Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
61 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 61 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days
B1 Institute of Image Technology Inc. currently faces 60 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are handled by 9 distinct examiners, which indicates a concentration of matters among a small group of personnel. The portfolio is also active across 8 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's Networking & Security applications are distributed across several specialized examination groups.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is Williams, Jeffery A, who is responsible for 25 of the pending office actions. This assignment of 25 actions to a single individual means that Williams, Jeffery A oversees a significant portion of the 60 total pending office actions. For practitioners, this concentration suggests that the outcomes for much of the portfolio may be influenced by the specific examination style of this one examiner.
With 9 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units involved, the prosecution landscape is relatively centralized. The workload assigned to Williams, Jeffery A contrasts with the distribution of the remaining pending office actions among the other examiners. This structure requires a focused strategy for engaging with the primary examiner while maintaining awareness of the 8 distinct art units that define the technical boundaries of the filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (3%) |
| §103 only | 19 (31%) |
| §102 only | 4 (7%) |
| §112 only | 9 (15%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (23%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 26 | 83.6% | +9.2% |
| RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 14 | 79.8% | +9.4% |
| CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 8 | 74.8% | +12.7% |
| WERNER, DAVID N | 5 | 68.1% | +16.5% |
| LEE, Y YOUNG | 4 | 48.5% | +25.8% |
| BENNETT, STUART D | 2 | 69.1% | -14.1% |
| YU, LIHONG | 1 | 81.6% | +18.7% |
| HANCE, ROBERT J | 1 | 66.5% | +21.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19280516 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | YU, LIHONG | 16d |
| 18971573 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 22d |
| 19255830 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 49d |
| 19426464 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19426432 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19426386 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19411189 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19410501 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18523855 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 4d overdue |
| 19573609 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19569334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19563038 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19559215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19557503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19433106 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
| 19426474 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19239504 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | HANCE, ROBERT J | 22d overdue |
| 19280516 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | YU, LIHONG | 16d |
| 19662454 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19573609 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19569334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19569342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19557503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| 19439576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2488 | 22 |
| 2487 | 14 |
| 2425 | 6 |
| 2485 | 3 |
| 2481 | 2 |
| 2631 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19662454 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2026 |
| 19631412 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2026 |
| 19631395 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2026 |
| 19573609 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2026 |
| 19569334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2026 |
| 19569342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2026 |
| 19563116 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2026 |
| 19563038 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2026 |
| 19559028 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2026 |
| 19559031 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2026 |
| 19559215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2026 |
| 19557503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2026 |
| 19440145 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19439576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19435741 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTING A CODING UNIT PARTITION | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2025 |
| 19433106 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 19426388 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WERNER, DAVID N | 2487 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426464 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426474 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426432 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426402 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426383 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WERNER, DAVID N | 2487 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426401 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WERNER, DAVID N | 2487 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426369 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WERNER, DAVID N | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19427280 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19427247 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426386 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19411189 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2025 |
| 19410501 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19410564 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19326156 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19314342 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTING A CODING UNIT PARTITION | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19280546 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19280516 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | YU, LIHONG | 2631 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19280539 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19280550 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19280535 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19264427 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19255462 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | LEE, Y YOUNG | 2482 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255818 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255809 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255830 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255802 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255839 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19239504 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | HANCE, ROBERT J | 3992 | Other | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19066057 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19056463 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19056444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA BASED ON TREE STRUCTURE-BASED BLOCK DIVISION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19040522 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | LEE, Y YOUNG | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19040504 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | LEE, Y YOUNG | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19040508 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | LEE, Y YOUNG | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19039147 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT | WERNER, DAVID N | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18971573 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18949072 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18774579 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18774293 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18774309 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18774318 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18771199 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18771208 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18523855 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | 2488 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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