Technology area: Networking & Security
49 pending office actions • 39 art units • 48 examiners • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 61 patents granted in the last 365 days
1FINITY Inc. has 48 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 47 distinct examiners and 38 distinct art units, reflecting broad dispersion across examination personnel with some repeated technical placement. The portfolio therefore offers opportunities for art-unit comparison but limited concentration around any single examiner.
KIM, WON TAE C is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. This is a limited examiner-level concentration within the docket. Counsel may use shared technical positions and art-unit analysis to promote consistency, while tailoring prosecution responses to the many separate examiner assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 16 (33%) |
| §102 only | 8 (16%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 20 (41%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, WON TAE C | 2 | 88.9% | -2.2% |
| KEEHN, RICHARD G | 1 | 79.5% | +15.5% |
| TRUONG, LOAN | 1 | 76.5% | +11.6% |
| LINDLOF, JOHN M | 1 | 68.0% | +16.7% |
| FERGUSON, KEITH | 1 | 86.3% | +8.5% |
| VU, VIET D | 1 | 84.2% | +14.4% |
| ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 1 | 90.9% | +11.5% |
| YEOH, ALEX | 1 | — | — |
| SANCHEZ, DIBSON J | 1 | 73.9% | +22.6% |
| JOO, JOSHUA | 1 | 78.4% | +23.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027919 | FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY METHOD AND DEVICE | VU, VIET D | — |
| 18636517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTENANCE OF UPLINK TIME ALIGNMENT | KIM, WON TAE C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777732 | ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | MOORE, IAN N | 10d overdue |
| 18087143 | TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD | HARLEY, JASON A | 5d |
| 18627862 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 7d |
| 18370982 | METHOD FOR RESELECTING SIDELINK RESOURCE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME | MAPA, MICHAEL Y | 29d |
| 18369243 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD | NGUYEN, THE HY | 57d |
| 18133829 | SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS | JIANG, CHARLES C | 70d |
| 19299643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KEEHN, RICHARD G | — |
| 19291695 | GENERATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | TRUONG, LOAN | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19299643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KEEHN, RICHARD G | — |
| 19291695 | GENERATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | TRUONG, LOAN | — |
| 19175479 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LINDLOF, JOHN M | — |
| 19027919 | FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY METHOD AND DEVICE | VU, VIET D | — |
| 18986269 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION PATH CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION DEVICE | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | — |
| 18944898 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | SANCHEZ, DIBSON J | — |
| 18926947 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | JOO, JOSHUA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2472 | 3 |
| 2648 | 2 |
| 2416 | 2 |
| 2412 | 2 |
| 2469 | 2 |
| 2414 | 2 |
| 2461 | 2 |
| 2462 | 2 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2114 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19299643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KEEHN, RICHARD G | 2444 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19291695 | GENERATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | TRUONG, LOAN | 2114 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19175479 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LINDLOF, JOHN M | 2183 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19027151 | INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD, REPEATER AND NETWORK DEVICE | FERGUSON, KEITH | 2648 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027919 | FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY METHOD AND DEVICE | VU, VIET D | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18986269 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION PATH CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION DEVICE | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18956257 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM | YEOH, ALEX | 2416 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18944898 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | SANCHEZ, DIBSON J | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18926947 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18924158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK ENERGY-SAVING CELL | JAVAID, JAMAL | 2412 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18918151 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND RADIO RESOURCE PREDICTION METHOD | HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN | 2415 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18916829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FAILURE INFORMATION AND SYSTEM | KELLER, MICHAEL A | 2418 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18892647 | FIRST WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SECOND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI | 2466 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18886369 | COOLING MODULE | MATEY, MICHAEL A | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18884257 | FIRST WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SECOND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | MASUR, PAUL H | 2417 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18782468 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 2472 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18777740 | CELL STATE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS | JEANGLAUDE, JEAN BRUNER | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18777732 | ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | MOORE, IAN N | 2469 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18769489 | NETWORK INTEGRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NODE | LY, ANH VU H | 2472 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18762740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KIM, WON TAE C | 2414 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18763117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SYSTEM INFORMATION | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18761401 | FIRST WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SECOND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | BATES, KEVIN T | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18751975 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER USING OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, AND WAVELENGTH CONTROL METHOD | BARUA, PRANESH K | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18669961 | REPEATER, NETWORK DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, LIEM HONG | 2416 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18668694 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD AND APPARATUSES THEREOF | BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES | 2419 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18657163 | RAMAN OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING RAMAN OPTICAL AMPLIFIER | FLORES, MARK ANTHONY | 3648 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18637765 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIDELINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION | MIAN, OMER S | 2461 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18636517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTENANCE OF UPLINK TIME ALIGNMENT | KIM, WON TAE C | 2414 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18637352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING UPLINK TIMING | WILLIAMS, TRACY L | 2429 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18632531 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPORTING POWER-RELATED INFORMATION | REGO, DOMINIC E | 2648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18630652 | SECOND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND FIRST RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE | HAILU, KIBROM T | 2461 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18627862 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 3627 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18626713 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | ULYSSE, JAEL M | 2477 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18430057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSRECEIVING SIGNAL, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | ALI, SYED | 2463 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18426603 | BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | RENNER, BRANDON M | 2411 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18374067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONAL RECONFIGURATION | CHEN, PETER | 2462 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18370982 | METHOD FOR RESELECTING SIDELINK RESOURCE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME | MAPA, MICHAEL Y | 2645 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18369243 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD | NGUYEN, THE HY | 2478 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18237477 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD | DAYA, TEJIS A | 2472 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18233930 | BASE STATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | SHIU, HO T | 2443 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18220345 | INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | DONADO, FRANK E | 2641 | §102 | Final Rejection | 65d | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18133829 | SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS | JIANG, CHARLES C | 2412 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18133722 | ROUTING SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | KINCAID, LESTER G | 2649 | §102 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18105025 | Relay Selection Method and Apparatus and System | KIM, ANDREW CHANUL | 2471 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 18087143 | TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD | HARLEY, JASON A | 2468 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 18084646 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING INCREASE IN SIZE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | WILLIAMS, ALYSSA RENEE | 2465 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17959700 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND IDENTIFIER DETERMINATION METHOD | FAN, GUOXING | 2462 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17955935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSISTENT LBT FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY | AMBAYE, MEWALE A | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17520463 | SPAN LOSS PREDICTION WITH FEDERATED LEARNING | MULLINAX, CLINT LEE | 2123 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial1FINITY Inc. has 49 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 39 art units and 48 examiners.
Won Tae C Kim has the most, with 2 of 1FINITY Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
