Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Bytedance Technology Ltd.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Bytedance Technology Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These 4 actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This one to one ratio across all categories suggests that each pending application is being treated as a unique technical and procedural matter by the USPTO.

AN SON PHI HUYNH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Because each of the 4 actions is in a different art unit and with a different examiner, there is no overlap in the current pending set. Practitioners must develop 4 separate strategies to address the specific requirements of each examiner and art unit involved in these 4 pending office actions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
75% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUYNH, AN SON PHI 1 54.0% +45.5%
LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 1 44.7% +23.2%
ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A 1 62.9% +38.5%
MORRIS, JOHN J 1 61.4% +20.4%

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19294908 DYNAMIC STREAMING SCHEDULING FOR MULTI-CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS HUYNH, AN SON PHI —
19293182 LIVE STREAMING IN MULTI-CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N —
19170112 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MESSAGE ALLOCATION ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A —
19090244 METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DATA PROCESSING MORRIS, JOHN J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3795 1
2425 1
2445 1
2152 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294908 DYNAMIC STREAMING SCHEDULING FOR MULTI-CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS HUYNH, AN SON PHI 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2025
19293182 LIVE STREAMING IN MULTI-CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 2425 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2025
19170112 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MESSAGE ALLOCATION ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A 2445 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19090244 METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DATA PROCESSING MORRIS, JOHN J 2152 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Bytedance Technology Ltd. have?

Bytedance Technology Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Bytedance Technology Ltd. applications?

An Son Phi Huynh has the most, with 1 of Bytedance Technology Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Bytedance Technology Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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