Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PHUNKULH, BOB A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2412 2419 2477 2619

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.4%
Allow Rate
+27.4% vs TC avg
966
Total Applications
+9.3%
Interview Lift
980
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 942 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
64.2%
§103 Obviousness
2.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18379380 WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM, CENTRALIZED CONTROL STATION, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17267116 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION FOR CANCELLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18145950 Apparatus and method of wireless communication Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18162153 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18363069 PRIVATE NETWORK AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY REPORTING Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18569048 FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED BEAM SWITCHING FOR DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORM-SPREAD-ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING WAVEFORMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18004286 CONFIGURABLE METRICS FOR CHANNEL STATE COMPRESSION AND FEEDBACK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
17873121 Device and Method of Handling a Handover Non-Final OA ACER INCORPORATED
18439817 COMMUNICATION SCHEDULING IN A NETWORK BASED ON DIFFERENT QOS Non-Final OA Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18441074 Mobility Network Support for Scrubbed IP Domains Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18426622 MULTI-LINK SETUP OF A ROAMING NON-AP MLD Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18457329 Enhanced Bluetooth Low Energy Broadcast Final Rejection Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
17873091 Methodology for Achieving Highly Scalable and Distributed Secured Connectivity per IPSEC Tunnel Final Rejection Parallel Wireless, Inc.
18442483 Anchor Cell for Network Energy Saving Non-Final OA PANPSY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17758199 CALL SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND MOBILE TERMINAL Final Rejection HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD
18388809 DYNAMIC FREQUENCY ALLOCATION METHOD FOR BASE STATION, SHELF LABEL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER DEVICE Non-Final OA HANSHOW TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
18397086 Method and Apparatus for Event Triggered Positioning of Enterprise Premises Equipment in a Wireless Network Non-Final OA Celona, Inc.

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