Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
37 pending office actions • 21 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 70 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dolby International AB has 37 pending office actions in Communications. The portfolio spans 34 distinct examiners and 20 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with recurring placement in several communications-related technical units. The small difference between actions and examiners shows limited examiner overlap.
HOLDER, ANNER N is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those applications may provide a focused basis for evaluating examiner-specific issues. The broader portfolio still requires separate art-unit and application review, particularly where communication technologies present different prior-art and claim-scope questions.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (16%) |
| §103 only | 6 (16%) |
| §102 only | 2 (5%) |
| §112 only | 4 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (19%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (22%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDER, ANNER N | 2 | 79.1% | +13.3% |
| GAY, SONIA L | 2 | 82.4% | +11.4% |
| ZHANG, LESHUI | 2 | 77.9% | +35.3% |
| KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2 | 81.3% | +7.3% |
| ZHOU, ZHIHAN | 1 | 80.2% | +0.1% |
| HASAN, MAINUL | 1 | 76.0% | +23.3% |
| HABIB, IRFAN | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
| TON, DAVID L | 1 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
| ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.1% | +27.2% |
| HE, JIALONG | 1 | 81.4% | +33.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19266384 | ENCODING AND DECODING OF VIDEO WITH SELECTIVE MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | ZHOU, ZHIHAN | — |
| 19256565 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINED LOSSLESS AND LOSSY CODING | HABIB, IRFAN | — |
| 19200525 | BINAURAL DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT | TON, DAVID L | — |
| 19023373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO DECODING BASED ON DEQUANTIZATION OF QUANTIZED PARAMETERS | GAY, SONIA L | — |
| 19009879 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR JOINT MULTICHANNEL CODING | GAY, SONIA L | — |
| 18907803 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR 6DOF AUDIO RENDERING AND DATA REPRESENTATIONS AND BITSTREAM STRUCTURES FOR 6DOF AUDIO RENDERING | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| 18548817 | AUDIO CODEC WITH ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL OF DOWNMIXED SIGNALS | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17921858 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO IN A DYNAMIC RANGE REDUCED DOMAIN | ZHANG, LESHUI | 60d overdue |
| 18248805 | GENERAL MEDIA NEURAL NETWORK PREDICTOR AND A GENERATIVE MODEL INCLUDING SUCH A PREDICTOR | BAKER, EZRA JAMES | 44d overdue |
| 19074762 | ENCODER, DECODER AND BITSTREAM FOR MERGE CANDIDATE FOR VIDEO WITH REGIONS OF COMMON MOTION | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 30d |
| 17919950 | VIDEO STREAM CONTROL | TODD, GREGORY G | 55d |
| 19300765 | ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION CANDIDATES IN FRAMES WITH GLOBAL MOTION | HOLDER, ANNER N | — |
| 19189496 | AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | — |
| 19118326 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING PERCEPTUALLY MOTIVATED GAIN CONTROL | HE, JIALONG | — |
| 19066143 | RECONSTRUCTION OF AUDIO SCENES FROM A DOWNMIX | ELAHEE, MD S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17921858 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO IN A DYNAMIC RANGE REDUCED DOMAIN | ZHANG, LESHUI | 60d overdue |
| 19361705 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND IMAGE CODING DEVICE | HOLDER, ANNER N | — |
| 19300765 | ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION CANDIDATES IN FRAMES WITH GLOBAL MOTION | HOLDER, ANNER N | — |
| 19265054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO WITH REGIONS OF GLOBAL MOTION | HASAN, MAINUL | — |
| 19200525 | BINAURAL DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT | TON, DAVID L | — |
| 19189496 | AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | — |
| 19118326 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING PERCEPTUALLY MOTIVATED GAIN CONTROL | HE, JIALONG | — |
| 19023373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO DECODING BASED ON DEQUANTIZATION OF QUANTIZED PARAMETERS | GAY, SONIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2657 | 5 |
| 2695 | 4 |
| 2485 | 3 |
| 2694 | 3 |
| 2484 | 2 |
| 2482 | 2 |
| 2691 | 2 |
| 2654 | 2 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2659 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19361705 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND IMAGE CODING DEVICE | HOLDER, ANNER N | 2484 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19300765 | ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION CANDIDATES IN FRAMES WITH GLOBAL MOTION | HOLDER, ANNER N | 2484 | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19266384 | ENCODING AND DECODING OF VIDEO WITH SELECTIVE MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | ZHOU, ZHIHAN | 2482 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19265054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO WITH REGIONS OF GLOBAL MOTION | HASAN, MAINUL | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19256565 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINED LOSSLESS AND LOSSY CODING | HABIB, IRFAN | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19200525 | BINAURAL DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT | TON, DAVID L | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19189496 | AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 2658 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19118326 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING PERCEPTUALLY MOTIVATED GAIN CONTROL | HE, JIALONG | 2659 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19075016 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID SPEECH SYNTHESIS | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 2657 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19074762 | ENCODER, DECODER AND BITSTREAM FOR MERGE CANDIDATE FOR VIDEO WITH REGIONS OF COMMON MOTION | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19073750 | INTER PREDICTION IN EXPONENTIAL PARTITIONING | PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M | 2481 | §103 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19066143 | RECONSTRUCTION OF AUDIO SCENES FROM A DOWNMIX | ELAHEE, MD S | 2694 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19061905 | AUDIO ENCODER AND DECODER | DIAZ, SABRINA | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19058155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING LOCAL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LISTENING POSITIONS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT | ZHU, QIN | 2691 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19052256 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIFFRACTION MODELLING BASED ON GRID PATHFINDING | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | 2691 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19023373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO DECODING BASED ON DEQUANTIZATION OF QUANTIZED PARAMETERS | GAY, SONIA L | 2657 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994017 | NEURAL NETWORK BASED SIGNAL PROCESSING | ABEBE, DANIEL DEMELASH | 2657 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19012706 | METHOD, APPARATUS OR SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO OBJECTS | ZHANG, LESHUI | 2695 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19011175 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATION AND PROCESSING OF MODIFIED BITSTREAMS | ROBERTS, SHAUN A | 2655 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19009879 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR JOINT MULTICHANNEL CODING | GAY, SONIA L | 2657 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18984119 | MULTI-LAG FORMAT FOR AUDIO CODING | ISKENDER, ALVIN ALIK | 2654 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18979788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL TO DETERMINE REFERENCE PAGING CYCLE IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | LAFONTANT, GARY | 2646 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18967333 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SENDER(S) AND RECEIVER(S) IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED REALITY APPLICATIONS | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18942909 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING GLOBAL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LISTENING POSITIONS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT | HAMID, AMMAR T | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18855475 | HIGH FREQUENCY RECONSTRUCTION USING NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM | CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE | 2657 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18907803 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR 6DOF AUDIO RENDERING AND DATA REPRESENTATIONS AND BITSTREAM STRUCTURES FOR 6DOF AUDIO RENDERING | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18804612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS AND CONNECTED MODE DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | WEI, SIREN | 2467 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18835523 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RENDERING AN AMBISONICS AUDIO SIGNAL | LEE, SHIN | 2846 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18715072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF AUDIO DATA | MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT | 2654 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18441508 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING ENCODED AUDIO SIGNAL(S) | HANCE, ROBERT J | 3992 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18534844 | ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION MANAGEMENT USING SUB-FRAMES | JEBARI, MOHAMMED | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18549246 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LEVELING MAIN AND SUPPLEMENTARY AUDIO FROM A HBBTV SERVICE | DAVIS, CHENEA | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18548817 | AUDIO CODEC WITH ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL OF DOWNMIXED SIGNALS | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18248805 | GENERAL MEDIA NEURAL NETWORK PREDICTOR AND A GENERATIVE MODEL INCLUDING SUCH A PREDICTOR | BAKER, EZRA JAMES | 2126 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 17921858 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO IN A DYNAMIC RANGE REDUCED DOMAIN | ZHANG, LESHUI | 2695 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 17919950 | VIDEO STREAM CONTROL | TODD, GREGORY G | 2443 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 17625612 | A SERVICE WORKER AND THE RELATED METHOD | GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C | 2459 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 07, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDolby International AB has 37 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 21 art units and 33 examiners.
Anner N Holder has the most, with 2 of Dolby International AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
