Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
20 pending office actions • 10 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days
AT&T Mobility II LLC has 21 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 21 actions are distributed among 21 distinct examiners. The 10 distinct art units involved show that the portfolio is classified into 10 different technical groups. With 21 pending office actions and 21 distinct examiners, each action is currently assigned to a different individual. The 10 distinct art units indicate the technical distribution of the filings.
ERB, NATHAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Since there are 21 pending office actions and 21 distinct examiners, each examiner handles 1 pending action. Navigating 10 distinct art units requires addressing the standards of 10 different examination groups. With 21 pending office actions, the company faces 21 distinct sets of examiner expectations. The 10 distinct art units represent the technical classifications for the 21 pending office actions. Practitioners should be prepared to manage 21 separate examiner relationships across 10 distinct art units. This distribution ensures that the 21 pending office actions are reviewed by 21 different people.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (10%) |
| §103 only | 9 (45%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (15%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERB, NATHAN | 1 | 51.4% | +0.1% |
| COUSINS, JOSEPH M | 1 | 63.9% | +19.2% |
| GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 1 | 61.4% | +17.6% |
| VO, DON NGUYEN | 1 | 90.5% | +0.7% |
| COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 1 | 66.8% | +16.9% |
| WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE | 1 | 86.0% | +13.5% |
| WILCOX, JAMES J | 1 | 70.1% | +61.2% |
| ELNOUBI, SAID M | 1 | 74.2% | +20.2% |
| SABOURI, MAZDA | 1 | 77.2% | +17.0% |
| LEE, JAI M | 1 | 77.2% | +11.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007355 | GUIDANCE TO A TARGET LOCATION | VO, DON NGUYEN | — |
| 18943740 | NETWORK OPTIMIZATION FOR HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL NETWORKS | WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17336573 | METHOD OF GENERATING SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX BUSINESS PROBLEMS INVOLVING GROUPS OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | RAHMAN, IBRAHIM | 24d overdue |
| 18933266 | Generating a Core Instance at a First Access Network Core Configurator to Facilitate Operation of a Second Access Network | ELNOUBI, SAID M | — |
| 18813237 | MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION AND FIBER ROUTING CONFIGURATION FOR CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT | LEE, JAI M | — |
| 18805946 | AI-ASSISTED MOBILE NETWORK RESOURCE SELECTION FOR HIGHLY AVAILABLE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORKS | ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN | — |
| 18752843 | CONFLICT-FREE CHANGE DEPLOYMENT | OSMAN, RAMY M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19090489 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A HEALTH CHECK IN RESPECT OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS, INCLUSIVE OF AN OUTER LOOP HEALTH CHECK | COUSINS, JOSEPH M | — |
| 19061940 | ADAPTIVE BITRATE VIDEO TESTING FROM SCREEN RECORDING | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | — |
| 19005575 | AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE PROJECTION ZONE SELECTION | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | — |
| 18943740 | NETWORK OPTIMIZATION FOR HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL NETWORKS | WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE | — |
| 18938174 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION FOR CALL-BASED PROTECTED DATA TRANSMISSION OVER NETWORK | WILCOX, JAMES J | — |
| 18933266 | Generating a Core Instance at a First Access Network Core Configurator to Facilitate Operation of a Second Access Network | ELNOUBI, SAID M | — |
| 18917009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE PROFILES FOR A DEVICE | SABOURI, MAZDA | — |
| 18813237 | MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION AND FIBER ROUTING CONFIGURATION FOR CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT | LEE, JAI M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2459 | 2 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 2465 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| 2457 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2411 | 1 |
| 2122 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19227589 | Combining User Device Identity With Vehicle Information For Traffic Zone Detection | ERB, NATHAN | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19090489 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A HEALTH CHECK IN RESPECT OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS, INCLUSIVE OF AN OUTER LOOP HEALTH CHECK | COUSINS, JOSEPH M | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19061940 | ADAPTIVE BITRATE VIDEO TESTING FROM SCREEN RECORDING | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19007355 | GUIDANCE TO A TARGET LOCATION | VO, DON NGUYEN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19005575 | AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE PROJECTION ZONE SELECTION | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18943740 | NETWORK OPTIMIZATION FOR HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL NETWORKS | WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18938174 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION FOR CALL-BASED PROTECTED DATA TRANSMISSION OVER NETWORK | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18933266 | Generating a Core Instance at a First Access Network Core Configurator to Facilitate Operation of a Second Access Network | ELNOUBI, SAID M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18917009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE PROFILES FOR A DEVICE | SABOURI, MAZDA | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18813237 | MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION AND FIBER ROUTING CONFIGURATION FOR CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT | LEE, JAI M | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18805946 | AI-ASSISTED MOBILE NETWORK RESOURCE SELECTION FOR HIGHLY AVAILABLE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORKS | ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN | 2465 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18794341 | INTEGRATION OF A DEVICE PLATFORM WITH A CORE NETWORK OR A MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | LEE, CHI HO A | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18770208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MITIGATE IMPERSONATION SPOOFING | FANG, PAKEE | 2409 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18752843 | CONFLICT-FREE CHANGE DEPLOYMENT | OSMAN, RAMY M | 2457 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18750435 | NETWORK ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING | SHAH, MEHULKUMAR J | 2459 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18678237 | CELLULAR DEVICE GEOLOCATION BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE DATA | WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18660772 | Profile-Based Customization of Shared Spaces | BREWER, JACK ROBERT | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18596184 | HELMET WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONNECTION CAPABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS | GOODWIN, SCHQUITA D | 2459 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 17705921 | CONFIGURABLE EXTENSION OF PRIVATE MOBILE NETWORK ACCESS | CHOI, WON JUN | 2411 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 17336573 | METHOD OF GENERATING SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX BUSINESS PROBLEMS INVOLVING GROUPS OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | RAHMAN, IBRAHIM | 2122 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2021 |
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