Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tony Cheung has 1 pending office action, 1 distinct examiner, and 1 distinct art unit currently active in the Communications technology area. This concentration centralizes the prosecution effort for the current filings. The work being contained within this specific art unit indicates a technical review process within a specific division of the patent office. Practitioners should note that such a focused arrangement allows for a direct line of communication between the applicant and the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KINCAID, LESTER G, who is managing 1 pending action. Because this represents the entirety of the active prosecution, the outcome of the current cycle depends on the interaction with this examiner. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner limits the administrative task of tracking patent office communications. This profile is characteristic of a specific intellectual property focus in the communications sector. With the pending office action, the applicant can dedicate resources to the requirements of the assigned examiner.
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 + other | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINCAID, LESTER G | 1 | 63.0% | +8.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17772767 | MOBILE SERVICE ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE, SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KINCAID, LESTER G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2649 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17772767 | MOBILE SERVICE ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE, SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KINCAID, LESTER G | 2649 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTony Cheung has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lester G Kincaid has the most, with 1 of Tony Cheung's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
