Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd. has 11 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 11 actions are assigned to 11 distinct examiners, resulting in a one to one ratio of examiners to pending cases. The portfolio is spread across 8 distinct art units, indicating significant technical diversity. This distribution ensures that the 11 pending office actions are reviewed by a wide variety of experts at the patent office.
ZONG, RUOLEI is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 11 distinct examiners has only 1 pending action, the workload is perfectly distributed across the 11 cases. The 8 distinct art units suggest that the company's 11 pending office actions involve a wide array of networking and security technologies. By engaging 11 distinct examiners across 8 distinct art units, the company avoids concentration risk and benefits from a broad range of examiner feedback on its 11 pending office actions. This decentralized approach is effective for managing a portfolio in the complex Networking & Security technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 3 (27%) |
| §102 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZONG, RUOLEI | 1 | 86.9% | +12.1% |
| GARCIA, CARLOS E | 1 | 76.9% | +16.4% |
| BENGZON, GREG C | 1 | 57.9% | +7.0% |
| ANYAN, BARBARA BURGESS | 1 | 77.9% | -24.0% |
| VOGT, JACOB BUI | 1 | 44.4% | +85.0% |
| MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | 1 | 9.1% | -11.1% |
| ESTRADA, ANGEL R | 1 | 85.5% | -43.3% |
| LEE, BRYAN Y | 1 | 67.3% | +40.6% |
| VANG, MENG | 1 | 78.2% | +26.9% |
| ABEDIN, NORMIN | 1 | 84.4% | +10.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18401315 | DEVICE CONTROL PERMISSION SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ABEDIN, NORMIN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844954 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTENDED REALITY TRAFFIC | LEE, BRYAN Y | 4d overdue |
| 19126231 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AI/ML MODEL DURING UE MOBILITY | ZONG, RUOLEI | — |
| 18998499 | DOOR LOCK SECURITY ASSESSMENT METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | GARCIA, CARLOS E | — |
| 18873725 | SEMANTIC UNDERSTANDING METHOD, APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE | VOGT, JACOB BUI | — |
| 18869746 | IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | — |
| 18857820 | PCB AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ESTRADA, ANGEL R | — |
| 18003893 | PERSON CATEGORY ATTRIBUTE-BASED REMOTE CARE METHOD AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844954 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTENDED REALITY TRAFFIC | LEE, BRYAN Y | 4d overdue |
| 19126231 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AI/ML MODEL DURING UE MOBILITY | ZONG, RUOLEI | — |
| 18998499 | DOOR LOCK SECURITY ASSESSMENT METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | GARCIA, CARLOS E | — |
| 18873725 | SEMANTIC UNDERSTANDING METHOD, APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE | VOGT, JACOB BUI | — |
| 18292940 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VANG, MENG | — |
| 18401315 | DEVICE CONTROL PERMISSION SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ABEDIN, NORMIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2449 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2457 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| 2445 | 1 |
| 2443 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19126231 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AI/ML MODEL DURING UE MOBILITY | ZONG, RUOLEI | 2449 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18998499 | DOOR LOCK SECURITY ASSESSMENT METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | GARCIA, CARLOS E | 2686 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2025 |
| 18877968 | DEVICE CAPABILITY DISCOVERY METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18875069 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING | ANYAN, BARBARA BURGESS | 2457 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18873725 | SEMANTIC UNDERSTANDING METHOD, APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE | VOGT, JACOB BUI | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18869746 | IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | 2496 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18857820 | PCB AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ESTRADA, ANGEL R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18844954 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTENDED REALITY TRAFFIC | LEE, BRYAN Y | 2445 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2024 |
| 18292940 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VANG, MENG | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18401315 | DEVICE CONTROL PERMISSION SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ABEDIN, NORMIN | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18003893 | PERSON CATEGORY ATTRIBUTE-BASED REMOTE CARE METHOD AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 2667 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
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