Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

David Zhijun Sun, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SUN, DAVID ZHIJUN

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2418 2472 2476 4100

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sun, David Zhijun works in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2418. The profile covers 111 resolved cases and reports a 90.1% allowance rate. Practitioners can use the record to understand the outcome pattern associated with this examiner and to calibrate filing and response decisions accordingly.

The interview lift is 14.1%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes. The median time to allowance is 1061 days. The listed companies are Huawei Technologies, Intel, and Qualcomm. The listed firms include ArentFox Schiff, AMPACC Law Group, and Arch & Lake. Counsel may use the company and firm patterns as context for reviewing comparable work.

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

Performance Statistics

90.1%
Allow Rate
+30.1% vs TC avg
147
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
1061
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 111 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
60.7%
§103 Obviousness
18.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18848258 METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18886217 ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18781465 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18511688 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18842012 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE AND MODEL TRAINING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18602914 SIDELINK CARRIER AGGREGATION SET-UP, ACTIVATION, AND DEACTIVATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18479010 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING RATE-DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR TRANSMISSION OF A PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18177580 PREEMPTION FOR LOW LATENCY APPLICATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18862775 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18857398 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18559206 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TYPE-1 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) CODEBOOK DETERMINATION Non-Final OA LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18282508 CARRIER SCHEDULING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING SCHEDULING MODE Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18398654 STRICT DETERMINISTIC SCHEDULING COORDINATION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18651097 ACCESS POINT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18261813 DCI SENDING AND RECEIVING METHOD, DCI SENDING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner David Zhijun Sun's allowance rate?

90.1% of resolved applications examined by David Zhijun Sun were allowed (111 resolved cases), compared with 89.8% across Art Unit 2418 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner David Zhijun Sun?

This examiner's interview lift is +14.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner David Zhijun Sun take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by David Zhijun Sun took 1,061 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner David Zhijun Sun work in?

David Zhijun Sun examines applications in Art Unit 2418 in Tech Center 4100.

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