Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
15 pending office actions • 10 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
KDDI Corporation currently manages 15 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 15 pending office actions are distributed across 10 distinct art units, which suggests a broad technical scope for their current applications. The involvement of 14 distinct examiners means that almost every pending case is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring an individualized prosecution strategy for each matter. This diversity requires careful coordination across the portfolio.
The busiest examiner is KHAN, ATTA, who is responsible for 2 of the pending office actions. Because there are 14 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, the applicant must navigate a variety of examiner preferences and departmental standards. This level of examiner diversity across the Networking & Security sector indicates a decentralized prosecution environment. Managing the 15 pending office actions under these conditions requires attention to the specific requirements of each of the 10 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, ATTA | 2 | 83.7% | +24.8% |
| MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 1 | 77.1% | +9.4% |
| HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 1 | 71.8% | +14.9% |
| GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 1 | 77.0% | +6.9% |
| SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 1 | 72.3% | +27.4% |
| HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 1 | 83.4% | +15.4% |
| DONADO, FRANK E | 1 | 69.3% | +58.5% |
| VO, DON NGUYEN | 1 | 90.5% | +0.7% |
| LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 1 | 81.8% | -3.3% |
| ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 1 | 71.7% | +38.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600940 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL IN CELL-FREE MASSIVE MIMO SYSTEM COMPOSED OF MANY ANTENNAS, TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | VO, DON NGUYEN | 9d overdue |
| 19013282 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH ENCODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 19d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19061106 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 28d |
| 18435625 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REDUCING LATENCY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | PHUNG, LUAT | 48d |
| 19071366 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | — |
| 19040183 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KHAN, ATTA | — |
| 19040241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KHAN, ATTA | — |
| 19013382 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH ENCODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18883810 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EFFICIENT TRACKING | DONADO, FRANK E | — |
| 18595157 | POINT CLOUD DECODING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013282 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH ENCODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 19d |
| 19071366 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | — |
| 19040183 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KHAN, ATTA | — |
| 19040241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KHAN, ATTA | — |
| 19013382 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH ENCODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18883810 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EFFICIENT TRACKING | DONADO, FRANK E | — |
| 18591633 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE-DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2485 | 2 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2487 | 1 |
| 2634 | 1 |
| 2668 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| 2468 | 1 |
| 2418 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19250600 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 2482 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19071366 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 2488 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19061106 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 2485 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19040183 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KHAN, ATTA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19040241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KHAN, ATTA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19013382 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH ENCODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19013282 | MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH ENCODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18883810 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EFFICIENT TRACKING | DONADO, FRANK E | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18600940 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL IN CELL-FREE MASSIVE MIMO SYSTEM COMPOSED OF MANY ANTENNAS, TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | VO, DON NGUYEN | 2634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18595157 | POINT CLOUD DECODING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 2668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18591633 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE-DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 2669 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18435625 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REDUCING LATENCY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | PHUNG, LUAT | 2468 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18429764 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR LOW-LATENCY TIME DIVISION COMMUNICATION | BELETE, BERHANU D | 2418 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18292143 | ENCRYPTION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION METHOD, AND ENCRYPTION PROGRAM | SCOTT, RANDY A | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18394445 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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