Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Media Tek Inc. is managing 5 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting a variety of technical focuses within the networking sector. The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. This structure requires the company to address 5 unique examination styles simultaneously.
Diane D Mizrahi is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 5 distinct examiners for 5 actions, the workload is entirely decentralized across the 3 distinct art units. This structure implies that Media Tek Inc. must navigate multiple examiner perspectives and art unit standards without the benefit of examiner overlap. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 3 distinct art units, as the lack of examiner concentration suggests that prosecution outcomes will depend heavily on individual examiner discretion. The presence of 5 distinct examiners for 5 actions means that no single examiner's decision will significantly impact the overall portfolio's progress. Success in this portfolio requires a flexible approach that addresses the specific standards of each of the 5 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIZRAHI, DIANE D | 1 | 92.3% | +5.3% |
| VU, TUAN A | 1 | 73.2% | +21.1% |
| MIAN, OMER S | 1 | 70.4% | +52.5% |
| KWAK, JAEYOUNG | 1 | 92.0% | +14.3% |
| VOLTAIRE, JEAN F | 1 | 83.5% | +15.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17860759 | ENHANCED 3GPP SESSION ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURE | VOLTAIRE, JEAN F | 49d overdue |
| 18826648 | DUAL ACCESS/STEER CAPABILITY INFORMATION FOR NETWORK AND DEVICES DUAL ACCESS/STEER SERVICE | MIZRAHI, DIANE D | — |
| 18085435 | URSP HANDLING FOR CREDENTIALS HOLDER SCENARIOS | KWAK, JAEYOUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18795335 | PROACTIVE REGISTER PROMOTION OF AGGREGATES AMID CONTROL FLOW FOR GPU WORKLOADS | VU, TUAN A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17860759 | ENHANCED 3GPP SESSION ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURE | VOLTAIRE, JEAN F | 49d overdue |
| 18137322 | MULTIPLE TAGS HANDLING FOR QOS RULES AND PACKET FILTERS | MIAN, OMER S | 22d overdue |
| 18795335 | PROACTIVE REGISTER PROMOTION OF AGGREGATES AMID CONTROL FLOW FOR GPU WORKLOADS | VU, TUAN A | — |
| 18085435 | URSP HANDLING FOR CREDENTIALS HOLDER SCENARIOS | KWAK, JAEYOUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2193 | 1 |
| 2461 | 1 |
| 2472 | 1 |
| 2417 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18826648 | DUAL ACCESS/STEER CAPABILITY INFORMATION FOR NETWORK AND DEVICES DUAL ACCESS/STEER SERVICE | MIZRAHI, DIANE D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18795335 | PROACTIVE REGISTER PROMOTION OF AGGREGATES AMID CONTROL FLOW FOR GPU WORKLOADS | VU, TUAN A | 2193 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18137322 | MULTIPLE TAGS HANDLING FOR QOS RULES AND PACKET FILTERS | MIAN, OMER S | 2461 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18085435 | URSP HANDLING FOR CREDENTIALS HOLDER SCENARIOS | KWAK, JAEYOUNG | 2472 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17860759 | ENHANCED 3GPP SESSION ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURE | VOLTAIRE, JEAN F | 2417 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2022 |
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