Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Beijing Xiaomi Moblie Software Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 4 pending office actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, meaning every pending action is currently under the review of a different individual. This one-to-one ratio of 4 pending office actions to 4 distinct examiners indicates a diverse range of examiner perspectives being applied to the portfolio. Interestingly, all of this activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very narrow technical focus despite the variety of examiners.
The busiest examiner identified is MERED, HABTE, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total is 4 pending office actions and there are 4 distinct examiners, MERED, HABTE shares the workload equally with others, yet is designated as the busiest. Practitioners should prepare for 1 distinct art unit's specific interpretation of Networking & Security standards while navigating the individual preferences of 4 distinct examiners. The presence of 4 pending office actions across 1 distinct art unit implies that the company's filings are highly related or part of a specific technology cluster. Managing 4 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy that accounts for individual examiner nuances while maintaining technical consistency across the 4 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERED, HABTE | 1 | 84.5% | +12.6% |
| ROSE, DERRICK V | 1 | 83.9% | -3.1% |
| TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE | 1 | 72.3% | -4.5% |
| FAYED, RASHA K | 1 | 63.3% | +25.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838324 | TIMER STARTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MERED, HABTE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18837979 | BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ROSE, DERRICK V | — |
| 18727449 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE | — |
| 18723962 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FAYED, RASHA K | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838324 | TIMER STARTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MERED, HABTE | — |
| 18723962 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FAYED, RASHA K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2413 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838324 | TIMER STARTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MERED, HABTE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18837979 | BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ROSE, DERRICK V | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18727449 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18723962 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FAYED, RASHA K | 2413 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
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