Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
33 pending office actions • 20 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 83 patents granted in the last 365 days
Meta Platforms Inc. is currently navigating 33 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These active cases are handled by 33 distinct examiners across 20 distinct art units. This exact match between the number of pending actions and the number of examiners indicates that every single application is being reviewed by a different person.
RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because there are 33 pending office actions and 33 distinct examiners, no individual examiner holds more than one case. This total lack of examiner overlap requires a prosecution strategy tailored to 33 different individual perspectives.
The 20 distinct art units involved show that Meta Platforms Inc. has a broad reach within the Communications sector, touching many different specialized groups. With 33 pending office actions spread so thinly across examiners and art units, practitioners cannot rely on building a rapport with a single primary examiner for this portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 5 (15%) |
| §103 only | 13 (39%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 1 | 86.3% | +20.8% |
| SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 1 | 80.3% | +28.4% |
| PARK, HYORIM NMN | 1 | 75.0% | +37.5% |
| SAMS, MICHELLE L | 1 | 75.5% | +7.9% |
| SHENG, XIN | 1 | 73.1% | +16.8% |
| BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | 1 | 47.5% | +30.1% |
| COX, NATISHA D | 1 | 72.9% | +21.4% |
| VARNDELL, ROSS E | 1 | 84.7% | +13.3% |
| THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L | 1 | 76.9% | +37.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19195728 | HOSTED DEVICE PROVISIONING PROTOCOL WITH SERVERS AND A NETWORKED INITIATOR | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17899263 | ATTENUATED PHASE SHIFT MASK FOR TALBOT LITHOGRAPHY | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 132d overdue |
| 18080569 | SERVING DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE DEEP LEARNING (DL) MODELS IN SERVERLESS COMPUTING | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 23d overdue |
| 18627256 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING CONTEXTUAL TEXT SUMMARIZATION OF RESOURCES IN SYSTEMS | SHEN, SAMUEL | 12d |
| 18164936 | TRANSPOSE A TENSOR WITH A SINGLE TRANSPOSE BUFFER | KNIGHT, PAUL M | 47d |
| 19144828 | STREAM PROCESSING FOR ENCRYPTED, INTEGRITY AND REPLAY-PROTECTED MEMORY | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | — |
| 19217431 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING TAILORED ONLINE CONTENT GENERATION | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 18947850 | ONE DIMENSIONAL KEYBOARD | BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | — |
| 18942011 | STYLE TAILORING LATENT DIFFUSION MODELS FOR HUMAN EXPRESSION | VARNDELL, ROSS E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19144828 | STREAM PROCESSING FOR ENCRYPTED, INTEGRITY AND REPLAY-PROTECTED MEMORY | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | — |
| 19217431 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING TAILORED ONLINE CONTENT GENERATION | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 19195728 | HOSTED DEVICE PROVISIONING PROTOCOL WITH SERVERS AND A NETWORKED INITIATOR | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | — |
| 19094499 | TYPEAHEAD IMAGE GENERATION | PARK, HYORIM NMN | — |
| 19009478 | Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Virtual Object Builder | SHENG, XIN | — |
| 18947850 | ONE DIMENSIONAL KEYBOARD | BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | — |
| 18946365 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT MESSAGE PLATFORMS | COX, NATISHA D | — |
| 18942011 | STYLE TAILORING LATENT DIFFUSION MODELS FOR HUMAN EXPRESSION | VARNDELL, ROSS E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2148 | 2 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 2458 | 1 |
| 2454 | 1 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2616 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19144828 | STREAM PROCESSING FOR ENCRYPTED, INTEGRITY AND REPLAY-PROTECTED MEMORY | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | 2492 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19217431 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING TAILORED ONLINE CONTENT GENERATION | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 2166 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19195728 | HOSTED DEVICE PROVISIONING PROTOCOL WITH SERVERS AND A NETWORKED INITIATOR | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19094499 | TYPEAHEAD IMAGE GENERATION | PARK, HYORIM NMN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19066271 | Integrating Applications with Dynamic Virtual Assistant Avatars | SAMS, MICHELLE L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19009478 | Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Virtual Object Builder | SHENG, XIN | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18947850 | ONE DIMENSIONAL KEYBOARD | BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18946365 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT MESSAGE PLATFORMS | COX, NATISHA D | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18942011 | STYLE TAILORING LATENT DIFFUSION MODELS FOR HUMAN EXPRESSION | VARNDELL, ROSS E | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18940817 | TOWARDS END-TO-END SPEECH-INPUT CONVERSATIONAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18924094 | Generating Proactive Reminders for Assistant Systems | LEE, PHILIP C | 2454 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18922119 | Task Execution Based on Real-world Text Detection for Assistant Systems | DANG, DUY M | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18911164 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MENTAL MODEL AWARE EXPLAINABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INTELLIGENT USER INTERFACES | TAN, ALVIN H | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18900209 | LIQUID CRYSTAL BASED MODE FIELD DIAMETER OPTIMIZATION | ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18894872 | Active Listening for Assistant Systems | BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S | 2658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18892786 | Resolving a Co-Reference Based on a Multimodal User Input for Assistant Systems | LE, HUNG D | 2161 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18890451 | CONTEXTUAL IMAGE GENERATION IN MESSAGING APPLICATIONS | HOANG, PETER | 2616 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18829705 | Auto-Capture of Interesting Moments by Assistant Systems | BHATNAGAR, ANAND P | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18766195 | CHIP-TO-CHIP INTERCONNECT WITH A LAYERED COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE | SEYE, ABDOU K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18674193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS IN VIRTUAL REALITY MEETINGS | MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18627366 | HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENT VIEWFINDER | TZENG, FRED | 2625 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18627256 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING CONTEXTUAL TEXT SUMMARIZATION OF RESOURCES IN SYSTEMS | SHEN, SAMUEL | 2179 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18428303 | WIRELESS THERMAL MANAGEMENT | MAHMUD, RANA HASSAN | 2644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18381359 | 3D PRINTING TO FORM AN OPTICAL LENS WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18467914 | EFFICIENT INTERFRAME MODE SEARCH FOR AV1 ENCODING | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18310127 | DIGITAL SOCIAL NETWORKING FRAMEWORK | TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18164936 | TRANSPOSE A TENSOR WITH A SINGLE TRANSPOSE BUFFER | KNIGHT, PAUL M | 2148 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18080569 | SERVING DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE DEEP LEARNING (DL) MODELS IN SERVERLESS COMPUTING | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 2148 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 18055591 | Adaptively Muting Audio Transmission of User Speech for Assistant Systems | SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K | 2659 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17934898 | Presenting Attention States Associated with Voice Commands for Assistant Systems | TRACY JR., EDWARD | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17899263 | ATTENUATED PHASE SHIFT MASK FOR TALBOT LITHOGRAPHY | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 1737 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 132d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
| 17822599 | Generative Music from Human Audio | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
| 17719413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) EYEGLASSES MODEL | TRA, TUYEN Q | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
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