Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nagravision Sàrl has 7 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are located in 3 distinct art units. This spread across 3 art units for 7 actions indicates that the company's security technology is being reviewed by a few different specialized groups at the patent office.
The portfolio involves 7 distinct examiners. PHAM, TOAN NGOC is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This results in a ratio of 1 examiner per action where each of the 7 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner. This lack of examiner concentration means that no single individual has a disproportionate impact on the company's current pending workload.
With 7 pending actions and 7 examiners across 3 art units, the company faces a fragmented prosecution environment. Because every action is handled by a different examiner, the company must adapt to 7 different examination styles. For a practitioner, this means that each of the 7 pending actions must be managed as an independent matter, as there is no personnel overlap to provide consistency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 1 | 86.4% | +12.3% |
| KIM, TAE K | 1 | 74.7% | +5.1% |
| BAYOU, YONAS A | 1 | 84.2% | +15.5% |
| CHANG, KENNETH W | 1 | 86.4% | +1.0% |
| TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | 1 | 69.9% | +23.8% |
| MURPHY, JOSEPH B | 1 | 90.2% | +12.9% |
| VU, PHY ANH TRAN | 1 | 71.4% | +69.3% |
| FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 1 | 84.1% | -4.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259617 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN AUTHORIZATION TO ACCESS AN INTERACTIVE GOOD | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 26d overdue |
| 19251937 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | — |
| 19062260 | SECURE INSTALLATION OF APPLICATION KEYS | BAYOU, YONAS A | — |
| 18999391 | SECURELY TRANSMITTING DATA IN A DATA STREAM | CHANG, KENNETH W | — |
| 18845963 | METHOD TO PREVENT ANTI-REPLAY ATTACK | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259840 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING DEVICES WITH SDR CHIP | VU, PHY ANH TRAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19251937 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | — |
| 19062260 | SECURE INSTALLATION OF APPLICATION KEYS | BAYOU, YONAS A | — |
| 18948674 | METHOD OF PROXIMITY DETECTION BETWEEN TWO DEVICES | TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | — |
| 18845963 | METHOD TO PREVENT ANTI-REPLAY ATTACK | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | — |
| 18259840 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING DEVICES WITH SDR CHIP | VU, PHY ANH TRAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2438 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 2436 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19251937 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 2686 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19070754 | METHOD FOR ATTESTING AUTHENTICITY OF COMPUTING DEVICE | KIM, TAE K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19062260 | SECURE INSTALLATION OF APPLICATION KEYS | BAYOU, YONAS A | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18999391 | SECURELY TRANSMITTING DATA IN A DATA STREAM | CHANG, KENNETH W | 2438 | §112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18948674 | METHOD OF PROXIMITY DETECTION BETWEEN TWO DEVICES | TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18845963 | METHOD TO PREVENT ANTI-REPLAY ATTACK | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | 2435 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18259840 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING DEVICES WITH SDR CHIP | VU, PHY ANH TRAN | 2438 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18259617 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN AUTHORIZATION TO ACCESS AN INTERACTIVE GOOD | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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