Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
20 pending office actions • 14 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
BlackBerry Limited maintains a portfolio with 20 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These 20 actions are distributed among 19 distinct examiners, showing that the pending matters are being reviewed by many different officials. This distribution of 19 distinct examiners for 20 pending office actions requires the company to address a variety of examiner styles and technical interpretations. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate these different perspectives across the Networking & Security portfolio.
The workload is spread across 14 distinct art units, reflecting the technical diversity of the company's networking and security innovations. Stephen J Clawson is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This makes him the examiner responsible for 2 of the 20 total pending matters. The presence of 14 distinct art units indicates that the company's research falls into many different specialized administrative categories within the USPTO.
With 19 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units, the prosecution environment is highly decentralized. The company must coordinate its strategy across 14 different administrative divisions to ensure consistency. The presence of 20 pending office actions across such an array of examiners and units highlights the complexity of managing this portfolio. Applicants should focus on the specific requirements of each of the 14 distinct art units while addressing the feedback from the 19 distinct examiners involved in the 20 pending office actions. Stephen J Clawson represents a point of overlap with 2 actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (10%) |
| §103 only | 13 (65%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | 2 | 79.4% | +18.1% |
| LEMMA, SAMSON B | 1 | 88.2% | +11.2% |
| BENGZON, GREG C | 1 | 57.9% | +7.0% |
| TRUONG, KARL DUC | 1 | 63.5% | +36.1% |
| TRUONG, LECHI | 1 | 87.3% | +36.4% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
| GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE | 1 | 59.5% | +28.8% |
| WANG, HARRIS C | 1 | 69.9% | +20.1% |
| MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 33.3% | +52.4% |
| POPE, KHARYE | 1 | 65.8% | +21.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991984 | RISK-AWARE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | LEMMA, SAMSON B | — |
| 18884356 | SCHEDULING OF THREADS FOR CLUSTERS OF PROCESSORS | TRUONG, LECHI | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DECODING FOR CARRIER POWER CONTROL | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | — |
| 18768876 | SYNTHETIC SENSOR VALIDATION FOR DEPLOYMENT IN VEHICLES | GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE | — |
| 18422566 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC AND AUTOMATIC DEVELOPMENT CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE | TRAN, JOSHUA VAN | — |
| 18128116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BULK ASSET LEASING | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742259 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IDENTITY CHECKS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM | WANG, HARRIS C | 22d |
| 18991984 | RISK-AWARE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | LEMMA, SAMSON B | — |
| 18960592 | ANGULAR PRIOR AND DIRECT CODING MODE FOR TREE REPRESENTATION CODING OF A POINT CLOUD | TRUONG, KARL DUC | — |
| 18904152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DECODING FOR CARRIER POWER CONTROL | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | — |
| 18884356 | SCHEDULING OF THREADS FOR CLUSTERS OF PROCESSORS | TRUONG, LECHI | — |
| 18829928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA INGESTION | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | — |
| 18768876 | SYNTHETIC SENSOR VALIDATION FOR DEPLOYMENT IN VEHICLES | GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE | — |
| 18661917 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC MINING | MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2444 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 2654 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 2192 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2647 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| 2499 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18991984 | RISK-AWARE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | LEMMA, SAMSON B | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18990554 | Vehicle Signals Communicated Using POSIX-based Directory Interface | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18960592 | ANGULAR PRIOR AND DIRECT CODING MODE FOR TREE REPRESENTATION CODING OF A POINT CLOUD | TRUONG, KARL DUC | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18904152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DECODING FOR CARRIER POWER CONTROL | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18884356 | SCHEDULING OF THREADS FOR CLUSTERS OF PROCESSORS | TRUONG, LECHI | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18829928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA INGESTION | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18793194 | A BRACKET FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO A SHIPPING CONTAINER | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 3632 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18768876 | SYNTHETIC SENSOR VALIDATION FOR DEPLOYMENT IN VEHICLES | GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18742259 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IDENTITY CHECKS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM | WANG, HARRIS C | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18661917 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC MINING | MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER | 2654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18637843 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOUD EXTENDED ATTRIBUTE PROFILE | POPE, KHARYE | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18422566 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC AND AUTOMATIC DEVELOPMENT CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE | TRAN, JOSHUA VAN | 2192 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18499741 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECOUPLING CHARGING SIGNALS FROM BATTERY SIGNALS | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18477424 | Preserving Emergency Call During Failure to Transfer | TORRES, MARCOS L | 2647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18356397 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITION OF ASSURANCE INFORMATION TO V2X MESSAGING | PATEL, HARESH N | 2496 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18310720 | DETERMINING SECURITY OF LOCAL AREA NETWORK | HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 2499 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18128116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BULK ASSET LEASING | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18120177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTRUSION DETECTION FOR AN IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM | KHAN, SHER A | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18100921 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ACCESS BASED ON GRANTED PERMISSIONS | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 2436 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18099722 | DETECTING OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION DATA SAMPLE IN A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION | KIM, DAVID | 2141 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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