Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

BlackBerry Limited

16 pending office actions • 14 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (25%)
12
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only8 (50%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other3 (19%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (6%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
7
Information Tech
44% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
INGRAM, THOMAS P 1 87.5% +6.4%
BENGZON, GREG C 1 58.1% +6.3%
ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 1 56.1% +44.7%
CLAWSON, STEPHEN J 1 79.5% +17.8%
MCNICHOLS, ERET C 1 74.9% -16.0%
WANG, HARRIS C 1 69.8% +20.0%
MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER 1 33.3% +47.8%
SHEN, SAMUEL 1 42.7% +20.6%
TRAN, JOSHUA VAN 1
MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY 1 76.9% +24.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19210194 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCED DANGEROUS DRIVING DETECTION AND ACCIDENT MITIGATION INGRAM, THOMAS P

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18956128 VEHICLE SETTINGS USING SIGNALS OF A SIGNAL CATALOG ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 24d overdue
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
18166981 VEHICLE SERVICING NGUYEN, TAN D

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18956128 VEHICLE SETTINGS USING SIGNALS OF A SIGNAL CATALOG ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 24d overdue
18742259 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IDENTITY CHECKS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM WANG, HARRIS C 22d
18829928 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA INGESTION CLAWSON, STEPHEN J
18661917 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC MINING MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER
18653394 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING DISPLAYED INFORMATION SHEN, SAMUEL
18527475 INTRISICALLY SAFE DESIGNED DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2444 1
3667 1
3632 1
2439 1
2654 1
2179 1
2192 1
2841 1
3666 1
2499 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19210194 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCED DANGEROUS DRIVING DETECTION AND ACCIDENT MITIGATION INGRAM, THOMAS P §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
18990554 Vehicle Signals Communicated Using POSIX-based Directory Interface BENGZON, GREG C 2444 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18956128 VEHICLE SETTINGS USING SIGNALS OF A SIGNAL CATALOG ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §102§103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Nov 22, 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
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
18653394 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING DISPLAYED INFORMATION SHEN, SAMUEL 2179 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18422566 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC AND AUTOMATIC DEVELOPMENT CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE TRAN, JOSHUA VAN 2192 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18527475 INTRISICALLY SAFE DESIGNED DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY 2841 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18499741 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECOUPLING CHARGING SIGNALS FROM BATTERY SIGNALS CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 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
18166981 VEHICLE SERVICING NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2023
18099722 DETECTING OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION DATA SAMPLE IN A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION KIM, DAVID 2141 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2023
17551458 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON IMPURE DATA RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 2128 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2021

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