Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
640 pending office actions • 149 art units • 473 examiners • 126 of 640 (20%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,263 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nokia Corporation has 648 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The docket spans 478 examiners and 149 art units, reflecting a very broad examination footprint with repeated assignments across the larger organizational structure. The high number of art units also indicates that technical specialization is central to effective portfolio oversight.
AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR is the busiest examiner, with 5 pending actions. That group is a defined coordination point, but it represents only a small segment of the full docket. A practitioner should therefore combine examiner-specific review with centralized controls for status, deadlines, technical ownership, and consistency across the many art-unit assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 156 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. 156 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 only | 6 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 52 (8%) |
| §103 only | 258 (40%) |
| §102 only | 69 (11%) |
| §112 only | 19 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 8 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 218 (34%) |
| No statute on record | 9 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 5 | 83.3% | +20.0% |
| RAHMAN, SHAH M | 5 | 81.0% | +24.7% |
| TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 5 | 80.3% | +19.7% |
| FAYED, RASHA K | 4 | 63.4% | +25.8% |
| CHRISS, ANDREW W | 4 | 73.4% | +25.2% |
| WILLIAMS, ELTON S | 4 | 79.0% | +7.2% |
| GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE | 4 | 33.3% | +56.8% |
| PARK, JEONG S | 4 | 80.7% | +20.4% |
| NGUYEN, CHUONG M | 4 | 72.8% | +19.1% |
| MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY | 4 | 65.0% | +15.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18291458 | BEAM LINK FAILURE STATUS INFORMATION | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 15d |
| 14370123 | USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITIES INDICATION TO ENABLE INTELLIGENT HANDOVER DECISION | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 28d |
| 18906592 | TIMING ADVANCE ACQUISITION FOR HANDOVER | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | — |
| 18750623 | USER EQUIPMENT TYPE SWITCHING | PARK, JEONG S | — |
| 18714793 | CONTROL SIGNALLING | RAHMAN, SHAH M | — |
| 18709694 | PARALLEL UPLINK TRANSMISSION BASED ON FREQUENCY-DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING INFORMATION | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | — |
| 18575605 | CONDITIONAL HANDOVER | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | — |
| 18338566 | USER EQUIPMENT COMPRISING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS | PARK, JEONG S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18497180 | AUTHENTICATION RELAY PROCEDURE FOR PASSIVE IOT | ALMAGHAYREH, KHALID M | 280d overdue |
| 18554123 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT | CUMMING, WILLIAM D | 126d overdue |
| 18728655 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPLITTING DOWNLINK DATA IN A DUAL/MULTI CONNECTIVITY SYSTEM | DONABED, NINOS | 111d overdue |
| 18043505 | RECONFIGURATION PROCEDURE IN MULTI CONNECTIVITY COMMUNICATION | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 87d overdue |
| 18033102 | Dynamic UE Signal Level Correction for Measurement Modification and/or Stationarity Detection | GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE | 86d overdue |
| 18261860 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT FORWARDING | LO, DIANE LEE | 81d overdue |
| 18672139 | Spatial Audio Parameter Merging | ZHANG, LESHUI | 59d overdue |
| 18574197 | PATHLOSS MEASUREMENT ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | WILLIAMS, ALYSSA RENEE | 53d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043505 | RECONFIGURATION PROCEDURE IN MULTI CONNECTIVITY COMMUNICATION | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 87d overdue |
| 18033102 | Dynamic UE Signal Level Correction for Measurement Modification and/or Stationarity Detection | GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE | 86d overdue |
| 18558005 | TRANSMISSION FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION | NGUYEN, CHUONG M | 35d overdue |
| 18701979 | RESOURCES USAGE OPTIMIZATION | NGUYEN, CHUONG M | 30d overdue |
| 18553088 | SHORT CONTROL SIGNALING FOR SSB TRANSMISSIONS | CHRISS, ANDREW W | 19d overdue |
| 18045637 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT | GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE | 6d |
| 18291458 | BEAM LINK FAILURE STATUS INFORMATION | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 15d |
| 14370123 | USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITIES INDICATION TO ENABLE INTELLIGENT HANDOVER DECISION | TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE | 28d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2478 | 20 |
| 2466 | 18 |
| 2472 | 16 |
| 2469 | 16 |
| 2411 | 16 |
| 2477 | 15 |
| 2643 | 14 |
| 2644 | 14 |
| 2471 | 14 |
| 2412 | 14 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19474006 | ASYMMETRIC FRAME RATE CODING OF REGIONS OF INTEREST | KWAN, MATTHEW K | 2482 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19473351 | SIGNALING INFORMATION ABOUT MULTIPLE POST PROCESSING FILTERS | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2025 |
