Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP - QUALCOMM

45 pending office actions • 1 client • 43 examiners • 25 art units • 15 of 45 (33%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=34495 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.5%
Allowance Rate
n=34495
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=34495
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=21370
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=21370
1002 days
Time to Allowance
n=21370
+7.1pp
Interview Lift
n=34495
22.1%
RCE Rate
n=34495
3.8%
Appeal Rate
n=34495

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

67.8%
§101 Overcome
n=2591
78.4%
§102 Overcome
n=9196
78.6%
§103 Overcome
n=14836
80.9%
§112 Overcome
n=9524

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61B, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=34495
69
Practitioners
n=34495
499.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=34495

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

17
Hard (38%)
26
Medium (58%)
2
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (2%)
§103 only23 (51%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
21
Information Tech
47% of docket
8
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
14
Business / Other
31% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, ZHITONG 2 76.2% +19.9%
CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2 82.9% +25.1%
VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C 1 28.0% +55.2%
BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G 1 75.4% +30.2%
PATEL, NIMESH 1 84.6% +16.8%
DINH, KHANH Q 1 83.7% +4.6%
CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R 1 75.8% +25.7%
NGUYEN, THUONG 1 68.2% +32.1%
PARK, CHONGSUH 1 59.8% +18.2%
MALEK, LEILA 1 79.7% +7.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18971934 Untitled DINH, KHANH Q

Hard Cases (18)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18611208 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS FOR EYEWEAR BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 43d overdue
18419467 REESTABLISHMENT WITH REDIRECTION FOR A NARROWBAND INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE SHIVERS, ASHLEY L 36d overdue
18293309 PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) SCANNING FOR A PLMN WITH DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 9d overdue
18605209 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMPLICIT SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION FOR DENSE HIGH-DEFINITION (HD) MAPS WITH NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 29d
18811670 Untitled VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C
18751771 Untitled PATEL, NIMESH
18761719 Untitled CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R
18899684 PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION FOR CODEWORD-BASED RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS NGUYEN, THUONG

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
18441979 Cell Discontinuous Transmission and Reception Control for Multiple Transmission Reception Points CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 28d overdue
18575237 PAGING IN DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE CHEN, ZHITONG 1d overdue
18532469 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 8d
18811670 Untitled VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C
18830399 Untitled BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G
18751771 Untitled PATEL, NIMESH
18761719 Untitled CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R
18745809 Untitled CHEN, ZHITONG

