Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

30 pending office actions • 23 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 187 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
13
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (5)

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 (7%)
27
Medium (90%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§103 only25 (83%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
21
Information Tech
70% of docket
7
Communications
23% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 1 55.4% +22.2%
KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN 1 72.2% +17.3%
NGUYEN, ANH 1 78.2% +26.1%
BELOUSOV, ANDREY 1 69.3% +26.7%
HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 1 87.8% +4.2%
HARPER, KEVIN C 1 87.9% +6.2%
HONG, DUNG 1 83.6% +14.3%
RAHMAN, SHAH M 1 80.9% +25.9%
CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 1 66.8% +21.4%
ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 1 88.8% -0.6%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18636714 MOUNTING BRACKETS AND SYSTEMS HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 32d overdue
18442696 INTELLIGENT PAGING FOR USER EQUIPMENT DEVICES HONG, DUNG 8d overdue
18439624 TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING (TDD) COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT IN FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEXING (FDD)-TDD CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA) RAHMAN, SHAH M 8d
18400984 CELL SITE CAPACITY AND CONGESTION DETECTION FOR OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 71d

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
18612309 GENERIC ENHANCED CAPACITY DIMENSIONING OF CELL SITES IN A 5G STANDALONE O-RAN NETWORK HARPER, KEVIN C 13d
17445349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) NETWORK DESIGN WITH EXPANDED SITE SEARCH OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18790781 AUTOMATED COMPLIANCE MECHANISM FOR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 51d overdue
18654804 DATA PIPELINE IN 5G WIRELESS NETWORKS NGUYEN, ANH 16d overdue
18442696 INTELLIGENT PAGING FOR USER EQUIPMENT DEVICES HONG, DUNG 8d overdue
18439624 TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING (TDD) COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT IN FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEXING (FDD)-TDD CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA) RAHMAN, SHAH M 8d
18774258 DISTRIBUTED UNIT (DU) POOLING IN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (ORAN) WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN 13d
18406826 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN RADIO RESET SELECTION TO MITIGATE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 39d
18639664 CALL CENTER DATA MINING APPLICATIONS BELOUSOV, ANDREY 71d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2413 3
2462 2
2643 2
2474 2
2419 2
2186 2
2400 1
2451 1
2458 1
2172 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18790781 AUTOMATED COMPLIANCE MECHANISM FOR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2400 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18774258 DISTRIBUTED UNIT (DU) POOLING IN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (ORAN) WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 16, 2024
18654804 DATA PIPELINE IN 5G WIRELESS NETWORKS NGUYEN, ANH 2458 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18639664 CALL CENTER DATA MINING APPLICATIONS BELOUSOV, ANDREY 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18636714 MOUNTING BRACKETS AND SYSTEMS HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18612309 GENERIC ENHANCED CAPACITY DIMENSIONING OF CELL SITES IN A 5G STANDALONE O-RAN NETWORK HARPER, KEVIN C 2462 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18442696 INTELLIGENT PAGING FOR USER EQUIPMENT DEVICES HONG, DUNG 2643 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18439624 TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING (TDD) COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT IN FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEXING (FDD)-TDD CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA) RAHMAN, SHAH M 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18406826 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN RADIO RESET SELECTION TO MITIGATE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18400984 CELL SITE CAPACITY AND CONGESTION DETECTION FOR OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 2474 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18394566 ANCHOR POINT MOVEMENT IN A COMPOUND CELLULAR NETWORK TAYLOR, NATHAN SCOTT 2643 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18540449 DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A WIRELESS CALLER IN AN EMERGENCY SERVICING SYSTEM KARIKARI, KWASI 2641 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18520176 COW - BUMPER EXTENDER BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18508931 DYNAMICALLY UPDATING SIM CARDS OVER THE AIR DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES 2649 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18506581 CENTRALIZED UNIT (CU) DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT RIVAS, SALVADOR E 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 10, 2023
18463618 ZTP SITE FSM TRANSITION PHUONG, DAI 2644 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18460827 INTELLIGENT SIMULTANEOUS CORE PASIA, REDENTOR M 2413 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18459021 OPTIMAL OR INTELLIGENT SECONDARY CELL SELECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS O-RAN NETWORK PEREZ, JOSE L 2474 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18364047 5G AND WIFI SYSTEM SIDDIQUEE, INTEKHAAB AALAM 2462 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18229123 ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED UNIT (DU) SCHEDULER DANIEL JR, WILLIE J 2465 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18353291 911 LOCATION ACCURACY TESTING HAILE, BENYAM 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18217940 CARRIER AGGREGATION AND DUAL CONNECTIVITY SWITCHING IN A CELLULAR NETWORK HUA, QUAN M 2645 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2023
18217957 CARRIER AGGREGATION AND DUAL CONNECTIVITY SWITCHING IN A CELLULAR NETWORK PEI, PATRICK YIPAO 2473 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18312494 DYNAMIC REASSIGNMENT OF HARDWARE ACCESS TO VIRTUALIZED SYSTEMS IN 5G NETWORKS NGUYEN, AN-AN NGOC 2195 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 04, 2023
18171196 DYNAMIC VIRTUAL NETWORKS PHUNG, LUAT 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18160880 MANAGING DYNAMIC UPDATES FOR SECURITY GROUPS POPHAM, JEFFREY D 2432 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 27, 2023
17974333 RADIO UNIT OUTPUT POWER MANAGEMENT BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES 2419 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 26, 2022
17853253 RADIO RESOURCE MANAGER (RRM) AT A DISTRIBUTED UNIT (DU) NELSON, RYA TEON 2419 §103 Non-Final OA 232d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17852152 DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL FOOTPRINT DIMENSIONS FOR ELEVATED STRUCTURE CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17445349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) NETWORK DESIGN WITH EXPANDED SITE SEARCH OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2021

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