| 19471445 | IN-LOOP FILTERS AT VIRTUAL BOUNDARIES FOR FLEXIBLE GDR | BENNETT, STUART D | 2482 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19335938 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE | ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | 2482 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19165429 | CONTEXT ADAPAPTIVE BINARY ARITHMETIC CODING INITIALIZATION FOR GRADUAL DECODER REFRESH PICTURES | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19292378 | AUDIO AND VISUAL MODIFICATION | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19288840 | CONFIGURED GRANTS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING | LAFONTANT, GARY | 2646 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19287566 | COPING WITH CONSISTENT LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK FAILURE | HTUN, SAN A | 2643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19282288 | UNIFIED SUBSCRIPTION IDENTIFIER MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19265691 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR HARQ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FEEDBACK REGARDING DTX AND DRX | BATES, KEVIN T | 2472 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19259170 | USAGES OF CONSTITUENT RECTANGLES | MCFALL, CHRISTIAN PAUL | 2483 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19145104 | A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19257223 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING | BECKER, JOSEPH W | 2424 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19256896 | CCLM PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM | LIMA, FABIO S | 2486 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19254801 | ON PAIRWISE MERGE CANDIDATES | SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO | 2485 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19247062 | VIDEO CODING WITH DISPLAY OVERLAYS | WALKER, JARED T | 2426 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19234365 | Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring for Inter-Cell Beam Management | HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | 2466 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19227130 | CHROMA MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT USING RECONSTRUCTED LUMA OR CHROMA | MCFALL, CHRISTIAN PAUL | 2426 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19135115 | MODULATION-ENHANCED AUTHENTICATION | SONG, HOSUK | 2435 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19216263 | POWER SAVING IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | ELNOUBI, SAID M | 2644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | AI Ready | May 22, 2025 |
| 19214898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF TRANSFORM | LIMA, FABIO S | 2486 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19206198 | SIGNALING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MERGE DATA SYNTAX IN VIDEO/IMAGE CODING SYSTEM | SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D | 2421 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19193335 | VIRTUAL SPACE MODIFICATION | GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA | 2619 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19189968 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program | PHUONG, DAI | 2644 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19177912 | IMPLICIT NEURAL REPRESENTATION TREE | PHAM, NAM D | 2487 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19175622 | CONTROL OF RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE MONITORING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS | MILORD, MARCEAU | 2641 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19174130 | Apparatus, Methods and Computer Programs for Otoacoustic Emission Measurement | LEE, SHIN | 2695 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19172556 | METHOD FOR DIFFERENT TILES ARRANGEMENT FOR V-DMC VIDEO COMPONENTS | JEBARI, MOHAMMED | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171867 | CONSTITUENT RECTANGLES IN CODED VIDEO | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19118715 | AN APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING | NAVAS JR, EDEMIO | 2483 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19169274 | PATHLOSS INFORMATION PROVISIONING | MALEK, LEILA | 2632 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19117355 | CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS | BAZNA, JUDY | 2495 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19116321 | A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19085951 | PROCESSING OF CAPTURED MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEM OF ACOUSTIC ECHO | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19085140 | QUANTIZING OVERFITTED FILTERS | BILLAH, MASUM | 2486 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19085663 | IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND METHOD | ZHOU, ZHIHAN | 2482 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19112256 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING A RISK OF SERVICE UNAVAILABILITY DURING CA MIGARATION | ZHENG, BIN QING | 2499 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2025 |
| 19077840 | SIGNAL FIELD INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | YEA, JI-HAE P | 2471 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19077489 | AUDIO SCENE MODIFICATION | ESPINAS, KYLENINO TAGALOG | 2655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19076081 | CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF AUDIO DATA | TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG | 2693 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19110554 | CONTROLLING NETWORK BEHAVIOUR TO INHIBIT INFORMATION LEAKAGE | SAMS, MATTHEW C | 2646 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19058835 | INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM | ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E | 2487 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19057613 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | STEINLE, ANDREW J | 2497 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19056213 | POWER SAVING | BAE, JI H | 2176 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19055116 | PRIVACY PROTECTION IN SPATIAL AUDIO CAPTURE | JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A | 2695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19103147 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION | NGUYEN, HAI V | 2649 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19047041 | Mapping Logical Network Resources to Transport Resources | GARCIA-CHING, KARINA J | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19047572 | VITAL SIGNS ESTIMATION | ROBLES, EILEEN | 3792 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19042696 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD | ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19100291 | SERVICE ENHANCEMENT OF DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | KIM, HEE SOO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNokia Corporation has 640 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 149 art units and 473 examiners.
Syed Muzakkir Ahmed has the most, with 5 of Nokia Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
