Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
73 pending office actions • 39 art units • 71 examiners • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 106 patents granted in the last 365 days
MediaTek Inc. maintains a large volume of 72 pending office actions focused on the Networking & Security technology area. This portfolio is remarkably diverse, spanning 39 distinct art units. Such a wide distribution across art units suggests a broad technical scope within the networking sector. The prosecution involves 70 distinct examiners, which is nearly one examiner per pending action.
PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL is the busiest examiner, yet only manages 2 pending office actions. This low concentration, where the busiest examiner holds only 2 of the 72 pending office actions, highlights a highly decentralized prosecution environment. With 70 distinct examiners, practitioners must prepare for a wide variety of examination styles and interpretations across the 39 distinct art units. The 72 pending office actions represent a significant workload distributed almost entirely as single cases per examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 | 3 (4%) |
| §103 only | 39 (53%) |
| §102 only | 7 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 22 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 2 | 24.2% | +9.1% |
| CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M | 2 | 71.8% | +11.0% |
| TRAN, JIMMY H | 1 | 79.5% | +17.2% |
| KARIKARI, KWASI | 1 | 80.1% | +6.7% |
| HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 1 | — | — |
| VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | 1 | 89.8% | -0.6% |
| MILORD, MARCEAU | 1 | 89.1% | +11.3% |
| HO, HUY C | 1 | 77.5% | +20.5% |
| LEE, JAE YOUNG | 1 | 75.5% | +14.7% |
| CUMMING, WILLIAM D | 1 | 89.9% | +5.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874652 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR DYNAMIC TDD AND SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX | VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | — |
| 18954653 | PDSCH GROUPING TRANSMISSION AND ASSOCIATED HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK CONSTRUCTION FOR MULTI-PDSCH SCHEDULING | MILORD, MARCEAU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18508169 | METHODS OF TWO DOWNLINK CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AND TWO UPLINK CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FOR FULL DUPLEX SYSTEM | KO, SITHU | 11d overdue |
| 18171876 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN NEW RADIO (NR) INACTIVE STATE | STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS | 22d |
| 18512266 | METHOD OF DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL INSERTION INTO TX IN-BAND EMISSION | LE, BRIAN T | 84d |
| 19032067 | Handling Attempt Counters When Unavailability Period Is Activated In Mobile Communications | KARIKARI, KWASI | — |
| 18860203 | METHODS FOR UE CONFIGURATION AND SCHEDULING IN SUBBAND-FULLDUPLEX NETWORK | LEE, JAE YOUNG | — |
| 18904242 | PRIORITIZING VOICE CALL OVER PS DOMAIN | CUMMING, WILLIAM D | — |
| 18846563 | PERIODIC HIGHER-PRIORITY PLMN SEARCH FOR SATELLITE ACCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | — |
| 18844906 | METHODS FOR REDUCING PADDING IN UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | GIDADO, RASHEED | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035043 | Methods For Signaling Of UE-Initiated COT In Mobile Communications | CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M | 76d |
| 18115893 | Method And Apparatus For Lean Protocol Stack In Mobile Communications | CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M | 85d |
| 19172604 | Handling Of In-Order Delivery And Latency Variation In Mobile Communications | TRAN, JIMMY H | — |
| 18954653 | PDSCH GROUPING TRANSMISSION AND ASSOCIATED HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK CONSTRUCTION FOR MULTI-PDSCH SCHEDULING | MILORD, MARCEAU | — |
| 18940633 | User Equipment Location Delivery In Mobile Communications | HO, HUY C | — |
| 18860203 | METHODS FOR UE CONFIGURATION AND SCHEDULING IN SUBBAND-FULLDUPLEX NETWORK | LEE, JAE YOUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2414 | 3 |
| 2647 | 3 |
| 2476 | 2 |
| 2645 | 2 |
| 2477 | 2 |
| 2631 | 2 |
| 2642 | 2 |
| 2464 | 2 |
| 2479 | 2 |
| 2465 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172604 | Handling Of In-Order Delivery And Latency Variation In Mobile Communications | TRAN, JIMMY H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19032067 | Handling Attempt Counters When Unavailability Period Is Activated In Mobile Communications | KARIKARI, KWASI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2025 |
| 19015053 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR OVERLAPPING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE LAYERS | HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18874652 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR DYNAMIC TDD AND SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX | VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18954653 | PDSCH GROUPING TRANSMISSION AND ASSOCIATED HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK CONSTRUCTION FOR MULTI-PDSCH SCHEDULING | MILORD, MARCEAU | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18940633 | User Equipment Location Delivery In Mobile Communications | HO, HUY C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18860203 | METHODS FOR UE CONFIGURATION AND SCHEDULING IN SUBBAND-FULLDUPLEX NETWORK | LEE, JAE YOUNG | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18904242 | PRIORITIZING VOICE CALL OVER PS DOMAIN | CUMMING, WILLIAM D | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18846563 | PERIODIC HIGHER-PRIORITY PLMN SEARCH FOR SATELLITE ACCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18844906 | METHODS FOR REDUCING PADDING IN UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | GIDADO, RASHEED | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18844912 | METHODS FOR SUPPORTING ARBITRARY DRX CYCLE AND PERIODICITY OF SPS AND CG IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | PATEL, MAHENDRA R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18844922 | USING PRE-CONFIGURED TRANSMISSION OCCASIONS IN TRANSMISSION OF VARYING SIZED DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | LO, DIANE LEE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18842995 | ON-DEMAND SELECTIVE RETRANSMISSIONS FOR UPLINK POSE AND CONTROL INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | TOKUTA, SHEAN S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18840646 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED CAPACITY USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONING | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18800839 | EXTREMELY HIGH THROUGHPUT (EHT) MULTI-BAND TRANSMISSION | DUONG, FRANK | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18835783 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | O CONNOR, BRIAN T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18793797 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UE-SIDE DATA COLLECTION WITH RAN AWARENESS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | LEE, PHILIP C | 2454 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2024 |
