Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
949 pending office actions • 174 art units • 630 examiners • 0 of 949 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,536 patents granted in the last 365 days
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson currently manages 964 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. This workload is spread across 645 distinct examiners, which is a higher number than the 157 distinct art units involved. The distribution of cases suggests that the portfolio interacts with a wide variety of individual perspectives at the patent office. The involvement of 157 distinct art units indicates that the underlying technologies span a broad range of specific technical classifications.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ABELSON, RONALD B, who is currently responsible for 6 pending office actions. When compared to the total of 964 pending actions, the workload assigned to ABELSON, RONALD B is small, suggesting that no single examiner has an outsized influence on the portfolio's overall progress. This lack of concentration across the 645 distinct examiners means that outcomes are likely driven by a broad cross-section of the patent office. Practitioners managing this portfolio must account for the diverse requirements of the various art units to ensure consistency across the pending matters.
The 6 pending office actions under ABELSON, RONALD B represent the maximum concentration for any single individual. This decentralized structure requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to many different examiner styles and art unit norms.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 287 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. 287 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 | 11 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 82 (9%) |
| §103 only | 409 (43%) |
| §102 only | 81 (9%) |
| §112 only | 18 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 22 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 311 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 7 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABELSON, RONALD B | 6 | 90.3% | -0.1% |
| RIVAS, RAUL | 6 | 83.7% | +9.1% |
| KIM, HARRY H | 6 | 89.9% | +8.6% |
| OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 6 | 74.8% | +15.4% |
| TRAN, CONGVAN | 5 | 89.2% | +5.0% |
| NGUYEN, THUONG | 5 | 68.2% | +32.2% |
| ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y | 5 | 72.9% | +32.3% |
| ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 5 | 83.9% | +20.8% |
| RENNER, BRANDON M | 5 | 81.2% | +20.9% |
| MAPA, MICHAEL Y | 5 | 71.4% | +27.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256550 | CONTROL SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | ABELSON, RONALD B | 238d overdue |
| 18285354 | Methods for Indicating Reduced Capability UE Information | TRAN, CONGVAN | 150d overdue |
| 17607465 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AN INDICATION | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 42d overdue |
| 18252466 | MULTI-LINK MEASUREMENT REPORTING | RIVAS, RAUL | 30d overdue |
| 18261743 | CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING | ABELSON, RONALD B | 6d |
| 18559221 | SCHEDULING CELL EDGE USERS TO AVOID CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE | RIVAS, RAUL | 14d |
| 18560140 | PRE-CONFIGURED ALLOCATION WITH MULTIPLE TRAFFIC TYPES | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 53d |
| 18037900 | Data Collection by Considering UE Interaction | RIVAS, RAUL | 54d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18024096 | RADIO FREQUENCY POWER DIVIDER AND CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 210d overdue |
| 18553603 | TRANSMISSION POWER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | NEFF, MICHAEL R | 147d overdue |
| 18020092 | SIGNALING FOR UPDATING TCI STATE OF A CORESET WITH DCI | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | 125d overdue |
| 18032652 | Method and Apparatus for Relay Communication | PANNELL, MARK G | 121d overdue |
| 18285891 | Network Node, User Equipment, and Methods Performed Therein for Communication of Availability Information for Reference Signals | TORRES, MARCOS L | 114d overdue |
| 18020724 | Technique for Controlling Network Event Reporting | ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y | 113d overdue |
| 18552576 | C-RNTI PROVISIONING FOR L1/L2 CENTRIC INTER-CELL MOBILITY | CHOUDHRY, SAMINA F | 112d overdue |
| 18575227 | Method and Apparatus for Automotive Radar Signal Sensing | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 99d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18020724 | Technique for Controlling Network Event Reporting | ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y | 113d overdue |
| 17607465 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AN INDICATION | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 42d overdue |
| 18268971 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAY SELECTION | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 11d overdue |
| 18263169 | METHODS FOR COORDINATING DEVICES OPERATING IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 10d overdue |
| 17634353 | Network Nodes and Methods in a Wireless Communication Network | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 9d overdue |
| 18685813 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION WITH EXTENDED UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCES | NGUYEN, THUONG | 5d overdue |
| 18575995 | NETWORK NODE, USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREIN | ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y | 4d overdue |
| 17630234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 5GS INTERWORKING HANDLING | MAPA, MICHAEL Y | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2465 | 30 |
| 2411 | 27 |
| 2469 | 22 |
| 2477 | 21 |
| 2645 | 21 |
| 2472 | 21 |
| 2478 | 20 |
| 2643 | 20 |
| 2642 | 18 |
