Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
NTT Docomo Business Inc. has 8 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are handled by 8 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is currently managing a case for the company. HERSHLEY, MARK E is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
The 8 pending office actions are distributed across 7 distinct art units. This high ratio of art units to actions indicates a broad technical spread within the Networking & Security sector. With 8 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage different individual relationships. HERSHLEY, MARK E is responsible for 1 of the total pending actions, reflecting a decentralized prosecution environment where no single examiner or art unit holds a majority of the pending workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (38%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 1 | 71.0% | +17.1% |
| HERSHLEY, MARK E | 1 | 78.3% | +18.7% |
| LE, KHOI V | 1 | 89.9% | +35.6% |
| SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | 1 | 87.6% | +21.4% |
| GARCIA-CHING, KARINA J | 1 | 62.5% | +37.8% |
| NAOREEN, NAZIA | 1 | 71.0% | +11.6% |
| ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD | 1 | 74.1% | +30.4% |
| POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 1 | 11.1% | +12.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18109858 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND SETTLEMENT METHOD | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 31d overdue |
| 19375594 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | — |
| 19375290 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | HERSHLEY, MARK E | — |
| 19280592 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | LE, KHOI V | — |
| 18918146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18109858 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND SETTLEMENT METHOD | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 31d overdue |
| 18916785 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM | NAOREEN, NAZIA | 11d overdue |
| 18918310 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM | GARCIA-CHING, KARINA J | 5d |
| 19375594 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | — |
| 19375290 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | HERSHLEY, MARK E | — |
| 19280592 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | LE, KHOI V | — |
| 18918146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | — |
| 18896901 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM | ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2165 | 1 |
| 2164 | 1 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| 2449 | 1 |
| 2458 | 1 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19375594 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 2165 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19375290 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | HERSHLEY, MARK E | 2164 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19280592 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | LE, KHOI V | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 18918146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | 2433 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18918310 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM | GARCIA-CHING, KARINA J | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18916785 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM | NAOREEN, NAZIA | 2458 | §102 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18896901 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM | ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18109858 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND SETTLEMENT METHOD | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 3691 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
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