Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2617 2641 3645 3646 3648

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

Olumide Ajibade Akonai is an examiner in Tech Center 3600, working in Art Unit 2617. The examiner has a volume of 1197 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 84.5 percent. This rate suggests a favorable environment for applicants seeking patent protection under this examiner's review.

The interview lift is 9.0 percent. This positive lift indicates that interviews can be a tool for advancing prosecution, although the baseline allowance rate is already 84.5 percent. Practitioners should consider an interview as a way to further increase the likelihood of a grant in Art Unit 2617.

The median days to allowance is 1147. This duration is a factor for practitioners to consider when planning their prosecution timeline. With 1197 resolved cases, the examiner has a record in Tech Center 3600. The 84.5 percent allowance rate and 1147 day median provide a picture of the examiner's historical performance.

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

Performance Statistics

84.5%
Allow Rate
+32.5% vs TC avg
1,216
Total Applications
+9.0%
Interview Lift
1146
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1198 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
24.9%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18835872 MBSR MANAGEMENT METHOD Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18786414 SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION OF PEER-TO-PEER AND INFRASTRUCTURE TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18536068 RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF LOW POWER SIGNALS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18507669 CONNECTION OF REPEATER NODE TO NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18905236 I/O STATION INCLUDING APL I/O MODULE Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18026193 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18578157 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-GENERATION RANDOM ACCESS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18768523 DEVICE SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18869136 MANAGING RADIO RESOURCE CONFIGURATIONS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION IN AN INACTIVE STATE Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18300128 NETWORK-ASSISTED CLUTTER IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18940880 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) CODING Non-Final OA INTEL CORPORATION
18717352 COMMUNICATING IDENTITY MESSAGES BETWEEN NETWORK DEVICES Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18699432 BEAMFORMING SOLUTION FOR MIMO COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
18643693 HANDOVER METHOD, AND TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18904286 TWO-DIMENSIONAL FFT COMPUTATION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18883953 DETERMINING AN ATTENUATION ENVIRONMENT OF A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL Non-Final OA Viasat, Inc.
18621031 WIRELESS MESH NETWORK OPTIMIZATION Final Rejection MAXLINEAR, INC.
18825793 Method for Determining Spin of a Projectile Non-Final OA Topgolf Sweden AB
18810545 METHOF FOR SIDELINK MEASUREMENT REPORT AND DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
18800532 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR HOME BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING Non-Final OA IoTecha Corp.

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