Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

21 pending office actions • 18 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (3)

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.

2
Hard (10%)
19
Medium (90%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (10%)
§103 only17 (81%)
§102 only2 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
62% of docket
4
Communications
19% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HASAN, SYED HAROON 1 81.7% +15.2%
BOYD, ALEXANDER L 1 74.1% +23.5%
ALIZADA, OMEED 1 77.5% +32.9%
POINT, RUFUS C 1 74.1% +18.4%
MCBETH, WILLIAM C 1 66.9% +57.6%
CHEN, SHIN HON 1 86.7% +13.4%
CARVALHO, ERROL A 1 15.3% +18.5%
DOSHI, AKSHAY 1 63.8% +39.8%
SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 1 67.9% +20.3%
WILSON, BRIAN P 1 62.6% +41.8%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18642179 DRM AND OTT DATA AND STREAMING CONCURRENCY VALIDATION CHEN, SHIN HON 4d overdue
19085646 NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE HASAN, SYED HAROON 2d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18394604 CALL COUNT MANAGEMENT IN 5G STAND-ALONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS DIABY, MOUSTAPHA 42d
18634691 DYNAMIC SECONDARY CONTENT SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION CARVALHO, ERROL A 55d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18606704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DATA FROM A USER DEVICE SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 16d overdue
18642179 DRM AND OTT DATA AND STREAMING CONCURRENCY VALIDATION CHEN, SHIN HON 4d overdue
19085646 NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE HASAN, SYED HAROON 2d overdue
18669134 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SMART REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICE FOR USERS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE POINT, RUFUS C 13d
18742914 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA CONTENT STORAGE OPTIMIZATION BOYD, ALEXANDER L 22d
18597754 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WILSON, BRIAN P 34d
18634691 DYNAMIC SECONDARY CONTENT SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION CARVALHO, ERROL A 55d
18679055 TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL INCLUDING SENIOR LIVING APPLICATIONS ALIZADA, OMEED 57d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2424 2
2689 2
2449 2
2154 1
2686 1
2431 1
3622 1
2422 1
3624 1
2426 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19085646 NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE HASAN, SYED HAROON 2154 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2025
18742914 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA CONTENT STORAGE OPTIMIZATION BOYD, ALEXANDER L 2424 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18679055 TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL INCLUDING SENIOR LIVING APPLICATIONS ALIZADA, OMEED 2686 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending May 30, 2024
18669134 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SMART REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICE FOR USERS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE POINT, RUFUS C 2689 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 20, 2024
18644566 System and Method for Intelligent Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Streaming MCBETH, WILLIAM C 2449 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18642179 DRM AND OTT DATA AND STREAMING CONCURRENCY VALIDATION CHEN, SHIN HON 2431 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18634691 DYNAMIC SECONDARY CONTENT SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION CARVALHO, ERROL A 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18606806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE INTERCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTS DOSHI, AKSHAY 2422 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18606704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DATA FROM A USER DEVICE SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 2424 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18597754 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18423673 MIX MODELING FOR MEDIA CONTENT WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18414691 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVIEW DECODING FOR JOINT VIDEO PRODUCTION TELAN, MICHAEL R 2426 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18398002 5G VIRTUAL INTERNET PROTOCOL (VIP) AUDIT IN THE CLOUD CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18394604 CALL COUNT MANAGEMENT IN 5G STAND-ALONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS DIABY, MOUSTAPHA 2683 §101 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18391372 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL LOCATION IDENTIFICATION OF MESH NODES WU, JIANYE 2462 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18463459 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARGING AND SHELTERING DRONES LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18356090 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR OPTIMIZING STREAMING BITRATE BASED ON VARIATIONS IN PROCESSOR LOAD ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 2487 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18332445 SATELLITE INTERNET SYSTEM WITH EDGE-BASED DELIVERY BARKER, TODD L 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18330199 WIRELESS SIGNAL PREDICTION DO, AN H 2853 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18326803 System And Method To Reduce Network Function Interruptions In A Service-Based Architecture KANG, SUK JIN 2477 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18187182 ALLOCATING PROCESSING RESOURCES OF 5G-ENABLED VEHICLES BOKHARI, SYED M 2473 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 21, 2023

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