Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
39 pending office actions • 19 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dolby International AB is currently managing 42 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed across 20 distinct art units, indicating that the company's audio and communication innovations are categorized into many different technical groups. The involvement of 39 distinct examiners suggests that most of the 42 pending office actions are being handled by different individuals, requiring a broad and adaptable prosecution strategy.
Sonia L Gay is the busiest examiner for Dolby, holding 2 pending office actions. This low concentration, where the busiest examiner manages only 2 of the pending office actions, highlights the diversity of the portfolio. With 39 distinct examiners and 20 distinct art units involved, Dolby must employ a broad prosecution strategy to address the varied feedback from the USPTO and ensure that its communication technologies are effectively protected across all technical domains.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 (15%) |
| §103 only | 9 (23%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 4 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 6 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (26%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAY, SONIA L | 2 | 82.4% | +11.3% |
| ZHANG, LESHUI | 2 | 77.9% | +35.3% |
| HOLDER, ANNER N | 1 | 79.0% | +13.4% |
| ZHOU, ZHIHAN | 1 | 80.2% | +0.1% |
| HASAN, MAINUL | 1 | 75.9% | +23.4% |
| HABIB, IRFAN | 1 | 88.1% | +8.4% |
| ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 1 | 35.3% | +23.6% |
| ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.1% | +27.2% |
| JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 1 | 74.2% | +15.6% |
| GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 1 | 61.4% | +17.6% |
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 # | 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
| 18719408 | IVAS SPAR FILTER BANK IN QMF DOMAIN | WOZNIAK, JAMES S | 6d |
| 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 | — |
| 19207140 | TRACKING A REFERENCE PICTURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | — |
| 19189496 | AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | — |
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 |
| 19074762 | ENCODER, DECODER AND BITSTREAM FOR MERGE CANDIDATE FOR VIDEO WITH REGIONS OF COMMON MOTION | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 30d |
| 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 | — |
| 19207140 | TRACKING A REFERENCE PICTURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | — |
| 19189496 | AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | — |
| 19075016 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID SPEECH SYNTHESIS | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — |
| 19023373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO DECODING BASED ON DEQUANTIZATION OF QUANTIZED PARAMETERS | GAY, SONIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2695 | 2 |
| 2655 | 2 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| 2481 | 1 |
| 2657 | 1 |
| 2692 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| 2411 | 1 |
| 2659 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19300765 | ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION CANDIDATES IN FRAMES WITH GLOBAL MOTION | HOLDER, ANNER N | — | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19266384 | ENCODING AND DECODING OF VIDEO WITH SELECTIVE MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | ZHOU, ZHIHAN | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19265054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO WITH REGIONS OF GLOBAL MOTION | HASAN, MAINUL | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19256565 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINED LOSSLESS AND LOSSY CODING | HABIB, IRFAN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19207140 | TRACKING A REFERENCE PICTURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19189496 | AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 2658 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19075016 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID SPEECH SYNTHESIS | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — | §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 | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19058155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING LOCAL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LISTENING POSITIONS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT | ZHU, QIN | — | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19052256 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIFFRACTION MODELLING BASED ON GRID PATHFINDING | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19023373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO DECODING BASED ON DEQUANTIZATION OF QUANTIZED PARAMETERS | GAY, SONIA L | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19012706 | METHOD, APPARATUS OR SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO OBJECTS | ZHANG, LESHUI | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19011175 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATION AND PROCESSING OF MODIFIED BITSTREAMS | ROBERTS, SHAUN A | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19009879 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR JOINT MULTICHANNEL CODING | GAY, SONIA L | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18984119 | MULTI-LAG FORMAT FOR AUDIO CODING | ISKENDER, ALVIN ALIK | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875104 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOUSTIC 3D EXTENT MODELING FOR VOXEL-BASED GEOMETRY REPRESENTATIONS | LEE, PING | — | §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 | — | §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 | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18923386 | PROCESSING OF AUDIO SIGNALS DURING HIGH FREQUENCY RECONSTRUCTION | PAUL, DISLER | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18855475 | HIGH FREQUENCY RECONSTRUCTION USING NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM | CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE | 2657 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18844368 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SCENES FOR AUDIO RENDERING | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | 2692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18840066 | CODED SPEECH ENHANCEMENT BASED ON DEEP GENERATIVE MODEL | GODBOLD, DOUGLAS | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18804057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING AND RECEIVING CONDITIONAL POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | BROCKMAN, ANGEL T | — | §103 | 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 |
| 18784882 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING RRC CONNECTION BASED ON RRC MESSAGE IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | HENSON, JAMAAL R | 2411 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18729248 | SPATIAL CODING OF HIGHER ORDER AMBISONICS FOR A LOW LATENCY IMMERSIVE AUDIO CODEC | CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK | 2659 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18719408 | IVAS SPAR FILTER BANK IN QMF DOMAIN | WOZNIAK, JAMES S | 2655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18715072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF AUDIO DATA | MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT | 2654 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18637462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA BASED ON RECEIVED SYSTEM INFORMATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY | 2647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 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 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 07, 2022 |
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