Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
24 pending office actions • 19 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
Level 3 Communications LLC currently has 24 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed among 22 distinct examiners, which suggests a wide variety of individual perspectives are being applied to the portfolio. The prosecution is also spread across 19 distinct art units, reflecting the diverse technical aspects of the company's networking and security innovations. This high degree of fragmentation means that the company's prosecution strategy must be flexible enough to address the unique requirements of many different examination groups.
The busiest examiner, MAHMUD, GOLAM, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. With 24 pending actions in total, the concentration under any single examiner is very low, as the busiest individual handles only a small fraction of the workload. This requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to the specific requirements of 22 distinct examiners and 19 different art units, as there is very little overlap in the current examination process. Practitioners should note that with 19 distinct art units involved, the technical scrutiny comes from many different specialized departments, making it essential to tailor arguments to the specific standards of each unit while managing the 22 different examiner styles.
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.
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.
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 | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (12%) |
| §103 only | 9 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (21%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAHMUD, GOLAM | 2 | 61.5% | +30.1% |
| TRUONG, LAN-HUONG | 2 | 90.9% | +9.6% |
| CHACKO, JOE | 1 | 75.3% | +28.3% |
| JOO, JOSHUA | 1 | 78.4% | +23.2% |
| TO, BAOTRAN N | 1 | 86.2% | +12.3% |
| KIM, HEE SOO | 1 | 78.9% | -0.5% |
| SURVILLO, OLEG | 1 | 72.6% | +28.9% |
| KEEHN, RICHARD G | 1 | 79.5% | +15.5% |
| DAILEY, THOMAS J | 1 | 81.0% | +14.9% |
| SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | 1 | 91.2% | -8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19271863 | INTENT-BASED IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TO, BAOTRAN N | — |
| 19200580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZATION OF FIREWALL POLICIES FOR NETWORK SECURITY | SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18919276 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK FILTERS | GADALLA, HANY S | 9d overdue |
| 18914963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING OF MALICIOUS DNS QUERIES | RASHID, ISHRAT | 30d |
| 19293598 | EFFICIENT PROVISIONING OF INTERNET CIRCUIT AND SECURE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM | JOO, JOSHUA | — |
| 19201333 | IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — |
| 18962282 | FLOWSPEC GATEWAY | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | — |
| 18947744 | PROGRAMMATICAL PSTN TRUNKING FOR CLOUD HOSTED APPLICATIONS | TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | — |
| 18411821 | NETWORK SITE DETERMINATION IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | RICHMOND, GARTH DANIEL | — |
| 18489791 | ENHANCED TESTING OF PERSONALIZED SERVERS IN EDGE COMPUTING | ANNIS, PETER THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18762590 | ENHANCED SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK OVERLAYS FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | MAHMUD, GOLAM | 31d overdue |
| 19307806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING ENCAPSULATION TUNNELS BASED ON DYNAMIC CAPACITY CHECKS | CHACKO, JOE | — |
| 19293598 | EFFICIENT PROVISIONING OF INTERNET CIRCUIT AND SECURE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM | JOO, JOSHUA | — |
| 19271863 | INTENT-BASED IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TO, BAOTRAN N | — |
| 19244660 | ROUTER FLUIDITY USING TUNNELING | SURVILLO, OLEG | — |
| 19221049 | EDGE COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT AUTOMATIC SERVER CONFIGURATION TOOL | KEEHN, RICHARD G | — |
| 19201333 | IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — |
| 18924441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONNECTING NETWORK ELEMENTS TO ENABLE A SERVICE | MAHMUD, GOLAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2458 | 3 |
| 2464 | 2 |
| 2445 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2457 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2453 | 1 |
| 2499 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19307806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING ENCAPSULATION TUNNELS BASED ON DYNAMIC CAPACITY CHECKS | CHACKO, JOE | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19293598 | EFFICIENT PROVISIONING OF INTERNET CIRCUIT AND SECURE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19271863 | INTENT-BASED IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TO, BAOTRAN N | 2435 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19272653 | INTELLIGENT MANIPULATION OF DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK TRAFFIC | KIM, HEE SOO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19244660 | ROUTER FLUIDITY USING TUNNELING | SURVILLO, OLEG | 2447 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19221049 | EDGE COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT AUTOMATIC SERVER CONFIGURATION TOOL | KEEHN, RICHARD G | 2444 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19201333 | IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | DAILEY, THOMAS J | 2458 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19200580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZATION OF FIREWALL POLICIES FOR NETWORK SECURITY | SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | 2457 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19066765 | ENHANCED PROCESSING OF LARGE DATA VOLUMES FROM INSIDE RELATIONAL DATABASES | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 18972545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ACTIVATION | WINDER, PATRICE L | 2453 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18962282 | FLOWSPEC GATEWAY | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 2499 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18947744 | PROGRAMMATICAL PSTN TRUNKING FOR CLOUD HOSTED APPLICATIONS | TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | 2693 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18924441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONNECTING NETWORK ELEMENTS TO ENABLE A SERVICE | MAHMUD, GOLAM | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18919276 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK FILTERS | GADALLA, HANY S | 2493 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18914963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING OF MALICIOUS DNS QUERIES | RASHID, ISHRAT | 2459 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18914889 | FACEPLATE-BASED WIRELESS FUNCTIONALITY DEVICE | WENDELL, ANDREW | 2648 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18914818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION | CONNOLLY, MARK A | 2115 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18905503 | QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | TRUONG, LAN-HUONG | 2464 | 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 | 2464 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18828317 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS NODE UPGRADE AND SELECTION | DUONG, FRANK | 2474 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18799571 | CREATING AGGREGATE NETWORK FLOW TIME SERIES IN NETWORK ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEMS | LE, THANH T | 2495 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18762590 | ENHANCED SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK OVERLAYS FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | MAHMUD, GOLAM | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18411821 | NETWORK SITE DETERMINATION IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | RICHMOND, GARTH DANIEL | 2644 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 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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Start Free TrialLevel 3 Communications LLC has 24 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 22 examiners.
Golam Mahmud has the most, with 2 of Level 3 Communications LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.