Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Motorola Mobility LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

66 pending office actions • 52 art units • 64 examiners • 0 of 66 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 142 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Motorola Mobility LLC has 69 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 66 distinct examiners across 53 distinct art units, indicating extensive distribution across communications-related examination groups.

BUI, TOAN D. is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited examiner concentration makes centralized docket tracking important, while the large art-unit spread requires matter-specific analysis of claim scope and examination issues.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
33
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

40
Hard (61%)
26
Medium (39%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (9%)
§101 + other16 (24%)
§103 only22 (33%)
§102 only4 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)18 (27%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
21
Information Tech
32% of docket
22
Communications
33% of docket
3
Semiconductors
5% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

660 h
Manual time on pending OAs
132 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
231 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUI, TOAN D. 2 55.6% +42.4%
CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 2 60.0% +26.7%
ALLEN, WILLIAM J 1 62.4% +32.4%
ZENATI, AMAL S 1 79.8% +14.8%
SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 1 85.0% +8.6%
JUNG, HENRY H 1 22.8% +27.2%
VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J 1 66.9% +20.0%
CHEN, CHIA WEI A 1 77.2% +19.3%
TRAN, NHAN T 1 86.5% +13.4%
GARCIA, CARLOS E 1 76.9% +16.6%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19033239 ADJUSTING VOLUME OF AUDIO PLAYBACK BASED ON MICROPHONE STATUS SNIEZEK, ANDREW L —

Hard Cases (40)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18625475 CONTACT CONFIGURATION INCLUDING EXTRACTED CONTEXT DATA HALE, BROOKS T 96d overdue
18439165 DETERMINING RECIPIENT AVAILABILITY FOR RESCHEDULING PACKAGE DELIVERY LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 30d overdue
18390568 DEVICE EVENT STATE ALARM FOR AN EVENT CONFLICT CONDITION WILSON, BRIAN P 4d overdue
18393901 OFFLINE BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS CHEIN, ALLEN C 1d overdue
18473653 DEVICE TASK MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AQUINO, WYNUEL S 1d overdue
18086686 APPARATUS FOR LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSIONS CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 1d overdue
18487419 AUDIO MANIPULATION OF EMULATED CONTENT BECKER, TYLER JUSTIN 13d
18411630 Methods, Systems, and Electronic Devices for Monitoring User Interaction Events in Electronic Shopping Interactive Computing Environs WEINER, ARIELLE E 29d

