Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Kevin M Cunningham, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2112 2414 2423 2461

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M is assigned to Tech Center 2400 and art unit 2112. The profile records 611 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 72.0%, and a median of 1009 days to allowance. The interview lift is 11.0%, which supports considering interviews as one component of prosecution strategy rather than relying on them alone.

The listed companies are Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Qualcomm Incorporated, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. The listed firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Han IP PLLC, and Harrity & Harrity, LLP. The case history provides practitioners with a meaningful basis for evaluating response timing, claim amendments, and the likely value of direct examiner communication.

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

Performance Statistics

72.0%
Allow Rate
+14.0% vs TC avg
670
Total Applications
+11.0%
Interview Lift
1009
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 611 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
59.2%
§103 Obviousness
22.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18860299 SRS INTERFERENCE RANDOMIZATION FOR CJT OPERATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18261737 NETWORK NODE, WIRELESS DEVICE AND METHODS THEREIN FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18860433 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18850381 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NETWORK SLICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18849262 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HPLMN CONTROL FOR DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE IN SATELLITE ACCESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18842672 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE TIMING ADVANCE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING BASED MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18471755 Frame-Based Channel Access Using Fixed Frame Period Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18915699 METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING ERRORS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18844083 ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18645772 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PAGING IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18930889 PPDU TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18906820 UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18776685 MEASUREMENT REPORTING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18764633 INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18732331 BEACON SENDING AND RECEIVING METHODS AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17886792 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18857806 TRANSMISSION OF SRS OR CSI BASED REPORTS IN SKIPPED CONFIGURED GRANT OCCASIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18669834 COEXISTENCE BETWEEN ULTRAWIDEBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND CELLULAR NETWORKS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18516206 PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL POWER CONTROL Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18547635 CHANNEL SENSING DURING AWAY PERIOD Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18852636 COLLISION HANDLING IN AND HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK GENERATION FOR SIDELINK CARRIER AGGREGATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17746611 RELIABLE TRANSPORT PROTOCOL TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18857725 WIRELESS RELAY DEVICE, BASE STATION AND WIRELESS RELAY METHOD Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18700904 CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18580718 COMMUNICATION METHOD, FIXED REPRESENTATIVE NODE, REPLICA SERVER, MOBILE NODE AND POSITION MANAGEMENT SERVER Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18263231 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING LISTEN BEFORE TALK (LBT) FAILURE FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18559494 CHANNEL OCCUPANCY INITIATOR DETERMINATION FOR TRANSMISSIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18260593 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18859722 SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18855549 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.,

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Kevin M Cunningham's allowance rate?

72.0% of resolved applications examined by Kevin M Cunningham were allowed (611 resolved cases), compared with 80.8% across Art Unit 2112 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Kevin M Cunningham?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Kevin M Cunningham take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Kevin M Cunningham took 1,009 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Kevin M Cunningham work in?

Kevin M Cunningham examines applications in Art Unit 2112 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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