Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
22 pending office actions • 19 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 132 patents granted in the last 365 days
Acer Incorporated has 22 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The portfolio spans 21 examiners and 19 art units, indicating broad assignment diversity with limited repetition at both levels.
CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner is the only identified concentration, but most prosecution activity remains distributed, supporting centralized tracking with matter-specific review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 11 (50%) |
| §102 only | 3 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (27%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL | 2 | 69.0% | +35.5% |
| WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 1 | 75.3% | +12.1% |
| YANG, YI | 1 | 72.3% | +17.7% |
| WEISSBERGER, LUNA T | 1 | 75.2% | +24.1% |
| OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 1 | 87.9% | +18.2% |
| HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | 1 | 69.6% | +27.0% |
| CRUM, JACOB R | 1 | 74.6% | +28.2% |
| AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S | 1 | 77.7% | +11.7% |
| SAMPATH, GAYATHRI | 1 | 78.1% | +37.4% |
| TRAN, THINH D | 1 | 62.3% | +19.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19194010 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING EFFECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 46d overdue |
| 18302000 | TRANSMISSION DIRECTION SETTING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK DEVICE | BEHARRY, NOEL R | 15d |
| 18950178 | TWO-PHASE RATE ADAPTATION FOR WLAN | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | — |
| 18916210 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND OPERATION METHOD | HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | — |
| 18885769 | Method and Communication Device for Handling a Communication with a Serving Cell | CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL | — |
| 18769345 | METHOD FOR SETTING SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCE AND USER EQUIPMENT | TRAN, THINH D | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19194010 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING EFFECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 46d overdue |
| 18815848 | AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS USED FOR AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT | AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S | 50d |
| 19072941 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND 3D SCENE VISUALIZATION METHOD THEREOF | YANG, YI | — |
| 19001541 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION BAND AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME | WEISSBERGER, LUNA T | — |
| 18950178 | TWO-PHASE RATE ADAPTATION FOR WLAN | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | — |
| 18916210 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND OPERATION METHOD | HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | — |
| 18909920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CRUM, JACOB R | — |
| 18885753 | Method and Communication Device for Handling a Communication with a Serving Cell | CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2176 | 2 |
| 2841 | 2 |
| 2478 | 2 |
| 2627 | 1 |
| 2616 | 1 |
| 2415 | 1 |
| 2472 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 2466 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19194010 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING EFFECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 2627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19072941 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND 3D SCENE VISUALIZATION METHOD THEREOF | YANG, YI | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19001541 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION BAND AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME | WEISSBERGER, LUNA T | 2415 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 |
| 18950178 | TWO-PHASE RATE ADAPTATION FOR WLAN | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 2472 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18916210 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND OPERATION METHOD | HARRINGTON, CHERI L. | 2176 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18909920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CRUM, JACOB R | 2841 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18885753 | Method and Communication Device for Handling a Communication with a Serving Cell | CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL | 2478 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18885769 | Method and Communication Device for Handling a Communication with a Serving Cell | CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL | 2478 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18815848 | AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS USED FOR AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT | AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S | 2693 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18786620 | HARDWARE PARAMETER SETTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SAMPATH, GAYATHRI | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18769345 | METHOD FOR SETTING SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCE AND USER EQUIPMENT | TRAN, THINH D | 2466 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18767977 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | DINH, PHUONG K | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18747594 | LAPTOP COMPUTER | MILLISER, THERON S | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18582234 | LAMINATED COMPOSITE COMPONENT | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18430650 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND UPLINK RECEPTION WITH MULTIPLE PANELS RELATED METHODS AND USER EQUIPMENT | PANCHOLI, RINA C | 2477 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18524732 | SMART CHARGING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18472189 | METHOD OF HANDLING CONDITIONAL HANDOVER WITH CANDIDATE SECONDARY CELL GROUP, SOURCE MASTER NODE, AND USER EQUIPMENT | BOTELLO, FABIAN | 2648 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18447333 | ELECTRONIC PACKAGE STRUCTURE | BOYLE, ABBIGALE A | 2899 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18302797 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR RECEPTION OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL AND TRANSMISSION OF PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL | PARK, JUNG H | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18302000 | TRANSMISSION DIRECTION SETTING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK DEVICE | BEHARRY, NOEL R | 2416 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18099567 | VIRTUAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATING INTERFACE OF A GUEST VIRTUAL MACHINE | TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN | 2198 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18073579 | 3D FORMAT IMAGE DETECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME METHOD | ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN | 2677 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAcer Incorporated has 22 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 21 examiners.
Adam Joel Cerlanek has the most, with 2 of Acer Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