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18619662 GROUP-BASED DO-NOT-DISTURB MODE FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 21d
19292645 PERSONALIZED PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON AN ITINERARY ALLEN, WILLIAM J —
19046637 CONCEALING BACKGROUND INTERRUPTIONS DURING A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SESSION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ZENATI, AMAL S —
19018872 BANKING COMPLIANCE MONITORING ACROSS USER BANK ACCOUNTS JUNG, HENRY H —
19004870 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J —
19004935 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION CHEN, CHIA WEI A —
19004816 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION TRAN, NHAN T —
19002114 ESCALATING VIBRATION OUTPUT BASED ON SLEEP STATE AND NOTIFICATION GARCIA, CARLOS E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3696 3
3689 3
3692 3
3688 2
2693 2
2638 2
2433 2
3693 2
2408 2
2649 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19292645 PERSONALIZED PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON AN ITINERARY ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3688 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19046637 CONCEALING BACKGROUND INTERRUPTIONS DURING A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SESSION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ZENATI, AMAL S 2693 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19033239 ADJUSTING VOLUME OF AUDIO PLAYBACK BASED ON MICROPHONE STATUS SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 2693 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
19018872 BANKING COMPLIANCE MONITORING ACROSS USER BANK ACCOUNTS JUNG, HENRY H 3695 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
19004870 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J 2666 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19004935 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION CHEN, CHIA WEI A 2637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19004816 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION TRAN, NHAN T 2638 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19002114 ESCALATING VIBRATION OUTPUT BASED ON SLEEP STATE AND NOTIFICATION GARCIA, CARLOS E 2686 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18979793 MOBILE DEVICE SNATCH DETECTION AND SECURITY TRAN, ELLEN C 2433 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18974392 MULTI-DEVICE RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT TSVEY, GENNADIY 2648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18957582 PRESET SPENDING LIMIT ADJUSTMENT DURING A TRANSACTION BUI, TOAN D. 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18956660 MODIFICATION OF COMMUNICATION CONNECTION PROCESS TO COUNTERACT/DIFFUSE DETECTED EMOTIONAL STATE OF DEVICE USER KOENIG, ROBERT H 2642 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18950116 UPDATING PAYEE ATTRIBUTES FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, BASED ON A COMMUNICATED CHANGE OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 3696 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2024
18932926 SEARCHING BUSINESSES FOR SUPPORTED PAYMENT METHODS BUI, TOAN D. 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18885064 ENHANCED DEVICE SECURITY IN USER SLEEP MODE WITH CONTEXT OF A WEARABLE DEVICE BOLOURCHI, NADER 2631 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18824299 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING ONLINE SHOPPING RETURNS KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18791200 TRUSTED LOCATION BASED DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND LOCKING KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT 2408 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790566 IMAGE-BASED DEVICE CUSTOMIZATION FOR MULTIPLE USERS HUYNH, THANG GIA 2611 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18791030 SELECTIVE ACCESS LEVELS OF PORTIONED FILES HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 2433 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18787135 DYNAMIC CONTENT ADAPTATION LELAND III, EDWIN S 2654 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18775230 INITIATING TRANSACTIONS BASED ON BATTERY LEVEL HOLLY, JOHN H 3696 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18773465 METHOD TO MITIGATE PHONE THEFT ELNOUBI, SAID M 2644 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18771640 ADJUSTING AUDIO INPUT IN A VEHICLE BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER 2692 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18759799 AUTHENTICATION FOR DATA TRANSACTION MESSAGES TROTTER, SCOTT S 3696 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18737674 Electronic Device with Unitary Flexible Display and Translator and Corresponding Methods WU, JERRY 2841 §102 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18731024 MANAGING AUDIO ROUTING AMONG CONNECTED DEVICES RESPONSIVE TO BEING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF A USE SPACE CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 2649 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 31, 2024
18680953 MESSAGE NOTIFICATION MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAGNEW, SABA 3621 §101 Final Rejection — Pending May 31, 2024
18673177 ELECTRONIC GROUP CREATION BASED ON IPUT IMAGE QAYYUM, ZESHAN 3697 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2024
18657513 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS 2178 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18657517 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures PAN, PHOEBE X 2179 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18644006 MANAGING DATA TRANSACTION LOCATION INFORMATION WEHOVZ, OSCAR 2161 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18643967 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Establishing Personal Area Network Communication Channels with Vehicle-Mounted Devices SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF 2414 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18625475 CONTACT CONFIGURATION INCLUDING EXTRACTED CONTEXT DATA HALE, BROOKS T 2166 §101§103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18624500 DATA TRANSACTION APPLICATION TRANSMISSION ACROSS DEVICES CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 3692 §101§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18619662 GROUP-BASED DO-NOT-DISTURB MODE FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 2649 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18601897 HANDLING DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN ORDERED AND DELIVERED ITEMS AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY KIRK, BRYAN J 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions STANLEY, KAVITA 2153 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18439165 DETERMINING RECIPIENT AVAILABILITY FOR RESCHEDULING PACKAGE DELIVERY LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18438373 AGGREGATING CAPTURE SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDIA CONTENT USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NGUYEN, CHAN T H 2638 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18414756 AUTONOMOUS IDENTIFICATION AND CONFIDENTIAL TAGGING/HANDLING OF PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PURCHASED ITEMS WHOSE PURCHASE ARE INTENDED TO BE PRIVATE SEIBERT, CHRISTOPHER B 3689 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2024
18411630 Methods, Systems, and Electronic Devices for Monitoring User Interaction Events in Electronic Shopping Interactive Computing Environs WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §101 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18404012 CONTEXT FOR FULFILLMENT TRANSACTIONS DAVISON, KATHLEEN GAGE 3688 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18394567 EVENT-BASED AUTHORIZATION TRANSMISSION ACROSS MOBILE DEVICES TANG, KENNETH 2197 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18394271 PERSONALIZED WEATHER INSIGHT INFORMATION LEE, PAUL D 2857 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18393901 OFFLINE BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS CHEIN, ALLEN C 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18391973 AUTHENTICATION BASED ON MODULATED AUDITORY INPUT MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 2431 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18390568 DEVICE EVENT STATE ALARM FOR AN EVENT CONFLICT CONDITION WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18513594 SIMULATING SECONDARY USER PRESENCE USING VOICE MODULATION DORVIL, RICHEMOND 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2023
18496883 METHODS AND DEVICES TO MANAGE SHARING OF CONTACT INFORMATION YESILDAG, LAURA G 3629 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2023
18487419 AUDIO MANIPULATION OF EMULATED CONTENT BECKER, TYLER JUSTIN 2657 §102§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 16, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Motorola Mobility LLC have?

Motorola Mobility LLC has 66 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 52 art units and 64 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Motorola Mobility LLC applications?

Toan D. Bui has the most, with 2 of Motorola Mobility LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Motorola Mobility LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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