Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Helen Mao

54 pending office actions • 8 clients

Portfolio Summary

54
Total Pending OAs
22
Final Rejections
32
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
MediaTek Inc. 28
MediaTek Inc. 14
MediaTek Inc. 5
MediaTek Inc. 2
Shanghai Jiao Tong University 1
Media Tek Inc. 1
Mediatek 1
MediaTek Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18731230 FOUR-WHEEL WALKER WITH LARGE FRONT WHEEL AND SMALL REAR WHEEL Unknown CANFIELD, ROBERT 3636 Non-Final OA May 31, 2024
18595401 REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGN AND PROCESSING FOR WIRELESS SENSING IN INTEGRATED SENSING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Shanghai Jiao Tong University KRUEGER, KENT K 2474 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2024
18437129 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF MAC PARTIAL RESET DURING INTRA-DU LTM MediaTek Inc. FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH 2411 Non-Final OA Feb 08, 2024
18525680 TCI STATE INDICATION FOR PUSCH TRANSMISSION MediaTek Inc. FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG 2462 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18508169 METHODS OF TWO DOWNLINK CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AND TWO UPLINK CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FOR FULL DUPLEX SYSTEM MediaTek Inc. KO, SITHU 2414 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2023
18500053 EQUIVALENT SNPNS AND GUTI INDICATED BY UE MediaTek Inc. ABDULLAEV, ERKIN SHAVKATOVICH 2648 Final Rejection Nov 01, 2023
18496901 RSD PARAMETERS HANDLING FOR PDN LEGGED MA PDU SESSION MediaTek Inc. NGUYEN, HAO HONG 2447 Non-Final OA Oct 29, 2023
18496903 URSP RULE REUSING PDN LEGGED MA PDU SESSION HANDLING MediaTek Inc. NGUYEN, HAO HONG 2447 Non-Final OA Oct 29, 2023
18493756 DEREGISTRATION AND EMM PARAMETER HANDLING CONSIDERING ACCESS TYPE MediaTek Inc. HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA 2645 Final Rejection Oct 24, 2023
18492748 METHODS OF UE-ASSISTED REPORT MediaTek Inc. BEDNASH, JOSEPH A 2461 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2023
18486065 DYNAMIC SL RESOURCE ALLOCATION MediaTek Inc. CAIRNS, THOMAS R 2468 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2023
18464094 TRANSMISSION METHODS OF SIDELINK ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM MediaTek Inc. MESFIN, YEMANE 2462 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18366556 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING UE APPROPRIATE STATES BY TRAFFIC TYPE DETECTION MediaTek Inc. DECKER, CASSANDRA L 2466 Final Rejection Aug 07, 2023
18224733 PDU SESSION STATUS IE HANDLING FOR MBS MediaTek Inc. TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M 2469 Final Rejection Jul 21, 2023
18225063 ACCESS HANDLING WHEN STOPPING 5GSM CONGESTION TIMERS MediaTek Inc. CHEN, PETER 2462 Final Rejection Jul 21, 2023
18346817 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF NETWORK CONTROLLED SMALL GAP CONFIGURATION IN NR MediaTek Inc. RAIMONDO, TRACY LAUREN 2474 Final Rejection Jul 04, 2023
18218099 INTERWORKING WITHOUT N26 INTERFACE SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORTED RECEIVED IN NON-3GPP ACCESS MediaTek Inc. LIU, SHU 2417 Non-Final OA Jul 04, 2023
18214201 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-BEAM SYSTEM MediaTek Inc. BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES 2419 Final Rejection Jun 26, 2023
18332595 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT CONTROL PLANE LAYER-1/LAYER-2 INTER-CELL BEAM MANAGEMENT WITH MOBILITY MediaTek Inc. LAM, DUNG LE 2646 Non-Final OA Jun 09, 2023
18329712 BEAM MANAGEMENT IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS MediaTek Inc. DOZE, PETER DAVON 3648 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18328655 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE UE EXPERIENCE DURING INTER-DU INTER-CELL BEAM MANAGEMENT MediaTek Inc. PEREZ, JOSE L 2474 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2023
18137322 MULTIPLE TAGS HANDLING FOR QOS RULES AND PACKET FILTERS Media Tek Inc. MIAN, OMER S 2461 Final Rejection Apr 20, 2023
18135725 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SPEED UP DIRECT ACELL ACTIVATION MediaTek Inc. CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 2475 Final Rejection Apr 17, 2023
18134861 MANUAL NETWORK SELECTION AT SWITCH ON FOR UE SUPPORTING CAG MediaTek Inc. MILLER, GARY ADDISON ELDO 2417 Final Rejection Apr 14, 2023
18133987 SUBSCRIPTION SELECTION FOR MANUAL SNPN HOSTING NETWORK SELECTION MediaTek Inc. HAMMONDS, MARCUS C 2647 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18295260 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF TA MAINTENANCE AND ACQUISITION FOR MOBILITY WITH INTER-CELL BEAM MANAGEMENT MediaTek Inc. MADDOX, MICHAEL WAYNE 2463 Final Rejection Apr 03, 2023
18129055 CAG CONFIGURATION UPDATED BY DOWNLINK SIGNAL MESSAGE MediaTek Inc. BOTELLO, FABIAN 2648 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2023
