Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

u-blox AG

15 pending office actions • 6 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

9
Hard (60%)
5
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other5 (33%)
§103 only5 (33%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
20% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
47% of docket
5
Business / Other
33% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, HAILEY R 2 80.2% +10.3%
PERVIN, NUZHAT 2 81.0% +13.4%
HAMADYK, ANNA N 1 88.7% +7.0%
HAMMONDS, MARCUS C 1 71.2% +29.4%
BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A 1 86.4% +5.5%
MULL, FRED H 1 67.5% +16.0%
VUONG, QUOCHIEN B 1 89.8% -0.1%
PAGHADAL, PARESH H 1 59.6% +21.9%
LE, TUNG X 1 87.0% +3.2%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 1 71.8% +30.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18953946 MULTIBAND PATCH ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTIBAND PATCH ANTENNA HAMADYK, ANNA N
18918541 PROCESSING A GNSS SIGNAL AND WIPING OFF A DATA BIT BASED ON DOPPLER ESTIMATES LE, HAILEY R
18796388 GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MODES PERVIN, NUZHAT
18748218 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FOR A SATELLITE RECEIVER AND SATELLITE RECEIVER SYSTEM VUONG, QUOCHIEN B

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18626514 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD PAGHADAL, PARESH H 16d overdue
18932722 METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRACK OF MOVEMENT STATES OF A TERMINAL DEVICE HAMMONDS, MARCUS C
18909157 SETTING SIGNAL DETECTION THRESHOLDS BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A
18817578 VERIFYING A NAVIGATION FIX PERVIN, NUZHAT
18796444 INTEGRATION FOR GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING LE, HAILEY R
18770870 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING JAMMING IN A GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER MULL, FRED H
18602529 PATCH ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PATCH ANTENNA ARRAY LE, TUNG X
18551457 Method for Generating Substitute Correction Data for GNSS-Based Localization WOLFORD, NAOMI M

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18626514 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD PAGHADAL, PARESH H 16d overdue
18486497 LOCALIZED REMOTE GNSS POSITIONING MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 21d
18932722 METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRACK OF MOVEMENT STATES OF A TERMINAL DEVICE HAMMONDS, MARCUS C
18918541 PROCESSING A GNSS SIGNAL AND WIPING OFF A DATA BIT BASED ON DOPPLER ESTIMATES LE, HAILEY R
18817578 VERIFYING A NAVIGATION FIX PERVIN, NUZHAT
18796444 INTEGRATION FOR GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING LE, HAILEY R
18796388 GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MODES PERVIN, NUZHAT
18770870 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING JAMMING IN A GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER MULL, FRED H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 6
2845 1
4100 1
2847 1
2844 1
3646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18953946 MULTIBAND PATCH ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTIBAND PATCH ANTENNA HAMADYK, ANNA N 2845 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18932722 METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRACK OF MOVEMENT STATES OF A TERMINAL DEVICE HAMMONDS, MARCUS C §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18918541 PROCESSING A GNSS SIGNAL AND WIPING OFF A DATA BIT BASED ON DOPPLER ESTIMATES LE, HAILEY R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18909157 SETTING SIGNAL DETECTION THRESHOLDS BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18817578 VERIFYING A NAVIGATION FIX PERVIN, NUZHAT §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18796444 INTEGRATION FOR GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING LE, HAILEY R 3648 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18796388 GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MODES PERVIN, NUZHAT 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18770870 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING JAMMING IN A GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER MULL, FRED H 3648 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18748218 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FOR A SATELLITE RECEIVER AND SATELLITE RECEIVER SYSTEM VUONG, QUOCHIEN B 4100 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18626514 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18602529 PATCH ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PATCH ANTENNA ARRAY LE, TUNG X 2844 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18486497 LOCALIZED REMOTE GNSS POSITIONING MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18551457 Method for Generating Substitute Correction Data for GNSS-Based Localization WOLFORD, NAOMI M 3648 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18220407 GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING AND RESIDUAL ERROR MODEL ESTIMATION HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3648 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18220596 GNSS MEASUREMENT PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MODES MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR 3646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023

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