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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Luat Phung, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PHUNG, LUAT

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2452 2464 2468 2616

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

PHUNG, LUAT is assigned to technology center 2600 and art unit 2416. The record includes 619 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 76.3%. The volume provides a broad basis for evaluating prosecution patterns, while the allowance rate indicates that many resolved matters reached allowance.

The median time to allowance is 1342 days. The interview lift is 11.4%, so matters associated with interviews show a higher allowance rate than matters without interviews in the measured record. Interviews therefore appear to have a positive, though not dominant, relationship with outcome.

The listed companies are Qualcomm Incorporated, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The listed firms are ALSTON & BIRD LLP, Armis Intellectual Property Law, LLC, and Baker Botts L.L.P. Counsel handling work in this profile can use those recurring participants as indicators of relevant technology and prosecution activity.

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

Performance Statistics

76.3%
Allow Rate
+14.3% vs TC avg
667
Total Applications
+11.4%
Interview Lift
1342
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 619 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
57.3%
§103 Obviousness
8.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18249792 PROVIDING BURST END TIME IN TIME SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18606617 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING NETWORK SLICE ADMISSION CONTROL FOR UE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18434107 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELL MISMATCH HANDLING IN IDLE/INACTIVE STATE OPERATION OF NETWORK CONTROLLED REPEATER IN NEXT GENERATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18815545 Methods for Enhanced Resource Allocation in Wireless Communication Systems Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18716381 MANAGING SMALL DATA COMMUNICATION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18545319 Multi-Region Packet Routing Using Path Symmetry Non-Final OA Google LLC
18857928 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18436897 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING NETWORK LAYER REACHABILITY INFORMATION, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18437012 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18494470 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17965577 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18879645 CONTROL SIGNALING FOR TRANSPORT BLOCKS IN SLOT AGGREGATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18833061 PROVISIONING OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED RELAYS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18716467 TECHNIQUES FOR UAV-TO-EVERYTHING SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18640325 REWRITING BAP HEADERS IN IAB Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18577853 MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT CODEBOOKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18984544 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18575655 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18836396 TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18780705 SYSTEM-IN-LOOP TESTING FOR ADAS SOCS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
17633103 SHARING HARQ PROCESSES BY MULTIPLE CONFIGURED GRANTS RESOURCES Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Luat Phung's allowance rate?

76.3% of resolved applications examined by Luat Phung were allowed (619 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2416 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Luat Phung?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Luat Phung take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Luat Phung took 1,342 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Luat Phung work in?

Luat Phung examines applications in Art Unit 2416 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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