Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
31 pending office actions • 21 art units • 29 examiners • 4 of 31 (13%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alibaba Group Holding Limited maintains 31 pending office actions concentrated in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are spread across 21 distinct art units, showing that the company's intellectual property interests in this field are technically diverse. The prosecution involves 29 distinct examiners, nearly matching the total number of pending actions and suggesting that most examiners are handling only an individual matter for the company.
RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 3 pending office actions. Given that there are 31 total pending actions, the concentration of work with this specific examiner is relatively low. Practitioners managing this portfolio must account for the specific preferences of 29 distinct examiners across 21 different art units to ensure consistent outcomes across the Networking & Security sector. This high ratio of examiners to actions requires a tailored approach for nearly every filing within the sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 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. 16 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 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (16%) |
| §103 only | 11 (35%) |
| §102 only | 2 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (26%) |
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 | 76.4% | +12.7% |
| KIYABU, KARIN A | 1 | 57.0% | +39.8% |
| HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 1 | 83.4% | +15.4% |
| PHAM, NAM D | 1 | 91.0% | +1.7% |
| CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 1 | 49.2% | +35.6% |
| NOH, JAE NAM | 1 | 86.3% | -9.2% |
| OWENS, TSION B | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
| KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 1 | 79.4% | +24.0% |
| SADLER, NATHAN | 1 | 70.8% | +26.0% |
| THAI, HANH B | 1 | 87.1% | +2.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19062556 | METHODS FOR CODING OR DECODING VIDEO PARAMETER SET OR SEQUENCE PARAMETER SET | NOH, JAE NAM | 16d overdue |
| 19282485 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | — |
| 19258442 | BLOCK PARTITIONING METHODS FOR VIDEO CODING | PHAM, NAM D | — |
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 |
| 18199024 | NON-LINEAR CAUSAL MODELING BASED ON ENCODED KNOWLEDGE | SCHNEE, HAL W | 2d overdue |
| 18215057 | STORAGE RECORD ENGINE IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT TRANSACTION REPLAY | THAI, HANH B | 5d |
| 17717111 | SERVER AND ACCELERATOR FOR NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATIONS | WAJE, CARLO C | 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 |
| 19237543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING SMART CONTAINERS | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274295 | DATA LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION FOR OBJECT-ORIENTED STORAGE ENGINE | SADLER, NATHAN | 13d |
| 18507936 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 29d |
| 18616964 | MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 75d |
| 19289564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH CONTENT THROUGH OVERLAYS ON A MOBILE DEVICE | KIYABU, KARIN A | — |
| 19282485 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | — |
| 19237543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING SMART CONTAINERS | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2426 | 3 |
| 2487 | 2 |
| 2139 | 2 |
| 2122 | 2 |
| 2485 | 2 |
| 2626 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2481 | 1 |
| 2163 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19289564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH CONTENT THROUGH OVERLAYS ON A MOBILE DEVICE | KIYABU, KARIN A | 2626 | §112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19282485 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 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 |
| 18274295 | DATA LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION FOR OBJECT-ORIENTED STORAGE ENGINE | SADLER, NATHAN | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18215057 | STORAGE RECORD ENGINE IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT TRANSACTION REPLAY | THAI, HANH B | 2163 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18329717 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND TEST REDUCTION DEVICE | NGUYEN, MONGBAO | 2192 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18199024 | NON-LINEAR CAUSAL MODELING BASED ON ENCODED KNOWLEDGE | SCHNEE, HAL W | 2129 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | May 18, 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 |
| 17572736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE CAPACITY OF AN APPLICATION CLUSTER | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jan 11, 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 |
| 19260023 | DECODER-SIDE CHROMA INTRA PREDICTION MODE GRADIENT-BASED DERIVATION | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | — | §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 |
| 19008482 | TEMPLATE-MATCHING-BASED SUBBLOCK MOTION REFINEMENT FOR MOTION PREDICTION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 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 |
| 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 | — | §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 |
| 18516730 | DIGITAL AVATAR RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM | GART, MATTHEW S | 3696 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18346766 | DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT FOR AFFINE MOTION COMPENSATION | SULLIVAN, TYLER | 2487 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 17984230 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED MEMORY ALLOCATION METHOD FOR SPARSE MATRIX MULTIPLICATION APPLICATIONS | DUONG, HUY | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
| 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 |
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