Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Tp-Link Systems Inc.

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (20%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
80% of docket
2
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STCLAIR, ANDREW D 3 60.2% +25.3%
IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 1 71.6% +19.0%
WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE 1 64.8% +15.8%
HO, HUY C 1 77.4% +20.6%
ZHAO, WEI 1 89.3% +15.6%
DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E 1 87.1% +8.7%
DABIRI, HIDAYAT T 1 69.6% +8.6%
SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL 1 37.5% -6.7%

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
18918027 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORKING A BLUETOOTH MESH NETWORK DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E —

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17962565 Station, Method for Selecting Value of OBO Counter of Station and Electronic Device STCLAIR, ANDREW D 383d overdue
18921703 DETECTION OF ABNORMAL ACCESS BEHAVIOR BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O —
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 —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18921703 DETECTION OF ABNORMAL ACCESS BEHAVIOR BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O —
18922112 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MECHANISM WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE —
18921604 METHOD OF ESTABLISHING WIRELESS CONNECTION AND ACCESS POINT AND CLIENT DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD HO, HUY C —
18920673 ACCESS POINT MULTI-LINK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ZHAO, WEI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2178 3
2494 1
2443 1
2644 1
2479 1
2647 1
2414 1
2419 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18921703 DETECTION OF ABNORMAL ACCESS BEHAVIOR BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 2494 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
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
18921604 METHOD OF ESTABLISHING WIRELESS CONNECTION AND ACCESS POINT AND CLIENT DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD HO, HUY C 2644 §102 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
18918027 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORKING A BLUETOOTH MESH NETWORK DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E 2647 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 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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