Listed by the USPTO as PHUNKULH, BOB A
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2412 2419 2477 2619
This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases
PHUNKULH, BOB A is assigned to technology center 2600 and art unit 2412. The profile covers 963 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 89.4%. The high case volume makes the profile useful for identifying a consistent prosecution pattern, and the allowance rate shows that most resolved matters reached allowance.
The median time to allowance is 982 days. Interview lift is 9.4%, indicating a positive association between interviews and allowance, although the measured difference is smaller than the overall allowance tendency.
Recurring companies include NEC Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., and Lenovo (United States) Inc. The listed firms are AMPACC Law Group, PLLC, Armis Intellectual Property Law, LLC, and BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD. Practitioners may find that careful claim development remains central, with interviews serving as a supplementary prosecution measure.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18853347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PREAMBLE-PUNCTURING-BASED COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
| 18103749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION BASED ON SPATIAL PARAMETER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
| 18767136 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 18897208 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18848171 | METHODS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT | Non-Final OA | Sony Group Corporation |
| 18868272 | METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND ACCESS NETWORK NODE | Non-Final OA | NEC CORPORATION |
| 18916851 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 17267116 | METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION FOR CANCELLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION | Final Rejection | NEC Corporation |
| 18979153 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. |
| 18758767 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Final Rejection | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| 18162153 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | Final Rejection | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. |
| 18909670 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, ENHANCED NODE B AND USER EQUIPMENT | Non-Final OA | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America |
| 17687433 | REFERENCE SIGNAL SIGNALING FOR SECONDARY CELLS | Final Rejection | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18853581 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | NTT DOCOMO, INC. |
| 18767103 | RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION ANALYSIS DEVICE, RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 18848345 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF CSI OMISSION FOR COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION | Non-Final OA | LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED |
| 18725678 | HANDLING OF DATA TRANSMISSION IN DOWNLINK (DL) SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION (SDT) | Non-Final OA | Lenovo (Beijing) Limited |
| 18868251 | RELAY CONNECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. |
| 19001286 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR CLEAR CHANNEL ALLOCATION | Non-Final OA | SK TELECOM CO., LTD. |
| 17396415 | Control Channel Repetition | Non-Final OA | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC |
| 18926264 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION ELEMENT, COMMUNICATION NODE, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | ZTE Corporation |
| 18617132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UE TRIGGERED ON/OFF STATUS CONTROL FOR NETWORK NODES | Non-Final OA | ZTE Corporation |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy89.4% of resolved applications examined by Bob A Phunkulh were allowed (963 resolved cases), compared with 82.9% across Art Unit 2412 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +9.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Bob A Phunkulh took 982 days on average from filing to allowance.
Bob A Phunkulh examines applications in Art Unit 2412 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).