Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
98 pending office actions • 68 art units • 91 examiners • 0 of 98 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 356 patents granted in the last 365 days
Verizon Communications Inc. has 107 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters span 97 distinct examiners and 71 distinct art units, showing broad distribution across both examiner and technical assignments.
SHINGLES, KRISTIE D is the busiest identified examiner, with 3 pending matters. Counsel may use that cluster for focused examiner review, while the wider portfolio requires individualized strategies for claim amendments, prior-art responses, and prosecution timing.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 18 (18%) |
| §103 only | 60 (61%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (14%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | 3 | 82.1% | +13.5% |
| VU, VIET D | 2 | 84.2% | +14.4% |
| PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT | 2 | 82.6% | +12.4% |
| DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| RANDHAWA, MANDISH K | 2 | 65.4% | +27.2% |
| HAMMONDS, MARCUS C | 2 | 71.7% | +28.9% |
| BAYARD, DJENANE M | 1 | 83.6% | +1.2% |
| GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.5% | +12.1% |
| TRUONG, THONG P | 1 | 82.1% | +15.5% |
| YOUNG, TIFFANY P | 1 | 79.7% | +22.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19229111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED MULTI-LAYERED SECURITY WITH ENCRYPTION MODELS THAT IMPROVE ZERO-TRUST ARCHITECTURES | TRUONG, THONG P | — |
| 19092352 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | — |
| 18933283 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR BACKUP AND RESTORATIVE CONNECTIVITY SERVICE | VU, VIET D | — |
| 18919705 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A CONCEALED IDENTIFIER FOR A FIFTH GENERATION STANDALONE CAPABLE DEVICE | VU, VIET D | — |
| 18647410 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH VOICE OBFUSCATION | PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT | — |
| 18646001 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLEMENTING PROMPTS FOR A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL WITH BIOMETRIC-BASED INTENT DATA | PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT | — |
| 18605266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING INFORMATION RELATING TO SMALL CELL BASE STATIONS | DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 18523639 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ERROR REPORTING FOR INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKS | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18128316 | SOFTWARE IMAGE UPDATING FOR PLUGGABLE DEVICE | NAJI, YOUNES | 87d overdue |
| 18185125 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL SUPPORT | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 13d |
| 18787375 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK CAPACITY PLANNING BASED ON DENOISED CLUSTERS | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 15d |
| 17514866 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRESSIVE TRAFFIC INSPECTION AND TREATMENT INA NETWORK | AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS | 21d |
| 18488557 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRAUD DETECTION VIA LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | SHEIKH, ASFAND M | 33d |
| 18337667 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MULTI-PARTY COMMUNICATION INSIGHTS | CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK | 40d |
| 17969957 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING TIME SERIES FORECASTING WITH MISSING AND NOISY DATA | SPAR, ILANA L | 63d |
| 19324339 | Anomaly Detection In Copper Networks | BAYARD, DJENANE M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18066597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SESSION SETUP OR REGISTRATION IN A CORE NETWORK | HAMMONDS, MARCUS C | 31d overdue |
| 18316707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PACKETS BASED ON PACKET DETECTION RULES | RANDHAWA, MANDISH K | 8d overdue |
| 19284792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A DRIVING AGENT BASED ON REAL-WORLD DRIVING DATA | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | — |
| 19229111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED MULTI-LAYERED SECURITY WITH ENCRYPTION MODELS THAT IMPROVE ZERO-TRUST ARCHITECTURES | TRUONG, THONG P | — |
| 19227745 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Connection of Client Device to Remote Private Network | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | — |
| 19092352 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | — |
| 19084980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING AND MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | — |
| 18933283 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR BACKUP AND RESTORATIVE CONNECTIVITY SERVICE | VU, VIET D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3665 | 3 |
| 2453 | 3 |
| 2455 | 3 |
| 2477 | 3 |
| 2646 | 3 |
| 2647 | 3 |
| 2444 | 2 |
| 2447 | 2 |
| 2168 | 2 |
| 2412 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19324339 | Anomaly Detection In Copper Networks | BAYARD, DJENANE M | 2444 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19284792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A DRIVING AGENT BASED ON REAL-WORLD DRIVING DATA | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19229111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED MULTI-LAYERED SECURITY WITH ENCRYPTION MODELS THAT IMPROVE ZERO-TRUST ARCHITECTURES | TRUONG, THONG P | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19227745 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Connection of Client Device to Remote Private Network | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19092352 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | 2453 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19084980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING AND MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | 3665 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19079724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RUGGEDIZED OPTICAL-TO-ELECTRICAL AND PROTOCOL CONVERSION | AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | 2447 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19070765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOKEN CACHING IN DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS | KENNEDY, LESA M | 2458 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19048924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING CHATBOT COMMUNICATION SESSIONS TO REDUCE ESCALATION | HUSSAIN, IMAD | 2453 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2025 |