| 18793803 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR DATA COLLECTION WITHOUT RAN AWARENESS | LATORRE, IVAN O | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2024 |
| 18783727 | MULTI-SLOT PDCCH MONITORING FRAMEWORK | ABELSON, RONALD B | 2476 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18769904 | BEAM PREDICTION FOR MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | TRUONG, LAN-HUONG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18767241 | HOST DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD | YU, HENRY W | 2181 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18764832 | MAP IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MAP IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LU, WILLIAM | 2624 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18763401 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD TO EXEMPT EMERGENCY SERVICES FALLBACK PROCEDURE DUE TO INSECURE STEERING OF ROAMING (SOR) | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18675718 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO RECOVER FROM A FORBIDDEN TRACKING AREA IDENTITY (FTAI) AFTER NO SLICES AVAILABLE IN NETWORK | NGO, CHUONG A | 2645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18674992 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD TO FORBID PLMN OR SNPN AND HANDLE EMERGENCY CALL DUE TO DEREGISTRATION | ESMAEILIAN, MAJID | 2477 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2024 |
| 18673539 | VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18712014 | LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION WITH CODED PARAMETERS | FEREJA, SAMUEL D | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18712006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT AND MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) FEEDBACK | LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN | 2414 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18666830 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT HYBRID AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE | NGUYEN, KHANH V | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18661688 | Method And Apparatus For Enhancements Of Manual Network Selection In Emergency Services Handling | LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH | 2647 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2024 |
| 18652827 | Method And Apparatus For Improving Positioning By Data Augmentation In Mobile Communications | PATEL, DHAVAL V | 2631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18649780 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO ACCESS A STAND-ALONE NON-PUBLIC NETWORK (SNPN) IN FORBIDDEN SNPN (FSNPN) LIST OR FORBIDDEN TRACKING AREA IDENTITY (FTAI) LIST | MILLER, BRANDON J | 2647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18646855 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT TO DEACTIVATE UNAVAILABILITY PERIOD IN DEREGISTERED STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | GHULAMALI, QUTBUDDIN | 2632 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18646861 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT TO DEFINE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT STATE TRANSITION DUE TO SATELLITE DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE | TIMORY, KABIR A | 2631 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18645484 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT TO ACTIVATE UNAVAILABILITY PERIOD DURING ACTIVE NON-ACCESS STRATUM (NAS) CONGESTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | NGUYEN, THAI | 2469 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18703988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | PATIDAR, SUDESH M | 2415 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18623166 | BEAM MANAGEMENT OF SL FR2 | CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR | 2475 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18619185 | CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR COUPLING DEVICES IN MESH NETWORK TO SERVER | TODD, GREGORY G | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18612576 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING A COMPILER-AWARE NEURAL NETWORK MODEL | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18609368 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18688928 | IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G NAS SECURITY CONTEXT HANDLING WHEN UE SUPPORTS BOTH 3GPP AND NON-3GPP ACCESSES | PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 2642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18437086 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR MODEL/FUNCTIONALITY IDENTIFICATION | JAHANGIR, KABIR U | 2464 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18437129 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF MAC PARTIAL RESET DURING INTRA-DU LTM | FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18436925 | PROCEDURE OF CELL CHANGE IN A RADIO SYSTEM | PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 2642 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18432127 | UE Behavior For Collision Of Network-Initiated De-Registration And Emergency Services | AHSAN, UMAIR | 2647 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18429122 | Autonomous Detection and Reporting Of UE-To-UE CLI | YEA, JI-HAE P | 2471 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18405172 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 2811 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18540927 | Method of NAT64 Translation | BAROT, BHARAT | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18531681 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF LTM SUPERVISE PROCEDURE | KUNDU, SUJOY K | 2400 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18564750 | UNIFIED TCI STATE FOR M-TRP MAC CE CONFIGURATION | BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M | 2645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMediaTek Inc. has 73 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 39 art units and 71 examiners.
Rafael Perez Gutierrez has the most, with 2 of MediaTek Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.