Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Rakuten Mobile Inc.

42 pending office actions • 33 art units • 41 examiners • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 115 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

15
Hard (36%)
26
Medium (62%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (5%)
§101 + other2 (5%)
§103 only24 (57%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (26%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
34
Information Tech
81% of docket
6
Communications
14% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2 59.3% +35.0%
ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B 1 89.5% +6.6%
CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 1 84.9% +15.7%
LEE, SANG CHEON 1 48.7% +46.1%
PATEL, JIGAR P 1 80.0% +16.6%
HENSON, JAMAAL R 1 84.5% +3.8%
SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C 1 80.7% +14.8%
MASUR, PAUL H 1 87.1% +13.5%
ABDULLAEV, ERKIN SHAVKATOVICH 1 88.2% +25.0%
MUSA, ABDELNABI O 1 84.1% +20.8%

Quick Wins (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18684837 HANDOVER CONTROL OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN AT LEAST TWO LAYERS ABDULLAEV, ERKIN SHAVKATOVICH 26d overdue
18839814 COLLECTING AND EXPOSING NETWORK ENERGY RELATED INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CHOUDHURY, FAISAL
18757502 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR AUTOMATING DATA CENTER SERVER DIAGNOSIS AND ACTION PATEL, JIGAR P
18283920 SETTING AND/OR DETECTING INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION OF O-RU IN O-RAN SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C
18696408 SLEEP MODE AND/OR TRX CONTROL METHOD IMPLEMENTATION TO A RADIO UNIT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK MASUR, PAUL H

Hard Cases (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18248690 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT TESTING OF CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS RUSIN, KAYO LISA 49d overdue
17912180 CONTROL PLANE TRANSPORT SLICE IDENTIFIER FOR END-TO-END 5G NETWORK SLICING BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES 31d overdue
18568843 REPLACE SYSTEM AND REPLACE METHOD WEI, ZENGPU 25d overdue
18574307 REPLACEMENT OF UNSTABLE APPLICATION YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 3d overdue
17757772 COMPUTERIZED NETWORK CHANGES MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2d overdue
18682022 SETTING OF COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROCEDURE CONCERNING COMMUNICATION CONTROL MODEL MUSA, ABDELNABI O 7d
18863847 AI/ML MODEL APPLICABILITY MECHANISMS ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B
18837393 Implementing Energy Savings in a Cellular Communication Network LEE, SANG CHEON

