Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Futurewei Technologies Inc. has 5 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These 5 actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. Christopher T Wyllie is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. This distribution across examiners and art units suggests a varied set of technical challenges within the portfolio.
With 5 pending office actions and 5 distinct examiners, the workload is spread out, meaning no single examiner has more than one matter. The involvement of 5 distinct art units indicates that the company's applications are being reviewed by several different specialized groups. Christopher T Wyllie's 1 pending office action is just one of the five currently active matters. This lack of concentration across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units suggests a diverse prosecution landscape for the company's Networking & Security applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T | 1 | 58.9% | +36.1% |
| GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR | 1 | 73.0% | +19.5% |
| ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H | 1 | 89.0% | -0.7% |
| AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE | 1 | 84.5% | +9.0% |
| CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D | 1 | 65.2% | +11.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18896754 | HYBRID MOBILITY AND RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS | ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18810545 | METHOF FOR SIDELINK MEASUREMENT REPORT AND DEVICE THEREOF | AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING WIRELESS CHANNEL STATUS | WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T | — |
| 18907815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR | — |
| 17473455 | Systems and Methods for Transmitting Data Information Messages on a Downlink of a Wireless Communication System | CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2465 | 1 |
| 2466 | 1 |
| 2474 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING WIRELESS CHANNEL STATUS | WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T | 2465 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18907815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR | 2466 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18896754 | HYBRID MOBILITY AND RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS | ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H | 2474 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18810545 | METHOF FOR SIDELINK MEASUREMENT REPORT AND DEVICE THEREOF | AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE | 3648 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 17473455 | Systems and Methods for Transmitting Data Information Messages on a Downlink of a Wireless Communication System | CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D | 3992 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialFuturewei Technologies Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Christopher T Wyllie has the most, with 1 of Futurewei Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
