Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
72 pending office actions • 50 art units • 67 examiners • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 175 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. has 76 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are handled by 71 distinct examiners across 39 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, PHAM, LINH K, is responsible for 2 pending office actions.
The ratio of 71 distinct examiners to 76 pending office actions indicates an extremely decentralized prosecution environment. Almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner. This fragmentation is mirrored in the 39 distinct art units involved, suggesting that the company's computing and software innovations span a vast array of technical classifications.
With the busiest examiner, PHAM, LINH K, managing only 2 pending office actions, no single individual has a dominant influence over the portfolio's outcomes. Practitioners must be prepared for 71 different examination styles across 39 distinct art units. This high level of diversity in both examiners and art units requires a broad and adaptable prosecution strategy to address the 76 pending office actions currently active.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 | 3 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (15%) |
| §103 only | 40 (56%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, LINH K | 2 | 80.8% | +28.9% |
| FABER, DAVID | 2 | 50.9% | +37.1% |
| BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE | 2 | 65.4% | +37.5% |
| TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | 2 | 68.2% | +33.2% |
| TELAN, MICHAEL R | 2 | 42.7% | +27.2% |
| STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 28.3% | +20.4% |
| CHOI, YUK TING | 1 | 71.5% | +36.4% |
| FLORES, LEON | 1 | 90.4% | +10.8% |
| BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HONG, STEPHEN S | 1 | 38.6% | +25.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920315 | SPEAKING USER SELECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | — |
| 18555427 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043522 | HOT WORD EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | PARK, CHAN S | 147d overdue |
| 18557261 | CONTENT TYPESETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FABER, DAVID | 35d overdue |
| 18720580 | INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | 9d overdue |
| 18574686 | MEDIA COLLECTION GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 5d |
| 17761504 | LIST FLOW IMPLEMENTATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LU, HWEI-MIN | 6d |
| 18254426 | REAL TIME CHAT SYSTEM AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | JAKOVAC, RYAN J | 8d |
| 18398563 | PRODUCT REVIEW METHOD, APPARATUS AND CLIENT TERMINAL | MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J | 12d |
| 18012610 | OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS | THOMAS, ERIC M | 21d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18557261 | CONTENT TYPESETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FABER, DAVID | 35d overdue |
| 18551089 | INTERACTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 4d overdue |
| 19196236 | SEARCH TRIGGERING WITH MEDIA CONTENT HAVING DIFFERENT DURATIONS | CHOI, YUK TING | 3d overdue |
| 18264899 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | 22d |
| 19234675 | VIRTUAL GIFT DISPLAY METHOD, SERVER, AND TARGET RECEIVING END | STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18865668 | IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FLORES, LEON | — |
| 18861171 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EDITING AUDIO | HONG, STEPHEN S | — |
| 18920315 | SPEAKING USER SELECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2179 | 5 |
| 2174 | 4 |
| 2172 | 4 |
| 2421 | 3 |
| 2171 | 3 |
| 2178 | 2 |
| 2417 | 2 |
| 2425 | 2 |
| 3688 | 2 |
| 2195 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19234675 | VIRTUAL GIFT DISPLAY METHOD, SERVER, AND TARGET RECEIVING END | STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | 3621 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19196236 | SEARCH TRIGGERING WITH MEDIA CONTENT HAVING DIFFERENT DURATIONS | CHOI, YUK TING | 2164 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 18865668 | IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FLORES, LEON | 2676 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18862103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO EDITING, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 2692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18861171 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EDITING AUDIO | HONG, STEPHEN S | 2178 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18920315 | SPEAKING USER SELECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | 2174 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18916168 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REPOSTING | HUANG, KAYLEE J | 2447 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18914806 | INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MOREAU, AUSTIN J | 2417 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18853063 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BHATNAGAR, ANAND P | 2668 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18843231 | AUDIO PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LIN, JASON K | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18840063 | VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18840060 | PAGE CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18839635 | SERVICE RESPONSE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DENNISON, JERRY B | 2409 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18838925 | METHOD FOR DATA MATCHING, READABLE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LIU, SHU | 2417 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18784542 | VIDEO PLAYING SETTING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | YI, DAVID | 2126 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18730556 | SPLIT-SCREEN INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DEVICE | REPSHER III, JOHN T | 2143 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18771350 | INFORMATION INDICATING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SHIU, HO T | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18728034 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK DOMAIN NAME | BARKER, TODD L | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18756705 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYING METHOD AND DEVICE | VU, THANH T | 2179 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18723057 | IMMERSION-TYPE LIQUID-COOLING DEVICE AND IMMERSION-TYPE LIQUID-COOLING SYSTEM | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 2835 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18720580 | INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | 3688 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18282743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING CONDITIONAL COMPILATION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RAMPURIA, SATISH | 2193 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18716830 | SCREEN PROJECTION METHOD, SCREEN PROJECTION DEVICE, SCREEN PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, SCREEN PROJECTION SYSTEM AND MEDIUM | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 2421 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18715071 | EFFECT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WANG, YI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18714072 | PAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM | 2179 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18714061 | BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | GHAFFARI, ABU Z | 2195 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18713602 | IMAGE CROPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS, MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | CROCKETT, JOSHUA BRIGHAM | 2661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18712188 | IMAGE DRAWING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SUN, HAI TAO | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18711837 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | MERCADO, GABRIEL S | 2171 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18702187 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HUYNH, LINDA TANG | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18699573 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR TRANSMITTING DATA | HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18690232 | METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND DEVICE OF VIRTUAL MACHINE RESOURCE ALLOCATION | SWIFT, CHARLES M | 2196 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18435973 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBJECT DRAGGING | TILLERY, RASHAWN N | 2174 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18294761 | METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERMISSION SYNCHRONIZATION | SHAW, PETER C | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18291736 | METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING PROMPT INFORMATION | LE, RONG | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 37d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18398563 | PRODUCT REVIEW METHOD, APPARATUS AND CLIENT TERMINAL | MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J | 3629 | §101 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18574686 | MEDIA COLLECTION GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 2172 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18572935 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TRAINING FEDERATED LEARNING MODEL | BYCER, ERIC J | 2141 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18573325 | METHOD OF SWITCHING AUDIO INPUT AND OUTPUT APPLIED TO LIVE STREAMING, AND LIVE STREAMING DEVICE | BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18545862 | MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | ZHAO, DAQUAN | 2484 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18571544 | PRODUCT DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE | MISIASZEK, MICHAEL | 3688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18571005 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | TRAN, TUYETLIEN T | 2179 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18569893 | MULTIMEDIA DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE | WAI, ERIC CHARLES | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18569970 | CO-HOSTING SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | COONEY, ADAM A | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18566927 | VERTICAL FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MCINTOSH, ANDREW T | 2144 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18564732 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR SHOWING SEARCH RESULTS | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18562926 | LIVE-STREAMING VIDEO STREAM PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PARRA, OMAR S | 2421 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18500887 | INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MITIKU, BERHANU | 2156 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18557261 | CONTENT TYPESETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18555427 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PHAM, LINH K | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBeijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. has 72 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 50 art units and 67 examiners.
Linh K Pham has the most, with 2 of Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.