Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Hoso Kyokai has 2 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. This means each action is being reviewed by a different person but within the same specialized group. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's networking and security filings. This concentration within a single unit allows for a more uniform understanding of the relevant examination standards.
The busiest examiner, BECK, LERON, has 1 pending action. This is consistent with the 2 distinct examiners handling the 2 total pending office actions. With 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit, the portfolio is concentrated within a single specialized division at the USPTO. Practitioners should be prepared for different examiner perspectives while navigating the uniform standards of the single art unit involved in these Networking & Security matters. The lack of examiner overlap means each case will likely proceed on its own merits.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, LERON | 1 | 80.2% | +11.0% |
| CHANG, DANIEL | 1 | 64.4% | +11.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19305233 | DECODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DECODING METHOD | BECK, LERON | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662931 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | CHANG, DANIEL | 87d overdue |
| 19305233 | DECODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DECODING METHOD | BECK, LERON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2487 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305233 | DECODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DECODING METHOD | BECK, LERON | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 18662931 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | CHANG, DANIEL | 2487 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
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