Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: PHUNKULH, BOB A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2412 2419 2477 2619

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.3%
Allow Rate
+27.3% vs TC avg
974
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
982
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 951 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.3%
§101 Eligibility
31.9%
§102 Novelty
40.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18628169 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION CONNECTION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18909670 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, ENHANCED NODE B AND USER EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18646752 SENSING SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18890716 GROUP COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18795203 POWER HEADROOM REPORTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18897208 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17267116 METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION FOR CANCELLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION Final Rejection NEC 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
18848250 ACR SELECTION AND COORDINATION Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
17396415 Control Channel Repetition Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18363069 PRIVATE NETWORK AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY REPORTING Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18441074 Mobility Network Support for Scrubbed IP Domains Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

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