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18684837 HANDOVER CONTROL OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN AT LEAST TWO LAYERS ABDULLAEV, ERKIN SHAVKATOVICH 26d overdue
17757772 COMPUTERIZED NETWORK CHANGES MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2d overdue
18682022 SETTING OF COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROCEDURE CONCERNING COMMUNICATION CONTROL MODEL MUSA, ABDELNABI O 7d
18839814 COLLECTING AND EXPOSING NETWORK ENERGY RELATED INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CHOUDHURY, FAISAL
18837393 Implementing Energy Savings in a Cellular Communication Network LEE, SANG CHEON
18757502 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR AUTOMATING DATA CENTER SERVER DIAGNOSIS AND ACTION PATEL, JIGAR P
18757840 AUTO-HEALING CONTROL IN CONSIDERATION OF SILENT FAILURES TALIOUA, ABDELBASST
18283920 SETTING AND/OR DETECTING INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION OF O-RU IN O-RAN SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2478 4
2467 2
2114 2
2445 2
2643 2
2465 2
2197 2
2443 1
2411 1
2417 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18863847 AI/ML MODEL APPLICABILITY MECHANISMS ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B 2443 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2024
18839814 COLLECTING AND EXPOSING NETWORK ENERGY RELATED INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 2478 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18837393 Implementing Energy Savings in a Cellular Communication Network LEE, SANG CHEON 2467 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18757502 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR AUTOMATING DATA CENTER SERVER DIAGNOSIS AND ACTION PATEL, JIGAR P 2114 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18757840 AUTO-HEALING CONTROL IN CONSIDERATION OF SILENT FAILURES TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2445 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18706572 USER PLANE FUNCTION SELECTION BASED ON SERVICE TYPE FOR PACKET DATA UNIT SESSIONS HENSON, JAMAAL R 2411 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 01, 2024
18283920 SETTING AND/OR DETECTING INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION OF O-RU IN O-RAN SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C 2467 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 2024
18696408 SLEEP MODE AND/OR TRX CONTROL METHOD IMPLEMENTATION TO A RADIO UNIT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK MASUR, PAUL H 2417 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18684837 HANDOVER CONTROL OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN AT LEAST TWO LAYERS ABDULLAEV, ERKIN SHAVKATOVICH 2648 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18682022 SETTING OF COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROCEDURE CONCERNING COMMUNICATION CONTROL MODEL MUSA, ABDELNABI O 2472 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18580438 INTERFERENCE CONTROL CONCERNING DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION CELL SOE, KYAW Z 2412 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18577587 EMERGENCY REPORT THROUGH MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK MADANI, FARIDEH 2643 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2024
18577318 PROVISION OF DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION CELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSUFFICIENT COMMUNICATION QUALITY TRAN, PHUC H 2471 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18574307 REPLACEMENT OF UNSTABLE APPLICATION YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18574532 SETTING RELAY RADIO WAVE IN CONTROL OF RELAY STATION BY NETWORK DABIRI, HIDAYAT T 2414 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 27, 2023
18572783 EXECUTION INITIATION CONTROL OF DETERMINATION PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO EXECUTE ACTION ON ELEMENT INCLUDED IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CHEN, WUJI 2449 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18572180 DISPLAY CONTROL OF MONITORING SCREENS SHOWING PERFORMANCE INDEX VALUES OF ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18569918 CONNECTION RESTRICTION FOR MOVING STATION ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN 2465 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2023
18568843 REPLACE SYSTEM AND REPLACE METHOD WEI, ZENGPU 2197 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
17789917 DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL SPLITTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS MOREAU, AUSTIN J 2446 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18564613 AUTOMATED CRISIS SIMULATION FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING (BCP) WALSH, EMMETT K 3628 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
17912180 CONTROL PLANE TRANSPORT SLICE IDENTIFIER FOR END-TO-END 5G NETWORK SLICING BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES 2419 §103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2023
18562106 CONNECTION RESTRICTION FOR MOVING STATION FIGUEROA, MARISOL 2643 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18560399 CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT (CPE) WAN MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (CWMP) CELLULAR DIAGNOSTICS DIVITO, WALTER J 2465 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18289054 SETTING OF POSITION ESTIMATION POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH POSITION ESTIMATION TARGET EQUIPPED WITH COMMUNICATION FUNCTION TORRES, MARCOS L 2647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18248690 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT TESTING OF CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS RUSIN, KAYO LISA 2114 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18044786 JOB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF KAMRAN, MEHRAN 2196 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2023
18044079 JOB CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF HEADLY, MELISSA A 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18023965 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK ELEMENTS OF OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (ORAN) SINKANTARAKORN, PAWARIS 2409 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18018403 INTENT BASED OPTIMIZATION OF RAN AND O-CLOUD RESOURCES IN SMO O-RAN FRAMEWORK VOGEL, JAY L. 2478 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2023
18016814 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CARRIER AND/OR CELL SWITCH OFF/ON IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE 2478 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2023
18012353 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING DATA PACKETS BETWEEN NETWORK NODES CHAKRAVARTHY, LATHA 2461 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18012333 AUTOMATED NETWORK INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM NGUYEN, VINH 2453 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18010344 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE DCI RAR OPTIMIZATION NGUYEN, THE HY 2478 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2022
17999402 INSTRUCTION FOR UE TO START AI, ML BY BASE STATION LU, HWEI-MIN 2142 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17998259 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NETWORK SLICE IDENTIFIER DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 2476 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2022
17921662 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE HANDOVER ON A MOBILE NETWORK WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL 2415 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 27, 2022
17921353 POLICY-BASED ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION NAZAR, AHAMED I 2178 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2022
17996619 COMMUNICATION CONTROL BASED ON SERVICE QUALITY DETERMINATION AJAYI, JOEL 2646 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17918838 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM NGUYEN, THUONG 2416 §103 Final Rejection 191d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17917239 DETERMINING COMMUNICATION RATIO BASED ON NON-TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION QUALITY INFORMATION DEAN, RAYMOND S 2645 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17757772 COMPUTERIZED NETWORK CHANGES MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2445 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2022

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