Technology area: Networking & Security
282 pending office actions • 120 art units • 244 examiners • 0 of 282 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 386 patents granted in the last 365 days
MediaTek Inc. has 286 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The portfolio spans 251 examiners and 128 art units, reflecting extensive examination activity across a very broad technical and organizational footprint. The scale supports formal portfolio governance, centralized issue tracking, and consistent review of claim amendments, disclosures, and response positions. At the same time, the high examiner and art-unit dispersion means that local prosecution context will remain essential.
LEE, JIMMY S is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That group is small relative to the overall examiner network, so it merits focused coordination without displacing the broader need for matter-level management. Counsel should use shared technology knowledge where appropriate, while preserving separate strategies for distinct art units and examiner practices.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 63 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. 63 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 + other | 17 (6%) |
| §103 only | 120 (43%) |
| §102 only | 32 (11%) |
| §112 only | 3 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 108 (38%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, JIMMY S | 4 | 57.8% | +23.8% |
| CHO, SUNG IL | 4 | 91.4% | +8.5% |
| GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 3 | 73.9% | +18.0% |
| MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 3 | 77.3% | +9.9% |
| GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 3 | 61.7% | +17.4% |
| LOTFI, KYLE M | 3 | 65.1% | +7.3% |
| LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M | 3 | 71.6% | +35.3% |
| BEDNASH, JOSEPH A | 3 | 50.4% | +8.8% |
| LIU, SHU | 3 | 66.7% | -50.0% |
| WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | 2 | 80.1% | +17.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739363 | PRE-CHARGE SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING TIME-DIVISION PRE-CHARGE UPON BIT-LINE GROUPS OF MEMORY ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED PRE-CHARGE METHOD | CHO, SUNG IL | 50d overdue |
| 18444776 | DUAL-RAIL MEMORY DEVICE WITH HIGH SPEED AND LOW POWER CONSUMPTION | CHO, SUNG IL | 71d |
| 19472652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF UNIFIED CLASSIFICATION IN IN-LOOP FILTERING IN VIDEO CODING | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | — |
| 18444754 | NEGATIVE BIT LINE CONTROL MECHANISM | CHO, SUNG IL | — |
| 18371441 | MEMORY WITH FLY-BITLINES THAT WORK WITH SINGLE-ENDED SENSING AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY ACCESS METHOD | CHO, SUNG IL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18488429 | DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION (DTX) INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF | MOHEBBI, KOUROUSH | 146d overdue |
| 18720919 | Method and Apparatus for Cross Component Linear Model with Multiple Hypotheses Intra Modes in Video Coding System | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 32d overdue |
| 18817198 | Distributed-Tone Resource Unit Based Enhanced Long Range Communication Schemes In WLAN | LEE, JAE YOUNG | 24d overdue |
| 19035930 | METHOD OF REDUCING CACHE THRASHING IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED PROCESSING SYSTEM | MACKALL, LARRY T | 17d overdue |
| 18218099 | INTERWORKING WITHOUT N26 INTERFACE SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORTED RECEIVED IN NON-3GPP ACCESS | LIU, SHU | 17d overdue |
| 18367004 | BUFFER STATUS REPORT (BSR) TABLE AND BSR TRIGGER CONDITION FOR XR SERVICE APPLICATION | PATIDAR, SUDESH M | 11d overdue |
| 18727516 | Method and Apparatus Deriving Merge Candidate from Affine Coded Blocks for Video Coding | FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G | 10d overdue |
| 18225063 | ACCESS HANDLING WHEN STOPPING 5GSM CONGESTION TIMERS | CHEN, PETER | 10d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18085395 | URSP PROVISIONING FOR CREDENTIALS HOLDER SCENARIOS | LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M | 175d overdue |
| 18720919 | Method and Apparatus for Cross Component Linear Model with Multiple Hypotheses Intra Modes in Video Coding System | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 32d overdue |
| 18881548 | Method and Apparatus for Picture Padding in Video Coding | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 5d overdue |
| 17840860 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR BEAM GROUP REPORTING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M | 70d |
| 19473718 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER WITH CODING INFORMATION BASED CLASSIFICATION | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | — |
| 19472686 | INTRA PREDICTION FUSION WITH INHERITED CROSS-COMPONENT MODELS | LEE, JIMMY S | — |
| 19472652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF UNIFIED CLASSIFICATION IN IN-LOOP FILTERING IN VIDEO CODING | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | — |
| 19471798 | ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION IN VIDEO CODING | LEE, JIMMY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2482 | 13 |
| 2469 | 9 |
| 2487 | 7 |
| 2486 | 7 |
| 2461 | 7 |
| 2485 | 6 |
| 2416 | 6 |
| 2644 | 6 |
| 2417 | 5 |
| 2412 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19473718 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER WITH CODING INFORMATION BASED CLASSIFICATION | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19473099 | COMBINED PREDICTION MODE | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19472696 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF SIGNALLING FOR LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION | BENNETT, STUART D | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2025 |
| 19472686 | INTRA PREDICTION FUSION WITH INHERITED CROSS-COMPONENT MODELS | LEE, JIMMY S | 2487 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2025 |
| 19472695 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION MODEL INHERITANCE FOR VIDEO CODING | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2025 |
| 19472652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF UNIFIED CLASSIFICATION IN IN-LOOP FILTERING IN VIDEO CODING | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2025 |
| 19472649 | Methods and Apparatus for Intra Mode Fusion in an Image and Video Coding System | UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE | 2481 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2025 |
| 19472640 | ADAPTIVE SAMPLE CLIPPING | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2025 |
