Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

RingCentral Inc.

12 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

4
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (42%)
3
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (25%)
§103 only5 (42%)
Double-patenting only3 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
25% of docket
2
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
6
Business / Other
50% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POPE, KHARYE 2 65.6% +21.5%
JOSHI, SURAJ M 1 71.7% +16.5%
WHITAKER, ANDREW B 1 18.7% +18.7%
KNAPP, JUSTIN R 1 84.5% +8.4%
GODBOLD, DOUGLAS 1 83.4% +10.5%
SHAW, PETER C 1 76.2% +35.6%
WANG, LIANG CHE A 1 85.9% +9.4%
ZHOU, ZHIHAN 1 79.8% +0.6%
LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 1 82.4% +14.1%
BOYLAN, JAMES T 1 63.0% +11.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18999530 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SHARED CONTENT WANG, LIANG CHE A
18908065 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING USER INFORMATION LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19175600 MATCHMAKING ATTENDEES FOR VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, AND HYBRID EVENTS WHITAKER, ANDREW B 43d
18798226 ADAPTIVE VIDEO QUALITY FOR LARGE-SCALE VIDEO CONFERENCING BOYLAN, JAMES T 49d
19079179 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED ERROR CORRECTING AND VIDEO TRANSCRIBING CODE SELECTION KNAPP, JUSTIN R
19050613 Systems and Methods for Contextually Refined Generative Artificial Intelligence GODBOLD, DOUGLAS

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19175600 MATCHMAKING ATTENDEES FOR VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, AND HYBRID EVENTS WHITAKER, ANDREW B 43d
18798226 ADAPTIVE VIDEO QUALITY FOR LARGE-SCALE VIDEO CONFERENCING BOYLAN, JAMES T 49d
19221277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A CONFERENCE DEPARTURE IMPACT JOSHI, SURAJ M
19050613 Systems and Methods for Contextually Refined Generative Artificial Intelligence GODBOLD, DOUGLAS
19030509 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SERVER FOR REDUCING NOISE IN A WORKSPACE POPE, KHARYE
19029563 ENCRYPTING DATA RECORDS AND PROCESSING ENCRYPTED RECORDS WITHOUT EXPOSING PLAINTEXT SHAW, PETER C
18971588 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A CALL CONNECTION POPE, KHARYE
18908065 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING USER INFORMATION LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3629 1
2655 1
2447 1
2482 1
2486 1
2694 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19221277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A CONFERENCE DEPARTURE IMPACT JOSHI, SURAJ M DP Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19175600 MATCHMAKING ATTENDEES FOR VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, AND HYBRID EVENTS WHITAKER, ANDREW B 3629 §101§103Other Final Rejection 43d Pending Apr 10, 2025
19079179 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED ERROR CORRECTING AND VIDEO TRANSCRIBING CODE SELECTION KNAPP, JUSTIN R §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19050613 Systems and Methods for Contextually Refined Generative Artificial Intelligence GODBOLD, DOUGLAS 2655 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
19030509 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SERVER FOR REDUCING NOISE IN A WORKSPACE POPE, KHARYE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029563 ENCRYPTING DATA RECORDS AND PROCESSING ENCRYPTED RECORDS WITHOUT EXPOSING PLAINTEXT SHAW, PETER C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18999530 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SHARED CONTENT WANG, LIANG CHE A 2447 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18971588 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A CALL CONNECTION POPE, KHARYE §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18930054 METHOD FOR ENCODING OF A VIDEO STREAM ZHOU, ZHIHAN 2482 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Oct 29, 2024
18908065 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING USER INFORMATION LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18798226 ADAPTIVE VIDEO QUALITY FOR LARGE-SCALE VIDEO CONFERENCING BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d Pending Aug 08, 2024
18610944 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PRESENTING VIRTUAL EVENTS PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 2694 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024

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