §103 Final Rejection 53d AI Ready Aug 08, 2023
18226756 MULTI-SLOT UPLINK TRANSMISSION OCCASIONS DURING NETWORK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CYCLES Qualcomm Incorporated FAYED, RASHA K 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue AI Ready Jul 26, 2023
18174157 TRANSMIT PARAMETER FOR PORTION OF SIDELINK RESOURCE POOL Qualcomm Incorporated BROCKMAN, ANGEL T 2412 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18151853 AUTOMATIC SIDELINK RESOURCE GRANT Qualcomm Incorporated SIXTO, NANCY 2465 §103 Final Rejection 41d AI Ready Jan 09, 2023
17805326 TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY SIGNAL GENERATION AND INTERFERENCE CANCELATION Qualcomm Incorporated YANG, ZHAOHUI 2468 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Jun 03, 2022
17543432 INDICATION ON PROBABILISTIC SHAPING Qualcomm Incorporated ALI, SYED 2463 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2021

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