Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Networking & Security

26 pending office actions • 19 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. has 29 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 29 examiners and 19 art units, creating a broad prosecution docket with distinct examiner assignments and some shared art-unit context.

FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger recorded assignment, so portfolio oversight should emphasize systematic issue tracking across the docket rather than a relationship centered on one examiner.

The art-unit distribution provides a useful basis for grouping matters with related examination context. Counsel can compare claim language, cited references, and amendment outcomes within those groupings, while preserving matter-specific analysis for the separate examiner records.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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 (23%)
20
Medium (77%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only15 (58%)
§102 only5 (19%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
19
Information Tech
73% of docket
3
Communications
12% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS 1 71.7% +30.8%
MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR 1 68.6% +21.9%
CHERY, DADY 1 88.0% +9.4%
JAIN, SWATI 1 85.0% +22.1%
NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 1 87.2% +4.4%
KWAK, JAEYOUNG 1 88.5% +20.0%
ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S 1 85.6% +7.7%
ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE 1 71.9% +12.5%
CLAWSON, STEPHEN J 1 79.4% +18.1%
BOKHARI, SYED M 1 82.9% +17.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18870202 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS CHERY, DADY —
18844291 PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF JAIN, SWATI —
18852875 CONFIGURATION METHOD AND CONFIGURATION DEVICE NGUYEN, KHAI MINH —
18847446 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND TERMINAL DEVICE ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S —
18724977 PHYSICAL SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BOKHARI, SYED M —

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
18251441 PILOT FREQUENCY SEQUENCE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS VOGEL, JAY L. 147d overdue
17986804 HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL CERLANEK, RACHEL ELIZABETH 9d overdue
19103469 METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, METHOD FOR CHANNEL PROCESSING, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS —
18997739 PAGING RESPONSE METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR —
18853027 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWAK, JAEYOUNG —
18261721 METHOD FOR DETERMINING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK PARAMETER AND RELATED APPARATUS FOLLANSBEE, JOHN A —

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
19103469 METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, METHOD FOR CHANNEL PROCESSING, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS —
18997739 PAGING RESPONSE METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR —
18844291 PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF JAIN, SWATI —
18853027 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWAK, JAEYOUNG —
18841550 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY DENSITY DETERMINATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE —
18724988 COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CLAWSON, STEPHEN J —
18724977 PHYSICAL SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BOKHARI, SYED M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2461 3
2469 2
2412 2
2413 2
2471 2
3648 1
2649 1
2641 1
2472 1
2463 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19103469 METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, METHOD FOR CHANNEL PROCESSING, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS — §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18997739 PAGING RESPONSE METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18870202 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS CHERY, DADY 2469 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18844291 PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF JAIN, SWATI 2649 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18852875 CONFIGURATION METHOD AND CONFIGURATION DEVICE NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 2641 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18853027 RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWAK, JAEYOUNG 2472 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18847446 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND TERMINAL DEVICE ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S 2463 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18841550 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY DENSITY DETERMINATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE 2412 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18724988 COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CLAWSON, STEPHEN J 2461 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18724977 PHYSICAL SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BOKHARI, SYED M 2473 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18702595 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING MULTICAST SERVICE IN INACTIVE STATE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTICAST SERVICE IN INACTIVE STATE KIM, SUN JONG 2469 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18623273 COMMUNICATION METHOD CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18681388 MULTILAYER PACKAGE-ON-PACKAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING MULTILAYER ASSEMBLY SUN, YU-HSI DAVID 2817 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2024
18578755 PAGING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND USER EQUIPMENT BHATTI, HASHIM S 2475 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18409883 PARTIAL BANDWIDTH RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT FAYED, RASHA K 2413 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2024
18552919 METHOD FOR ACTIVATING BANDWIDTH PART, METHOD FOR CONFIGURING BANDWIDTH PART, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 2461 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18261721 METHOD FOR DETERMINING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK PARAMETER AND RELATED APPARATUS FOLLANSBEE, JOHN A 2444 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 17, 2023
18251441 PILOT FREQUENCY SEQUENCE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS VOGEL, JAY L. 2478 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18033520 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE IM, THEODORE 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18250249 METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING AND USER EQUIPMENT VOLTAIRE, JEAN F 2417 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2023
18137749 LAYERED TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR AND PACKAGING METHOD PATEL, TULSIDAS C 2896 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2023
18032120 COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND APPARATUS AND DEVICE LAMONT, BENJAMIN S 2461 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2023
18027820 METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TORRES, MARCOS L 2647 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18020179 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONTROL CHANNEL ELEMENT (CCE) INDEX AND RELATED PRODUCTS RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN 2471 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 07, 2023
17986804 HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL CERLANEK, RACHEL ELIZABETH 2412 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17905164 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE KUNDU, SUJOY K 2471 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. have?

Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 26 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. applications?

Aristocratis Fotakis has the most, with 1 of Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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