Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Level 3 Communications LLC

18 pending office actions • 7 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

6
Hard (33%)
7
Medium (39%)
5
Easy (28%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (17%)
§103 only6 (33%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only4 (22%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
12
Business / Other
67% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, LAN-HUONG 2 90.9% +10.3%
BRYAN, JASON B 1 76.6% +14.9%
ZHAO, DON GORDON 1 87.4% +16.2%
CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN 1 91.2% +55.4%
GUNDRY, STEPHEN T 1 91.8% +9.0%
SURVILLO, OLEG 1 72.2% +28.9%
ZARKA, DAVID PETER 1 82.5% +13.5%
TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG 1 69.7% +24.0%
GADALLA, HANY S 1 72.2% +37.2%
WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE 1 85.9% +13.5%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19093927 FRAUD OR DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS) PROTECTION FOR SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP)-BASED COMMUNICATION ZHAO, DON GORDON
19070959 COLLECTING ENDPOINT DATA AND NETWORK DATA TO DETECT AN ANOMALY CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN
19041475 WEB SERVICE-BASED MONITORING AND DETECTION OF FRAUDULENT OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CALLING SERVICE GUNDRY, STEPHEN T
18917381 ALIEN WAVE INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE
18905503 QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK TRUONG, LAN-HUONG
18890291 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ROUTING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS WITH SEPARATE ROUTING MASTERS TRUONG, LAN-HUONG

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18919276 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK FILTERS GADALLA, HANY S 9d overdue
18886466 DASHBOARD FOR ALERT STORAGE AND HISTORY (DASH) MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S 8d overdue
19093731 SOFTWARE-BASED NETWORK PROBES FOR MONITORING NETWORK DEVICES FOR FAULT MANAGEMENT BRYAN, JASON B
19013769 PREDICTIVE OR PREEMPTIVE MACHINE LEARNING (ML) -DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) -BASED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE SURVILLO, OLEG
19012786 ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK-INFORMED ACTIVATION ESTIMATION ZARKA, DAVID PETER
18489791 ENHANCED TESTING OF PERSONALIZED SERVERS IN EDGE COMPUTING ANNIS, PETER THOMAS

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18919276 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK FILTERS GADALLA, HANY S 9d overdue
19093731 SOFTWARE-BASED NETWORK PROBES FOR MONITORING NETWORK DEVICES FOR FAULT MANAGEMENT BRYAN, JASON B
19093927 FRAUD OR DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS) PROTECTION FOR SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP)-BASED COMMUNICATION ZHAO, DON GORDON
19070959 COLLECTING ENDPOINT DATA AND NETWORK DATA TO DETECT AN ANOMALY CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN
19013769 PREDICTIVE OR PREEMPTIVE MACHINE LEARNING (ML) -DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) -BASED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE SURVILLO, OLEG
19012786 ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK-INFORMED ACTIVATION ESTIMATION ZARKA, DAVID PETER
18947744 PROGRAMMATICAL PSTN TRUNKING FOR CLOUD HOSTED APPLICATIONS TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG
18917381 ALIEN WAVE INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2457 1
2449 1
2493 1
2113 1
2495 1
2458 1
4100 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19093731 SOFTWARE-BASED NETWORK PROBES FOR MONITORING NETWORK DEVICES FOR FAULT MANAGEMENT BRYAN, JASON B §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19093927 FRAUD OR DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS) PROTECTION FOR SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP)-BASED COMMUNICATION ZHAO, DON GORDON §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19070959 COLLECTING ENDPOINT DATA AND NETWORK DATA TO DETECT AN ANOMALY CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2025
19041475 WEB SERVICE-BASED MONITORING AND DETECTION OF FRAUDULENT OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CALLING SERVICE GUNDRY, STEPHEN T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2025
19013769 PREDICTIVE OR PREEMPTIVE MACHINE LEARNING (ML) -DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) -BASED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE SURVILLO, OLEG 2457 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
19012786 ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK-INFORMED ACTIVATION ESTIMATION ZARKA, DAVID PETER 2449 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18947744 PROGRAMMATICAL PSTN TRUNKING FOR CLOUD HOSTED APPLICATIONS TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18919276 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK FILTERS GADALLA, HANY S 2493 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2024
18917381 ALIEN WAVE INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18916087 OPTICAL IDENTIFICATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT WYCHE, MYRON DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2024
18914818 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONNOLLY, MARK A DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18905503 QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK TRUONG, LAN-HUONG DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18890291 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ROUTING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS WITH SEPARATE ROUTING MASTERS TRUONG, LAN-HUONG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18886466 DASHBOARD FOR ALERT STORAGE AND HISTORY (DASH) MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S 2113 §101§102 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2024
18799571 CREATING AGGREGATE NETWORK FLOW TIME SERIES IN NETWORK ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEMS LE, THANH T 2495 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2024
18772029 ENHANCED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSISTENT NETWORK PATHS NGUYEN, CHUONG M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18762590 ENHANCED SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK OVERLAYS FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS MAHMUD, GOLAM 2458 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18489791 ENHANCED TESTING OF PERSONALIZED SERVERS IN EDGE COMPUTING ANNIS, PETER THOMAS 4100 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023

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