Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
26 pending office actions • 18 art units • 24 examiners • 3 of 26 (12%) have an AI response strategy ready • 71 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alibaba Group Holding Limited has 27 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The docket spans 25 examiners and 19 art units, indicating broad distribution with recurring assignments across both examiners and technical units. Centralized oversight can preserve consistency while allowing unit-specific analysis.
RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending actions. That examiner is a useful coordination point for a limited subset of the docket, but most matters remain distributed. Counsel should combine targeted review with broader tracking of art-unit patterns.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 only | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (23%) |
| §103 only | 6 (23%) |
| §102 only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 3 | 76.6% | +12.7% |
| GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 1 | 73.9% | +18.0% |
| WALKER, JARED T | 1 | 84.7% | +9.8% |
| TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 1 | 69.9% | +13.8% |
| SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO | 1 | 78.2% | +7.4% |
| KE, PENG | 1 | 54.1% | +21.6% |
| AHMED, ABDULLAHI | 1 | 86.0% | +2.1% |
| HANSELL JR., RICHARD A | 1 | 77.0% | +25.9% |
| SULLIVAN, TYLER | 1 | 67.4% | +29.4% |
| LAROCQUE, EMILY E | 1 | 80.7% | +12.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18599937 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD | AHMED, ABDULLAHI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18078504 | PRUNING HARDWARE UNIT FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK | COULSON, JESSE CHEN | 169d overdue |
| 19008505 | RELATIVE DIFFERENCE METRIC FOR FRAME CODING AND TWO-STAGE TRAINING FOR GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION | WALKER, JARED T | 9d overdue |
| 17717111 | SERVER AND ACCELERATOR FOR NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATIONS | WAJE, CARLO C | 5d |
| 18215057 | STORAGE RECORD ENGINE IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT TRANSACTION REPLAY | THAI, HANH B | 5d |
| 19061229 | METHOD FOR USING ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER AND SYSTEM THEREOF | OWENS, TSION B | 20d |
| 17725354 | Genome Feature Extraction Method, Disease Prediction Method, Apparatus and Device | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 34d |
| 19346253 | ON PLANAR INTRA PREDICTION MODE | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | — |
| 19008482 | TEMPLATE-MATCHING-BASED SUBBLOCK MOTION REFINEMENT FOR MOTION PREDICTION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18399650 | INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING PREDICTION MODE FOR MOTION PREDICTION | HANSELL JR., RICHARD A | 27d |
| 18616964 | MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 75d |
| 19346253 | ON PLANAR INTRA PREDICTION MODE | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | — |
| 19260023 | DECODER-SIDE CHROMA INTRA PREDICTION MODE GRADIENT-BASED DERIVATION | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | — |
| 19096546 | PROGRESSIVE GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION WITH BANDWIDTH INTELLIGENCE | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | — |
| 19008482 | TEMPLATE-MATCHING-BASED SUBBLOCK MOTION REFINEMENT FOR MOTION PREDICTION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | — |
| 18688307 | TASK EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | KE, PENG | — |
| 18346766 | DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT FOR AFFINE MOTION COMPENSATION | SULLIVAN, TYLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2426 | 4 |
| 2482 | 3 |
| 2485 | 2 |
| 2487 | 2 |
| 2122 | 2 |
| 2196 | 1 |
| 2475 | 1 |
| 2486 | 1 |
| 2182 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19346253 | ON PLANAR INTRA PREDICTION MODE | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 2482 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19260023 | DECODER-SIDE CHROMA INTRA PREDICTION MODE GRADIENT-BASED DERIVATION | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19096546 | PROGRESSIVE GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION WITH BANDWIDTH INTELLIGENCE | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19008505 | RELATIVE DIFFERENCE METRIC FOR FRAME CODING AND TWO-STAGE TRAINING FOR GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION | WALKER, JARED T | 2426 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19008482 | TEMPLATE-MATCHING-BASED SUBBLOCK MOTION REFINEMENT FOR MOTION PREDICTION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19007419 | CROSS-COMPONENT PREDICTION FOR CHROMA PREDICTION | SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO | 2485 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18688307 | TASK EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | KE, PENG | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18616964 | MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | AI Ready | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18599937 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD | AHMED, ABDULLAHI | 2475 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18399650 | INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING PREDICTION MODE FOR MOTION PREDICTION | HANSELL JR., RICHARD A | 2486 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18346766 | DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT FOR AFFINE MOTION COMPENSATION | SULLIVAN, TYLER | 2487 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 17978439 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED ACCUMULATION METHOD FOR SPARSE MATRIX MULTIPLICATION APPLICATIONS | LAROCQUE, EMILY E | 2182 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17725354 | Genome Feature Extraction Method, Disease Prediction Method, Apparatus and Device | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 1685 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
| 17717111 | SERVER AND ACCELERATOR FOR NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATIONS | WAJE, CARLO C | 2151 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Apr 10, 2022 |
| 19325190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING SUBPICTURE PARTITIONING INFORMATION | FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G | 2482 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19258442 | BLOCK PARTITIONING METHODS FOR VIDEO CODING | PHAM, NAM D | 2482 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19237543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING SMART CONTAINERS | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 3628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19062556 | METHODS FOR CODING OR DECODING VIDEO PARAMETER SET OR SEQUENCE PARAMETER SET | NOH, JAE NAM | 2481 | DP | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | AI Ready | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19061229 | METHOD FOR USING ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER AND SYSTEM THEREOF | OWENS, TSION B | 2487 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | AI Ready | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18507936 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18357442 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVER, AND USER DEVICE | PHAKOUSONH, DARAVANH | 2121 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18215057 | STORAGE RECORD ENGINE IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT TRANSACTION REPLAY | THAI, HANH B | 2163 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18122692 | INTER CODING FOR ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION VIDEO CODING | LOTFI, KYLE M | 2425 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 18078504 | PRUNING HARDWARE UNIT FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK | COULSON, JESSE CHEN | 2122 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 169d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
| 17313772 | Model Processing Method, Apparatus, Storage Medium, and Processor | GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R | 2122 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
| 16973682 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 3619 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialAlibaba Group Holding Limited has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 18 art units and 24 examiners.
Shahan Ur Rahaman has the most, with 3 of Alibaba Group Holding Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