| 19471798 | ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION IN VIDEO CODING | LEE, JIMMY S | 2487 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19471706 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CHROMA PREDICTION BY FUSION | MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 2482 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19471785 | REFINEMENT FOR MERGE MODE MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE | LEE, JIMMY S | 2487 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19470853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING CANDIDATE LIST FOR INHERITING NEIGHBORING CROSS-COMPONENT MODELS FOR CHROMA INTER CODING | MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19168553 | Methods and Apparatus of Blending Intra Prediction for Video Coding | MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 2482 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19160180 | SIGNALING PARTITIONING INFORMATION FOR VIDEO AND IMAGE CODING | VO, TUNG T | 2425 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19273510 | Method and Apparatus for Coding Mode Selection in Video Coding System | SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO | 2485 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19148313 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CHROMA PREDICTION | MAHMUD, FARHAN | 2483 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19146651 | REGRESSION-BASED CODING MODES | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19145290 | Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Loop Filter with Cross-Component Taps for Video Coding | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19145036 | Method and Apparatus of ALF with Model-Based Taps in Video Coding System | ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL | 2486 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19145028 | REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTION MODE OF A BLOCK OF PIXELS | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19245768 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MOTION PREDICTION | NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19245756 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MOTION PREDICTION | TREHAN, AKSHAY | 2639 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19239999 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING EXTERNAL MEMORY DEVICE TO STORE HARDWARE SETTING OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP FOR FAST BOOT AND POWER SAVING OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | DARE, RYAN A | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19216744 | OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS WITH FLICKER NOISE SUPPRESSION BY PHASE-SHIFTED SELF-INJECTION | TAN, RICHARD | 2836 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19196761 | Enhanced Link Adaptation Method, Communication Device, and System for Unequal Quadrature Amplitude Modulation | SINGH, AMNEET | 2633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19190459 | Methods And Apparatus For Hierarchical Quasi-Colocation Structure In Mobile Communications | HUANG, DAVID S | 2631 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19187951 | Dielectric Waveguide Cable For High Data Rate Communications | TRA, ANH QUAN | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19120419 | Method and Apparatus of Subblock-based Motion Vector Prediction with Reordering and Refinement in Video Coding | ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL | 2486 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19095114 | PDN FOR POWER CONTROL OF PROCESSING UNIT | PANDEY, KESHAB R | 2176 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19117259 | INTER PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING | NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V | 2486 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19093287 | METHOD OF IMAGE FUSION AND DEVICE THEREOF | CHAE, KYU | 2426 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19090423 | Signaling Designs For UHR Transmissions In Wireless Communications | SHAHNAMI, AMIR | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19090420 | CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE UNDER COEXISTENCE OF EMLSR MODE AND OTHER WI-FI NETWORKS | SHAHNAMI, AMIR | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19089198 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SERVICE PROFILE GENERATION: SERVICE PROFILING | BOUTAH, ALINA A | 2458 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19086261 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF | WOZNIAK, JAMES S | 2655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19078296 | Method and System of Optimizing Processor Power Control Using Utilization Scaling | PATEL, NIMESH G | 2176 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19076157 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD | GANGER, LAUREN ZANNAH | 2156 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19106736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19104284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING NON-ACCESS STRATUM MOBILITY MANAGEMENT CAUSE FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK ACCESS | TAYLOR, BARRY W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19104289 | BOUNDARY SAMPLE DERIVATION IN VIDEO CODING | HABIB, IRFAN | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19048861 | Dynamic Voltage Stress Condition Optimization Method and Dynamic Voltage Stress Condition Optimization System Capable of Performing Block-based Dynamic Voltage Stress Wafer Testing Process | NGUYEN, TUNG X | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2025 |
| 19037163 | Neural Network Adapters for Versatile Image Restoration | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | 2667 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 19035930 | METHOD OF REDUCING CACHE THRASHING IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED PROCESSING SYSTEM | MACKALL, LARRY T | 2139 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19036087 | METHOD FOR LLM INFERENCE AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME | NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 2657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18997884 | Method and Apparatus of Subblock-based Temporal Motion Vector Prediction with Reordering and Refinement in Video Coding | ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E | 2487 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18997298 | REFERENCE LIST REORDERING IN VIDEO CODING | BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18997289 | Method and Apparatus for Blending Prediction in Video Coding System | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18997280 | AFFINE CANDIDATE REFINEMENT | HOLDER, ANNER N | 2484 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18994816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | LEE, JIMMY S | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994855 | Method and Apparatus of Improving Performance of Convolutional Cross-Component Model in Video Coding System | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMediaTek Inc. has 282 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 120 art units and 244 examiners.
Jimmy S Lee has the most, with 4 of MediaTek Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