18129067 NAS-AS INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING PNI-NPN AS HOSTING NETWORK MediaTek Inc. CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 2478 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2023
18129050 ENHANCED NPN MANUAL SELECTION MODE FOR ACCESS LOCALIZED SERVICES MediaTek Inc. HUYNH, CHUCK 2644 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18180696 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED BANDS MediaTek Inc. CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 2461 Final Rejection Mar 08, 2023
18180527 SIDELINK TRANSMISSION OVER UNLICENSED BANDS MediaTek Inc. CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 2461 Final Rejection Mar 08, 2023
18116783 NTN DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE AND PERIODICALLY ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SERVICE ON HIGHER PRIORITY PLMN MediaTek Inc. CHRISS, ANDREW W 2472 Non-Final OA Mar 02, 2023
18176901 DECENTRALIZED POSITIONING PROCEDURES USING A SIDELINK INTERFACE MediaTek Inc. SIVJI, NIZAR N 2647 Final Rejection Mar 01, 2023
18171876 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN NEW RADIO (NR) INACTIVE STATE MediaTek Inc. STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS 2464 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2023
18165892 HANDLING HARQ FEEDBACK IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) MediaTek Inc. SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL 2419 Non-Final OA Feb 07, 2023
18103800 ENHANCED HANDLING FOR SESSION CONTINUITY MediaTek Inc. NGUYEN, VAN TA 2465 Non-Final OA Jan 31, 2023
18091926 METHOD FOR BEAM REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH BEAMFORMING MediaTek Inc. JEONG, MOO RYONG 2418 Non-Final OA Dec 30, 2022
18088212 SUPPORT REDUNDANT PDU SESSION AFTER INTER-SYSTEM CHANGE MediaTek Inc. RICHMOND, GARTH DANIEL 2644 Non-Final OA Dec 23, 2022
18085395 URSP PROVISIONING FOR CREDENTIALS HOLDER SCENARIOS MediaTek Inc. LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 2641 Final Rejection Dec 20, 2022
18083559 CROSS COMPONENT CARRIER BEAM MANAGEMENT MediaTek Inc. MORSE, CASON HENSON 2417 Final Rejection Dec 18, 2022
18079616 METHOD FOR HANDLING PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT WHEN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PDU SESSIONS HAS BEEN REACHED MediaTek Inc. LYTLE JR., BRADLEY D 2473 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2022
18059363 RELIABLE MULTICAST TRANSMISSION WITH UPLINK FEEDBACK MediaTek Inc. BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES 2419 Final Rejection Nov 28, 2022
17966732 5G-GUTI DELETION TIME CONSIDERING REGISTRATION STATUS OVER ACCESSES MediaTek Inc. FIGUEROA, MARISOL 2643 Non-Final OA Oct 14, 2022
18046113 APPARATUS AND METHODS TO PERFORM UPLINK DATA COMPRESSION IN NR MediaTek Inc. LANGER, PAUL ANTHONY 2419 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2022
17962284 UE-BASED AND UE-ASSISTED POSITIONING WITH DOWNLINK AND UPLINK MEASUREMENTS FOR UE IN IDLE OR INACTIVE MODE MediaTek Inc. PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL 2642 Non-Final OA Oct 07, 2022
17946513 METHODS FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) MONITORING ADAPTATION IN 5G NEW RADIO (NR) MediaTek Inc. ABBATINE JR., MICHAEL WILLIAM 2419 Non-Final OA Sep 16, 2022
17886974 UPLINK MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MediaTek Inc. KURIAN, ANDREW SHAJI 2464 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2022
17877307 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES FOR BIT RATE QUERY AND RECOMMENDATION OVER UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY MediaTek Inc. YEA, JI-HAE P 2471 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2022
17868528 ENHANCEMENT OF URSP ASSOCIATION Mediatek WON, MICHAEL YOUNG 2443 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2022
17840860 METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR BEAM GROUP REPORTING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS MediaTek Inc. LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 2641 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17734116 Connection Establishment for UE-to-UE Relay MediaTek Inc. TRAN, CONGVAN 2647 Non-Final OA May 02, 2022
17681696 Group Handover with Delayed or Omitted Signalling for Layer 2 Sidelink Relaying MediaTek Inc. CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 2478 Non-Final OA Feb 25, 2022
17504893 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DELIVER RELIABLE MULTICAST SERVICES VIA MULTICAST RADIO BEARER (MRB) MediaTek Inc. ALAWDI, SHEHAB A 2466 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2021
17484257 Methods and Apparatus for Signalling Transmission in L2 UE-to-Network Relay Operation MediaTek Inc. CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M 2466 Final Rejection Sep 24, 2021

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