Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ringcentral Inc.

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
43% of docket
2
Communications
29% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHITAKER, ANDREW B 1 18.8% +19.1%
BOYLAN, JAMES T 1 62.7% +11.6%
LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 1 13.7% +15.8%
WOOLCOCK, MADHU 1 55.6% +72.1%
PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 1 81.2% +13.5%
CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK 1 59.6% +33.4%
CHEEMA, UMAR 1 65.5% +7.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18610944 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PRESENTING VIRTUAL EVENTS PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 49d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18622666 Systems and Methods for Collaboration Before a Scheduled Meeting LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 2d overdue
19175600 MATCHMAKING ATTENDEES FOR VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, AND HYBRID EVENTS WHITAKER, ANDREW B 43d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18610944 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PRESENTING VIRTUAL EVENTS PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 49d overdue
18620701 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TIME BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS OF AN ELECTRONIC MEETING WOOLCOCK, MADHU 19d overdue
18622666 Systems and Methods for Collaboration Before a Scheduled Meeting LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 2d overdue
18537191 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK 28d
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3629 1
2486 1
3624 1
2451 1
2694 1
2659 1
2458 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19175600 MATCHMAKING ATTENDEES FOR VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, AND HYBRID EVENTS WHITAKER, ANDREW B 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Apr 10, 2025
18798226 ADAPTIVE VIDEO QUALITY FOR LARGE-SCALE VIDEO CONFERENCING BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Aug 08, 2024
18622666 Systems and Methods for Collaboration Before a Scheduled Meeting LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 3624 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18620701 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TIME BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS OF AN ELECTRONIC MEETING WOOLCOCK, MADHU 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18610944 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PRESENTING VIRTUAL EVENTS PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 2694 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18537191 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK 2659 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18361130 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING EMAILS TO CHAT CONVERSATIONS CHEEMA, UMAR 2458 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 28, 2023

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