Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tp-Link Systems Inc. has 8 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 6 examiners across 6 art units, showing multiple matters assigned within a shared examiner and technical-unit structure.
STCLAIR, ANDREW D is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending office actions. That examiner’s files represent the clearest concentration in the docket and warrant coordinated review, while the other matters should be evaluated against their separate examiner positions.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 3 | 60.1% | +25.6% |
| KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1 | 56.7% | +17.7% |
| WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE | 1 | 65.1% | +15.6% |
| ZHAO, WEI | 1 | 89.5% | +15.4% |
| DABIRI, HIDAYAT T | 1 | 70.7% | +6.3% |
| SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 36.4% | +21.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17962565 | Station, Method for Selecting Value of OBO Counter of Station and Electronic Device | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 383d overdue |
| 19083398 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICE, DOCKING STATION FOR A CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING SYSTEM | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18922112 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MECHANISM | WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE | — |
| 18920673 | ACCESS POINT MULTI-LINK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | ZHAO, WEI | — |
| 18887162 | METHOD AND ACCESS POINT FOR SHARING TXOP | DABIRI, HIDAYAT T | — |
| 18802946 | TXOP SHARING FOR WIRELESS NETWORK | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17987862 | Method for Recognizing Text, Apparatus and Terminal Device | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 477d overdue |
| 18406242 | Gateway Handover method and Apparatus, Terminal Device and Computer Readable Storage Medium | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 383d overdue |
| 17962565 | Station, Method for Selecting Value of OBO Counter of Station and Electronic Device | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 383d overdue |
| 19083398 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICE, DOCKING STATION FOR A CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING SYSTEM | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18922112 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MECHANISM | WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE | — |
| 18920673 | ACCESS POINT MULTI-LINK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | ZHAO, WEI | — |
| 18802946 | TXOP SHARING FOR WIRELESS NETWORK | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2178 | 3 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 2443 | 1 |
| 2479 | 1 |
| 2414 | 1 |
| 2419 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19083398 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICE, DOCKING STATION FOR A CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING SYSTEM | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18922112 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MECHANISM | WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE | 2443 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18920673 | ACCESS POINT MULTI-LINK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | ZHAO, WEI | 2479 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18887162 | METHOD AND ACCESS POINT FOR SHARING TXOP | DABIRI, HIDAYAT T | 2414 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18802946 | TXOP SHARING FOR WIRELESS NETWORK | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 2419 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18406242 | Gateway Handover method and Apparatus, Terminal Device and Computer Readable Storage Medium | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 383d overdue | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 17987862 | Method for Recognizing Text, Apparatus and Terminal Device | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 477d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17962565 | Station, Method for Selecting Value of OBO Counter of Station and Electronic Device | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 383d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTp-Link Systems Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Andrew D Stclair has the most, with 3 of Tp-Link Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
