Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
295 pending office actions • 126 art units • 261 examiners • 0 of 295 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 376 patents granted in the last 365 days
MediaTek Inc. has 293 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are spread across 100 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical focus. The prosecution involves 263 distinct examiners, which shows that the vast majority of its 293 pending office actions are being reviewed by different people. This high number of 263 distinct examiners requires an adaptable prosecution strategy to manage the diverse range of perspectives encountered at the patent office.
BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 4 of the 293 pending office actions. This low level of concentration among the 263 distinct examiners means that the company prosecution outcomes are distributed across many individuals. The 100 distinct art units involved suggest that the 293 pending office actions cover a spectrum of technical classifications within the networking field. Managing 293 pending office actions across 100 art units and 263 distinct examiners necessitates a centralized approach to ensure that arguments remain consistent across the entire portfolio. Practitioners should be prepared for varying examination standards across the 100 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 70 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. 70 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 | 3 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 23 (8%) |
| §103 only | 125 (42%) |
| §102 only | 30 (10%) |
| §112 only | 4 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 107 (36%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHO, SUNG IL | 4 | 91.4% | +8.5% |
| BOYLAN, JAMES T | 3 | 63.3% | +10.8% |
| MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 3 | 77.2% | +9.3% |
| GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 3 | 61.5% | +17.4% |
| LOTFI, KYLE M | 3 | 64.7% | +7.2% |
| BEDNASH, JOSEPH A | 3 | 50.5% | +8.7% |
| BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES | 3 | 26.9% | +58.1% |
| LIU, SHU | 3 | 66.7% | -50.0% |
| BENNETT, STUART D | 2 | 68.9% | -14.3% |
| ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL | 2 | 68.9% | +2.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18492748 | METHODS OF UE-ASSISTED REPORT | BEDNASH, JOSEPH A | 9d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881548 | Method and Apparatus for Picture Padding in Video Coding | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 5d overdue |
| 18735959 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEEDING UP PACKET PROCESSING | BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES | 4d overdue |
| 18994855 | Method and Apparatus of Improving Performance of Convolutional Cross-Component Model in Video Coding System | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 7d |
| 18214201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-BEAM SYSTEM | BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES | 20d |
| 19472640 | ADAPTIVE SAMPLE CLIPPING | BOYLAN, JAMES T | — |
| 19145028 | REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTION MODE OF A BLOCK OF PIXELS | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | — |
| 19108231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | BOYLAN, JAMES T | — |
| 19106736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2482 | 10 |
| 2486 | 8 |
| 2419 | 8 |
| 2461 | 7 |
| 2485 | 6 |
| 2417 | 6 |
| 2469 | 6 |
| 2412 | 6 |
| 2471 | 6 |
| 2465 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19473100 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF COMBINED PREDICTION MODE WITH MORE INTER MODES FOR VIDEO CODING | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19473099 | COMBINED PREDICTION MODE | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 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 |
| 19472696 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF SIGNALLING FOR LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2025 |
| 19472640 | ADAPTIVE SAMPLE CLIPPING | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 19322795 | TUNER CODEWORD DATABASE CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE | LU, KUEN S | 2165 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 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 |
| 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 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | 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 |
| 19135476 | Methods and Apparatus of Sharing Buffer Resource for Cross-component Models | BILLAH, MASUM | 2486 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19218112 | Compute-Near Memory on a Base Die with Access to Multi-Stack Memory | VO, TIM T | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 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 |
| 19180153 | CACHE STORAGE SPACE MANAGING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE CACHE STORAGE SPACE MANAGING METHOD | VERDERAMO III, RALPH A | 2139 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 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 |
| 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 | 2423 | §102§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 |
| 19108231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19106736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 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 |
| 19036087 | METHOD FOR LLM INFERENCE AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME | NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 2657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 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 |
| 18996532 | Method and Apparatus of Improving Performance of Convolutional Cross-Component Model in Video Coding System | ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18994816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | LEE, JIMMY S | 2483 | §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 |
| 19014238 | Primitive Adaptive Variable Rate Shading | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 2612 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18992788 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER WITH ADAPTIVE FILTER STRENGTH | PONTIUS, JAMES M | 2488 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18881532 | Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Loop Filter with Alternative Luma Classifier for Video Coding | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18881484 | Method and Apparatus Using Affine Motion Estimation with Control-Point Motion Vector Refinement | LOTFI, KYLE M | 2425 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18881548 | Method and Apparatus for Picture Padding in Video Coding | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19009268 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF | SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B | 2181 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008553 | MULTI-BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTI-BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SIGNALS | SOROWAR, GOLAM | 2641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMediaTek Inc. has 295 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 126 art units and 261 examiners.
Sung Il Cho 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.