| 2463 | 18 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19475801 | CREATING A LARGE SCALE HEAD-RELATED FILTER DATABASE | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 2163 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 19473702 | POSITION DEPENDENT FILTERING | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 2488 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19167687 | Dispute Resolution in Billing Information | NOVAK, REBECCA R | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19163194 | Deriving Video Frame Status From Rate Control Feedback | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19162304 | Method and Apparatus for First Aid | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 3685 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19295771 | DETERMINING LOCATION INFORMATION ABOUT A DRONE | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19295769 | Measurement Reporting Configuration | TO, BAOTRAN N | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19278291 | TEMPORAL SUBLAYER INFORMATION FOR VIDEO CODING | NASRI, MARYAM A | 2483 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19271391 | Simplified Downsampling for Matrix Based Intra Prediction | NAWAZ, TALHA M | 2483 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19147949 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL RULE GENERATION | DIVECHA, KAMAL B | 2453 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19145714 | Defense Agent Control in a Communication Network | LANE, GREGORY A | 2438 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19145376 | METHOD TO IDENTIFY AND MODIFY NWDAF DEPENDENCIES | DIVECHA, KAMAL B | 2453 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19144557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK CONFIGURATION | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19144456 | IMPROVED INTENT REQUESTS AND PROPOSALS USING PROPOSAL TIMES AND ACCURACY LEVELS | ESTRADA, JONATHAN ERIC | 2451 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19143600 | REDUCING COMPLEXITY OF VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 2488 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19250861 | FAST UPLINK (UL) ACCESS ON LTM CANDIDATE CELL | NGUYEN, CHUONG M | 2411 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19139535 | FOCUSING A CAMERA CAPTURING VIDEO DATA USING DIRECTIONAL DATA OF AUDIO | BARRY, STEVEN DANIEL | 2638 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19135518 | Methods and Devices for Wake-Up Signaling of Wireless Devices | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2432 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19226862 | DERIVATION OF A VALUE FOR EACH LAYER REPRESENTATION OF A BITSTREAM | MESSMORE, JONATHAN R | 2482 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19226882 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVISION OF RESOURCE REPRESENTATIONS | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19132583 | TM MODE RESONATOR STRUCTURE AND FILTER COMPRISING THE SAME | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19214835 | DECODING BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL PICTURE CONDITION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 2485 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19131754 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK ANALYTICS | WANG, LIANG CHE A | 2447 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19213387 | DE-ICI FILTER ESTIMATION FOR PHASE NOISE MITIGATION | TAYONG, HELENE E | 2631 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19127436 | Application Programming Interface Access in a Communication Network | LYNCH, SHARON S | 2438 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19127430 | CALL HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HUQ, FARZANA B | 2455 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19195836 | NETWORK FUNCTION SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT | WOO, ANDREW M | 2447 | §102DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19123559 | Local Authorization for AI/ML Model Storage and Sharing | ALVARADO DAVID, DORIANNE | 2499 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19123509 | Security for AI/ML Model Storage and Sharing | MAYE, AYUB A | 2436 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19122913 | COMBINED COUNTERMEASURE AGAINST SIDE-CHANNEL ANALYSIS (SCA) | NARRAMORE, BLAKE I | 2438 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19180542 | Method and Network Node for Communication with a Non-IP Device | ABEDIN, NORMIN | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19121302 | First Node, Second Node, Third Node, Fourth Node and Methods Performed Thereby for Handling Registration of the Second Node | PARK, SANGSEOK | 2499 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19121339 | RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE AND CONTROL THEREOF | TADESE, BERHANU | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19177910 | METHODS OF AND DEVICES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND EXECUTING POLICY RULES ON A PER APPLICATION BASIS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | FANG, PAKEE | 2642 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19173881 | DECODING BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL PICTURE CONDITION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19173730 | SECURING NETWORK STEERING INFORMATION | JEUDY, JOSNEL | 2438 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19173103 | NETWORK NODES AND METHODS THEREIN FOR NOTIFICATION DELIVERY | WALSH, JOHN B | 2451 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19173625 | Bit Order of NR PBCH Payload to Enhance Polar Code Performance | YANG, JEFFREY ANDREW | 2112 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19171825 | ADAPTIVE COMFORT NOISE PARAMETER DETERMINATION | CRESPO FEBLES, HECTOR J | 2658 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171555 | TIME REVERSED AUDIO SUBFRAME ERROR CONCEALMENT | SULTANA, NADIRA | 2653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19117633 | SECURE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL IOT NETWORKS (PINS) | STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON | 2491 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19096184 | Common PDCCH Configuration | ESCALANTE, OVIDIO | 3992 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19114848 | CONTROL NODE AND METHOD PERFORMED THEREIN | JOHNSON, KYLE T | 3656 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19083019 | DATA SEQUENCE GENERATION | MEI, XU | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19112409 | Scheduling of Broadcast Transmissions for Fully Distributed Iterative Learning | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19076845 | PROVIDING SEGMENT PRESENCE INFORMATION | VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19076121 | ALLOWING A MATRIX BASED INTRA PREDICTION BLOCK TO HAVE MULTIPLE TRANSFORM BLOCKS | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075061 | Encoder, Decoder and Methods Thereof for Video Encoding and Decoding | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19109540 | Two-Dimensional Code and Method Thereof | PATEL, JAYESH A | 2677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19108629 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DATA INCONSISTENCY | AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | 2447 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson has 949 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 174 art units and 630 examiners.
Ronald B Abelson has the most, with 6 of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.