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Qualcomm 45

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24643
24612
24732
24182
26492
24672
24712
41001
26321
24151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18811670 Untitled Qualcomm Incorporated VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18830399 Untitled Qualcomm Incorporated BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18751771 Untitled Qualcomm Incorporated PATEL, NIMESH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18971934 Untitled Qualcomm Incorporated DINH, KHANH Q §102 Non-Final OA Pending
18761719 Untitled Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18745809 Untitled Qualcomm Incorporated CHEN, ZHITONG 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18899684 PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION FOR CODEWORD-BASED RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated NGUYEN, THUONG §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18899724 RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE FOR CODEWORD-BASED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated PARK, CHONGSUH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18886755 BEAM STEERING ADJUSTMENTS FOR MULTI-PANEL ANTENNA ARRAYS Qualcomm Incorporated MALEK, LEILA 2632 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 16, 2024
18845235 HANDLING OVERLAPPING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT TIMING ADVANCE GROUPS Qualcomm Incorporated HUYNH, KHOA B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18800999 CAPABILITIES FOR PHYSICAL SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL TRANSMISSION Qualcomm Incorporated SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18729870 CYCLIC PREFIX ADAPTATION Qualcomm Incorporated NGO, CHUONG A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18728778 MULTI-BIT SIDELINK FEEDBACK Qualcomm Incorporated GENACK, MATTHEW W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18737867 SYSTEM INFORMATION COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT VIA COMBINING AND REPETITION Qualcomm Incorporated LEE, CHAE S 2415 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18680423 TRANSMISSION REPETITION ADAPTATION BASED ON SLOT TYPE Qualcomm Incorporated NGUYEN, BAO G 2461 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18668003 DYNAMIC MAPPING OF RANDOM ACCESS OCCASIONS TO BEAMS Qualcomm Incorporated NGO, NGUYEN HOANG 2473 §103§112 Final Rejection AI Ready May 17, 2024
18709751 CONTROL RESOURCE SET MAPPING DESIGN Qualcomm Incorporated JEONG, MOO RYONG 2418 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18644487 EXTENDED REALITY (XR) DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS FOR WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY ADJUSTMENT Qualcomm Incorporated HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E 3992 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 24, 2024
18636682 PERCEPTION-AIDED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated AJAYI, JOEL 2646 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18628610 SYSTEM INFORMATION INDICATION OF PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL ADAPTATION Qualcomm Incorporated PHILLIPS, MICHAEL K 2464 §102§103 Final Rejection AI Ready Apr 05, 2024
18611139 MULTI-STAGE IMPEDANCE TUNING IN RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER Qualcomm Incorporated NGUYEN, BENJAMIN HUY DINH 2649 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18611208 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS FOR EYEWEAR Qualcomm Incorporated BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 2845 §102§103 Final Rejection 43d overdue AI Ready Mar 20, 2024
18605209 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMPLICIT SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION FOR DENSE HIGH-DEFINITION (HD) MAPS WITH NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 3667 §101§103 Non-Final OA 29d AI Ready Mar 14, 2024
18604485 POWER HEADROOM REPORT TRIGGERING CONDITIONS IN FULL-DUPLEX OPERATION Qualcomm Incorporated ETIENNE, CAMILLE JORDAN 2464 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18604487 POWER HEADROOM REPORT FOR A FULL-DUPLEX TRANSMISSION Qualcomm Incorporated SUN, DAVID ZHIJUN 2418 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2024
18598545 INTER-PEER APPARATUS COMMUNICATIONS USING A CENTRAL NETWORK ENTITY Qualcomm Incorporated DASCOMB, JACOB D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18596530 3D SCENE RECONSTRUCTION USING POINT CLOUDS AND DEEP LEARNING Qualcomm Incorporated ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 2614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18444667 SIGNALING FOR ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF DISCONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated QIN, ZHIREN 2411 DP Final Rejection AI Ready Feb 17, 2024
18441979 Cell Discontinuous Transmission and Reception Control for Multiple Transmission Reception Points Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue AI Ready Feb 14, 2024
18441855 DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF RANDOM ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS Qualcomm Incorporated PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL 2642 §102 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18430438 Adapt Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) Monitoring and/or Connected Mode Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) Behavior of a User Equipment (UE) Based on a Delay Status Report (DSR) Qualcomm Incorporated KAO, JUTAI 2473 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18293309 PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) SCANNING FOR A PLMN WITH DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE Qualcomm Incorporated DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 2641 §102§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 §102§103 Final Rejection 36d overdue AI Ready Jan 22, 2024
18575237 PAGING IN DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE Qualcomm Incorporated CHEN, ZHITONG 2649 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue AI Ready Dec 28, 2023
18391930 COMMUNICATION LINK DISRUPTION PREDICTION REPORTING AND MITIGATION Qualcomm Incorporated RUBIN, BLAKE J 2457 §103 Final Rejection 34d AI Ready Dec 21, 2023
18532469 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING FOR ENHANCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE (IDC) Qualcomm Incorporated CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103 Final Rejection 8d AI Ready Dec 07, 2023
18559742 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME (COT) DETERMINATION FOR SINGLE DCI-BASED MULTIPLE UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS Qualcomm Incorporated OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK 2466 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18491439 USER EQUIPMENT ASSISTED RELAY OF INFORMATION FROM BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL Qualcomm Incorporated AUNG, SAI 2416 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18478879 Enhanced AI/ML Based Mobility Optimization Qualcomm Incorporated TRUONG, LAN-HUONG 2464 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18551575 ASSOCIATING BEAM INDICATION WITH A CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) MEASUREMENT OR REPORT Qualcomm Incorporated SAIFUDDIN, AHMED 2475 §103 Non-Final OA AI Ready Sep 20, 2023
18244871 CHANNEL CALCULATIONS BASED ON CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) AND SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) Qualcomm Incorporated RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN 2471 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2023
18446469 Quality of Service Management for Protocol Data Unit Sets Qualcomm Incorporated MIAN, OMER S 2461 §103 Non-Final OA 53d AI Ready Aug 08, 2023
17934065 REPETITION VALUE FOR UPLINK COMMUNICATION Qualcomm Incorporated KIM, ANDREW CHANUL 2471 §103 Non-Final OA AI Ready Sep 21, 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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