Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
38 pending office actions • 25 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 61 patents granted in the last 365 days
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company currently has 38 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. This portfolio is remarkably diverse, as evidenced by the 25 distinct art units involved in the examination process. The prosecution of these 38 actions is distributed among 36 distinct examiners, suggesting that almost every pending matter is being reviewed by a different person.
The busiest examiner, BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J, is responsible for only 2 pending office actions. This low concentration among the 36 distinct examiners means that the company's success in the Networking & Security sector depends on navigating the individual styles of a large number of USPTO personnel. With 38 pending actions, the lack of examiner overlap indicates a highly fragmented prosecution landscape.
The presence of 25 distinct art units for 38 pending office actions is a high ratio, reflecting the broad technical scope of the company's networking and security innovations. Because the busiest examiner, BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J, only handles 2 actions, there is no single point of significant influence within the portfolio. This requires a comprehensive management strategy to address the 36 distinct examiners across many different USPTO divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 12 (32%) |
| §103 only | 16 (42%) |
| §112 only | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (16%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2 | 75.6% | +12.6% |
| MALINOWSKI, WALTER J | 2 | 69.9% | +52.1% |
| CORUM JR, WILLIAM A | 1 | 74.9% | +29.5% |
| PARRA, OMAR S | 1 | 74.4% | +9.2% |
| HUYNH, THANG GIA | 1 | 81.4% | +37.2% |
| LE, THANH T | 1 | 83.0% | +32.8% |
| CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | 1 | 72.8% | +26.1% |
| FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 1 | 84.1% | -4.0% |
| KHAN, MOEEN | 1 | 69.5% | +60.7% |
| CHOY, KA SHAN | 1 | 93.1% | +10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18262601 | PROCESSING DATA FOR TRANSMISSION OVER A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | NGO, ANGELIE THIEN THAN | 147d overdue |
| 18255637 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 133d overdue |
| 18845199 | SECURITY METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING KILL CHAINS | POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN | 28d overdue |
| 17995199 | FORCE-DIRECTED GRAPH LAYOUT | WAJE, CARLO C | 19d overdue |
| 18248281 | IMPROVEMENTS TO QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT GENERATION | LE, JOHN H | 8d overdue |
| 18683348 | A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PERFORMANCE TEST IN AN ACCESS NETWORK | VALLAMDASU, SHIVAKRISHNA | 4d overdue |
| 18870570 | SCALABLE, CONTEXT-BASED ANONYMISATION OF SENSOR DATA | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 43d |
| 18842712 | DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE AGENTS FOR MANAGING A DECENTRALISED PEER-TO-PEER STORAGE NETWORK | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | 56d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18555083 | NETWORK PROTECTION | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 18d overdue |
| 19133674 | AUTHENTICATION FOR DEVICE SECURITY | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19109424 | REPORTING USER DEVICE SENSOR DATA | CORUM JR, WILLIAM A | — |
| 19102085 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF A TARGET | HUYNH, THANG GIA | — |
| 18992914 | IMPROVED QKD ARRANGEMENT | MALINOWSKI, WALTER J | — |
| 18881989 | IMPROVED QKD COMPONENTS | MALINOWSKI, WALTER J | — |
| 18881977 | IMPROVEMENTS TO QKD ARRANGEMENTS | LE, THANH T | — |
| 18870578 | AUTOMATED INSTALLATION ACTION VERIFICATION | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2439 | 4 |
| 2436 | 3 |
| 3992 | 2 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 2495 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| 2455 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19133674 | AUTHENTICATION FOR DEVICE SECURITY | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19109424 | REPORTING USER DEVICE SENSOR DATA | CORUM JR, WILLIAM A | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19108968 | MULTICAST LEAVE POLICY | PARRA, OMAR S | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19102085 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF A TARGET | HUYNH, THANG GIA | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18992914 | IMPROVED QKD ARRANGEMENT | MALINOWSKI, WALTER J | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18881989 | IMPROVED QKD COMPONENTS | MALINOWSKI, WALTER J | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18881977 | IMPROVEMENTS TO QKD ARRANGEMENTS | LE, THANH T | 2495 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18870578 | AUTOMATED INSTALLATION ACTION VERIFICATION | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18870570 | SCALABLE, CONTEXT-BASED ANONYMISATION OF SENSOR DATA | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 2436 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18864383 | OBTAINING A CHARACTERISTIC RESPONSE FROM A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK DEVICE | KHAN, MOEEN | 2436 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18863955 | OPTICAL PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS | CHOY, KA SHAN | 2435 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18912141 | HANDOVER FROM A MOVING BASE STATION | HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E | 3992 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18850344 | MULTIPLE ACCESS SCHEME PROVISIONING | CRIGLER, RYAN ALEXANDER | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18850024 | OPERATING OPTICAL NETWORKS | ISMAIL, OMAR S | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18849288 | SENSOR EVALUATION | WILLIAMS, JAMEL E | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18845199 | SECURITY METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING KILL CHAINS | POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN | 2436 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18842712 | DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE AGENTS FOR MANAGING A DECENTRALISED PEER-TO-PEER STORAGE NETWORK | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | 3699 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18721474 | ATTESTATION METHODS | LANE, GREGORY A | 2438 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18718355 | SERVICE PROVISION | SISON, JUNE Y | 2455 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18717864 | CONTENT DELIVERY | SHAH, MEHULKUMAR J | 2459 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18713439 | COMPOSITE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT | RAMPURIA, SATISH | 2193 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18711714 | CLUSTERING OF ACCESS POINTS IN A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND CONFIGURATION OF AN ACCESS POINT IN A CLUSTER | SHAH, TANMAY K | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18690166 | ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY MITIGATION | LI, LIANG Y | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18683348 | A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PERFORMANCE TEST IN AN ACCESS NETWORK | VALLAMDASU, SHIVAKRISHNA | 2468 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18555083 | NETWORK PROTECTION | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18551710 | WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | VOGEL, JAY L. | 2478 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18551495 | NETWORK SENSOR DEPLOYMENT FOR UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE | BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18262601 | PROCESSING DATA FOR TRANSMISSION OVER A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | NGO, ANGELIE THIEN THAN | 2416 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18261712 | HANDOVER OF A GROUP OF USER EQUIPMENT WITH INDIVIDUAL ACCESS REQUEST | GENACK, MATTHEW W | 2645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 68d | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18255637 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 2858 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 133d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18248281 | IMPROVEMENTS TO QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT GENERATION | LE, JOHN H | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18248016 | A METHOD OF OPERATING USER EQUIPMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | EBRAHIM, ANEZ C | 2400 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 18002706 | USER DEVICE CONFIGURATION | ALI, AFAQ | 2434 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17926481 | DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT | LIN, JASON K | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 18053051 | HANDOVER FROM A MOVING BASE STATION | LIE, ANGELA M | 3992 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
| 17995199 | FORCE-DIRECTED GRAPH LAYOUT | WAJE, CARLO C | 2151 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17907379 | CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | KWOH, JASPER C | 2415 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17633564 | IMPROVEMENTS TO QKD METHODS | ALMEIDA, DEVIN E | 2492 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2022 |
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