Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Networking & Security

34 pending office actions • 19 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

15
Hard (44%)
19
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (12%)
§103 only16 (47%)
§102 only3 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
17
Information Tech
50% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
13
Business / Other
38% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, HARRY H 2 90.0% +8.2%
NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C 1 76.4% +10.7%
COONEY, ADAM A 1 57.8% +11.0%
JENSEN, NICHOLAS A 1 55.8% +54.6%
KANG, SUK JIN 1 67.7% +7.8%
LA, PHONG 1 89.1% +11.8%
SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL 1 88.8% +2.9%
SORRELL, ERON J 1 81.0% +6.2%
SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 1 82.1% +13.5%
PANCHOLI, RINA C 1 86.0% +22.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18851249 INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND USER EQUIPMENT SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 21d
18852113 Network Information Opening Method and Apparatus, Related Device and Storage Medium KIM, HARRY H —
18852320 Information Transmission Method, Related Device and Storage Medium SORRELL, ERON J —

Hard Cases (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18260988 SERVICE TRANSMISSION METHOD, SERVICE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SERVICE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM RANDHAWA, MANDISH K 5d
18682518 PACKET SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HOSSAIN, KAMAL M 34d
18264756 TASK ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICE, AND NETWORK TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C —
18856759 METHOD FOR DETERMINING NUMBER OF MONITORING, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KANG, SUK JIN —
18852820 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM LA, PHONG —
18852231 EAS Discovery Method, Apparatus and Network Device SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL —
18850884 Policy Control Method PANCHOLI, RINA C —
18843788 INFORMATION TRANSCEIVING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAMPTON, TARELL A —

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
18851249 INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND USER EQUIPMENT SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 21d
18264756 TASK ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICE, AND NETWORK TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C —
18879347 Network Topological Graph Processing Method and Apparatus COONEY, ADAM A —
18865452 BROADCAST MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, NETWORK FUNCTION AND STORAGE MEDIUM JENSEN, NICHOLAS A —
18852820 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM LA, PHONG —
18850884 Policy Control Method PANCHOLI, RINA C —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2444 3
2458 1
2453 1
2634 1
2451 1
2466 1
2449 1
2468 1
2465 1
2474 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18264756 TASK ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICE, AND NETWORK TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
18879347 Network Topological Graph Processing Method and Apparatus COONEY, ADAM A 2458 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18865452 BROADCAST MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, NETWORK FUNCTION AND STORAGE MEDIUM JENSEN, NICHOLAS A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18856759 METHOD FOR DETERMINING NUMBER OF MONITORING, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KANG, SUK JIN — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18852820 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM LA, PHONG — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18852113 Network Information Opening Method and Apparatus, Related Device and Storage Medium KIM, HARRY H — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18852231 EAS Discovery Method, Apparatus and Network Device SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18852320 Information Transmission Method, Related Device and Storage Medium SORRELL, ERON J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18851249 INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND USER EQUIPMENT SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 2453 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18850884 Policy Control Method PANCHOLI, RINA C — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18848948 SRV6 PACKET PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM ANSARI, NAJEEBUDDIN — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18844540 Routing Method and System, and Storage Medium DU, ZONGHUA A 2444 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18843788 INFORMATION TRANSCEIVING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAMPTON, TARELL A — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18834253 METHODS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, AND TERMINAL WILLIAMS, ELTON S — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18725464 DIALOG STRATEGY OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RELATED DEVICE MIAN, MUHAMMAD U — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18725426 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18725435 Operation Determination Method, Information Sending Method, Terminal Device, and Network Device FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18725125 RESOURCE SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, RELATED DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM PHAN, HANH 2634 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18724223 CHANNEL RESOURCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE WOOLCOCK, MADHU 2451 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18722619 DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM DECKER, CASSANDRA L 2466 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18703752 MESSAGE SEGMENTED PARSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BARKER, TODD L 2449 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18717566 UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, NETWORK NODE AND STORAGE MEDIUM CAIRNS, THOMAS R 2468 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18708617 SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, NETWORK FUNCTION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM COSME, NATASHA W 2465 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 09, 2024
18708582 CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM MENSAH, PRINCE AKWASI 2474 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 08, 2024
18704970 INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE TOKUTA, SHEAN S 2446 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18702929 Handover Method and Communication Device KIM, HARRY H 2411 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18700554 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SAIFUDDIN, AHMED 2475 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18690343 INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICES AND STORAGE MEDIUM TAHA, SHUKRI ABDALLAH 2478 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18682518 PACKET SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HOSSAIN, KAMAL M 2444 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18553035 VEHICLE TRAJECTORY DEVIATION CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES 3667 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18552479 EDGE CONFIGURATION SERVER INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE MAPA, MICHAEL Y 2645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18260988 SERVICE TRANSMISSION METHOD, SERVICE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SERVICE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM RANDHAWA, MANDISH K 2477 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 11, 2023
17904478 TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE KWOH, JASPER C 2415 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Aug 17, 2022
15733708 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL REGO, DOMINIC E 2648 §103 Final Rejection 68d Pending Sep 30, 2020

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