Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
112 pending office actions • 83 art units • 109 examiners • 0 of 112 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 138 patents granted in the last 365 days
Orange is managing 117 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. The portfolio is highly decentralized, with 113 distinct examiners handling the workload. These actions are spread across 75 distinct art units, indicating a broad range of technical subject matter within the networking sector. The high ratio of 75 art units to 117 pending actions suggests that the company's patent filings are technically diverse rather than concentrated in a few specific clusters.
MUSHFIKH I ALAM is the busiest examiner, though he only has 2 pending actions. This low concentration of 2 actions per examiner, even for the busiest individual, reinforces the decentralized nature of the portfolio. With 113 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage a wide variety of examination styles across its 117 pending office actions. This distribution suggests that almost every application is being reviewed by a different official.
The 75 distinct art units represent a significant technical spread for a portfolio of 117 pending office actions. Practitioners should be prepared for a diverse array of examination standards given this breadth. MUSHFIKH I ALAM, as the busiest examiner with 2 pending actions, handles only a small fraction of the total workload, highlighting the lack of examiner-level concentration in Orange's current prosecution pipeline.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 36 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. 36 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 16 (14%) |
| §103 only | 47 (42%) |
| §102 only | 15 (13%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 27 (24%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAM, MUSHFIKH I | 2 | 58.3% | +38.1% |
| PHAM, NHU | 2 | 75.0% | -10.6% |
| BLAIR, DOUGLAS B | 2 | 72.5% | +7.9% |
| SHEN, YUZHEN | 1 | 70.9% | +12.5% |
| PATEL, SANJIV D | 1 | 78.2% | +3.7% |
| OCAK, ADIL | 1 | 75.3% | +16.5% |
| HANCE, ROBERT J | 1 | 66.4% | +21.7% |
| SMITH, STEPHEN R | 1 | 70.7% | +11.5% |
| NADKARNI, SARVESH J | 1 | 72.7% | +13.7% |
| BLOUNT, ERIC | 1 | 78.2% | +3.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18071006 | Management of an electronic wallet associated with a shared connected piece of equipment | PARK, YONG S | 160d overdue |
| 18567174 | Method for contactless communication between a communicating object and a communication device | ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 43d overdue |
| 18310808 | Methods and devices allowing enhanced interaction between a connected vehicle and a conversational agent | SERRAO, RANODHI N | 42d overdue |
| 18876914 | Method for segmenting a plurality of data, and corresponding coding method, decoding method, devices, systems and computer program | ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K | 9d overdue |
| 18541616 | METHOD FOR MANAGING WINDOWS AND DISPLAY WINDOW MANAGER FOR A VIRTUAL WORKSTATION IN AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT, METHOD FOR MANAGING AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT AND IMMERSIVE REALITY SYSTEM | ORR, HENRY W | 6d |
| 18342021 | Method and device for identifying and extending the input context of a user, to make contextualized suggestions regardless of the software application used | ZONG, HELEN | 7d |
| 18698923 | Chatbot interfacing between a machine and users | DENNISON, JERRY B | 22d |
| 18579605 | Method for connecting a first station to a second station in a wireless communication network, and corresponding first and second stations and corresponding computer program | AREVALO, JOSEPH | 28d |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17610885 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE RECEPTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT BY AN ACCESS DEVICE | ALAM, MUSHFIKH I | 32d overdue |
| 18748419 | Method for managing the rendering of a multimedia content | ALAM, MUSHFIKH I | 22d |
| 19489372 | HANDLING OF SECURITY EVENT OF A PERSONAL DEVICE IN COLLABORATION WITH A VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET | SHEN, YUZHEN | — |
| 19153747 | Method for managing the playback of multimedia content | OCAK, ADIL | — |
| 19273932 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGES ACCORDING TO DISTINCT ZONES, ENCODING AND DECODING DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAMS | HANCE, ROBERT J | — |
| 19139015 | Management of the provision of multimedia content segment addresses | SMITH, STEPHEN R | — |
| 19220726 | METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A VIRTUAL OBJECT, PROGRAM USING SAME, AND IMMERSIVE REALITY DEVICE | NADKARNI, SARVESH J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2426 | 3 |
| 2449 | 3 |
| 2458 | 3 |
| 2446 | 3 |
| 2629 | 2 |
| 2685 | 2 |
| 2421 | 2 |
| 2424 | 2 |
| 3658 | 2 |
| 2642 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19489372 | HANDLING OF SECURITY EVENT OF A PERSONAL DEVICE IN COLLABORATION WITH A VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET | SHEN, YUZHEN | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2025 |
| 19363738 | Method for non-intrusively analyzing human activity in a connected environment | PATEL, SANJIV D | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19153747 | Method for managing the playback of multimedia content | OCAK, ADIL | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19273932 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGES ACCORDING TO DISTINCT ZONES, ENCODING AND DECODING DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAMS | HANCE, ROBERT J | 3992 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19139015 | Management of the provision of multimedia content segment addresses | SMITH, STEPHEN R | 2484 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19220726 | METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A VIRTUAL OBJECT, PROGRAM USING SAME, AND IMMERSIVE REALITY DEVICE | NADKARNI, SARVESH J | 2629 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19215456 | Alerting method in the event of failure of an energy production device and associated electronic device | BLOUNT, ERIC | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19210255 | METHODS FOR GENERATING AND SELECTING A DIGITAL PASSPORT RELATING TO AN APPLICATION INTENDED TO BE DEPLOYED IN AT LEAST ONE COMPUTER ENTITY, CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS | ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE | 3628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19209926 | Method for managing the playback of multimedia content | DAVIS, CHENEA | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19209133 | Subscription and notification methods, and entities configured for implementing these methods | ZONG, RUOLEI | 2449 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19188385 | 5G NEW CALLING ESTABLISHMENT METHOD THROUGH SYNCHRONIZED MINI-APPS | WINDER, PATRICE L | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19092340 | Methods for obtaining a multimedia element and for enriched rendering, corresponding electronic devices, system, computer program products and media | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 2611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19110040 | Intelligent Voice Synthesis | LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | 2656 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19054107 | Method for managing access to content having been broadcast in real time | ALATA, YASSIN | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19052653 | Dynamic cache for access to a web service deployed on a server through a telecommunications network | BOUTAH, ALINA A | 2458 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19102078 | Method and device for constructing a knowledge base for the purpose of making cross-functional use of the application functions of a plurality of software items | MORSE, GREGORY ALLAN | 2698 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19024306 | Optimized management of manifest files for telecommunications clients receiving adaptive contents over http (HAS) | MENGESHA, MULUGETA A | 2424 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18992351 | Encoding and decoding of audio and/or video data | MAI, LAM T | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18878720 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE ENERGY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM | MERCADO, RAMON A | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18877177 | METHOD FOR SUSPENDING A CERTIFICATION TOKEN FOR AUTHENTICATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO ITEMS OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS | KANAAN, SIMON P | 2407 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876914 | Method for segmenting a plurality of data, and corresponding coding method, decoding method, devices, systems and computer program | ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K | 2486 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876920 | PROVISION AND COLLECTION METHODS, BASE STATION, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | LEE, SIU M | 2642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876386 | Method for delivering information, selecting method, and entities configured to implement these methods | BEAMER, TEMICA M | 2449 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18874305 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO DEVICES, FIRST DEVICE, SECOND DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM | HLAING, SOE MIN | 2451 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18874558 | ANOMALY DETECTION FOR DEVICE APPLICATION MAINTENANCE | NGUYEN, PHUOC H | 2451 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18869541 | Method for assisting the movement of a connected vehicle | MORALES, OMAR | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18956185 | Guide for Aligning Two Immersive Reality System Controllers | KETEMA, BENYAM | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18866252 | Method and module for detecting security vulnerabilities in a computer farm | VAUGHAN, MICHAEL R | 2431 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18940694 | DOWNLOADING OF A WEB PAGE OPTIMIZED FOR EVENT TRAFFIC PEAKS | LEE, GIL H | 2446 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18938757 | Method for managing access to description files associated with a content broadcast in real time | MOBIN, HASANUL | 2168 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18859819 | MANAGEMENT OF THE RENDERING OF AN ITEM OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT | XIAO, DI | 2178 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18887520 | DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF THE QUALITY FOR A MULTI-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT SEGMENTS | RAZA, MUHAMMAD A | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18883361 | Method for accessing a communication network, association method, terminal, base station, and corresponding computer programs | COBY, FRANTZ | 2459 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18827017 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE PROCESSING OF A VIDEO STREAM IN A LOCAL AREA NETWORK | KELLER, MICHAEL A | 2418 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18844265 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A QUALITY-OF-SERVICE LEVEL BETWEEN A USER DEVICE AND AN ACCESS DEVICE FOR ACCESSING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS, ACCESS DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | HUANG, WEIBIN | 2471 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18817162 | ACCELERATED EXECUTION OF A WEB APPLICATION BY A TERMINAL FOR PLAYING BACK AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT, THROUGH A GATEWAY | BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D | 2171 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18841958 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETECTING ATTEMPTED CYBER ATTACKS IN A FLEET OF COMPUTERS | ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | 2496 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18781134 | Securing the Choice of the Network Visited During Roaming | GELIN, JEAN ALLAND | 2643 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18729874 | METHOD FOR UPDATING AN ACCESS POLICY FOR A FIRST TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | 2633 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18728253 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING A COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE | MAGLOIRE, ELISABETH BENOIT | 2471 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18753390 | Method and device for controlling the operation of a wireless communication device | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18748419 | Method for managing the rendering of a multimedia content | ALAM, MUSHFIKH I | 2400 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18747759 | METHODS FOR GENERATING, PROVIDING AND MANAGING PROFILES OF CERTIFIED IDENTITIES, AND ELECTRONIC IDENTITY WALLET | LE, CANH | 2439 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18747752 | Method for managing playback of multimedia content | NGUYEN, KENNY | 2171 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18745252 | Method and device for locating an optical fiber | PREVIL, DANIEL | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18720241 | METHOD FOR REGULATING ROAD TRAFFIC AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | DO, TRUC M | 3658 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18720203 | METHOD FOR TRAINING AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT USING A REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ALGORITHM, ASSOCIATED AUTONOMOUS AGENT | GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE | 2123 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18714816 | Method for transmitting a data stream in a communication network, method for processing a data stream, method for controlling the processing of a data stream, and corresponding devices, terminal apparatus, execution entity, control entity, system and computer programs | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 2458 | §102 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18714788 | Method for obtaining a value of a variable representative of a movement of a mobile terminal, device and corresponding computer program | IQBAL, KHAWAR | 2643 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18714784 | Method for determining the movement of a mobile terminal, device and corresponding computer program | FAN, GUOXING | 2462 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOrange has 112 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 83 art units and 109 examiners.
Mushfikh I Alam has the most, with 2 of Orange's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.