| 19044678 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATION AND ANOMALOUS EVENT DETECTION | DOAN, HUAN V | 2499 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19042294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMERGENCY BROADCAST USING DELEGATED DISCOVERY | EL-ZOOBI, MARIA | 2692 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19032653 | PLMN ROAMING FOR PRIVATE NETWORK SUBSCRIBERS | DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19020130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING RELEVANCE OF INFORMATION BEING ADDED TO A KNOWLEDGE BASE | HU, XIAOQIN | 2168 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18979853 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING INTENTS BASED ON CALL OR CHAT TRANSCRIPTS | DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI | 2653 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18964392 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI/ML-BASED PAIRING OF SUPPORT REQUESTS TO SUPPORT AGENTS | BOSWELL, BETH V | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2024 |
| 18962142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRAUDULENT CALL DETECTION VIA DUAL-MODEL ANTICIPATION MECHANISM | AHMED, ZAIN JIM | 2432 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18957055 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BIG DATA PIPELINE PROCESSES | MOBIN, HASANUL | 2168 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18956264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING TEXT MESSAGES TO INTERACT WITH VARIOUS SERVICES IN PLAIN LANGUAGE | RILEY, MARCUS T | 2654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18936033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING QUALITY-OF-SERVICE FLOW CONTINUITY | TURRIATE GASTULO, JUAN CARLOS | 2454 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18934416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CABLE IDENTIFICATION | RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18933283 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR BACKUP AND RESTORATIVE CONNECTIVITY SERVICE | VU, VIET D | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18927343 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF DOWNLOADS OF ESIM PROFILES | APPIAH, CHARLES NANA | 2641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18924146 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC OF A PRIVATE NETWORK IN RELATION TO A BACKHAUL FAILOVER | HO, CHUONG T | 2412 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18919705 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A CONCEALED IDENTIFIER FOR A FIFTH GENERATION STANDALONE CAPABLE DEVICE | VU, VIET D | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18917001 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLICY CONTROL FUNCTION DISCOVERY SERVICE | NGUYEN, HAO HONG | 2447 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18904249 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID | 2192 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18894438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AI-ENABLED CHARACTERIZATION OF PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE | 3624 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18891516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BACKHAUL BANDWIDTH AND CORE CAPACITY ESTIMATION FOR DEDICATED NETWORKS | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 2472 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18883098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONAL TRIGGERED MOBILITY FOR A USER EQUIPMENT | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | 2475 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18823859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING FAST FADING IN A WIRED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | KIM, WON TAE C | 2414 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18814673 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOURCE CODE AUTO-PROPAGATION AMONGST BRANCHES IN A REPOSITORY | HAN, MICHELLE XUE | 2192 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18805755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY PARAMETERS | SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | 2477 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18787375 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK CAPACITY PLANNING BASED ON DENOISED CLUSTERS | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 2164 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18769653 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING NETWORK FUNCTION SELECTION FOR ROAMING | FANG, PAKEE | 2409 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18767129 | DIFFERENTIATED DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION BASED ON NETWORK SERVICES | VIDAL CARPIO, MARIELA | 2476 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18765397 | ADMISSION AND CONGESTION CONTROL SERVICE | TON, DANG T | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18676823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING TIME SERIES NETWORK CAPACITY | CHANG, KAI J | 2468 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18675539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL BASED APPLICATIONS | PHAM, TUAN A | 2163 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18658256 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A STATIC IP ADDRESS SERVICE | HARLEY, JASON A | 2468 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18655738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BLOCKED TRAFFIC FLOWS IN VOICE RELATED SERVICES | MOISE, EMMANUEL LIONEL | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18653006 | FEATURE DEPLOYMENT IN MOBILE NETWORK WITHOUT BASE STATION DEPENDENCY | ZUNIGA ABAD, JACKIE | 2469 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18647410 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH VOICE OBFUSCATION | PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18646001 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLEMENTING PROMPTS FOR A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL WITH BIOMETRIC-BASED INTENT DATA | PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT | 2655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18643218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING AND PROVIDING OPTIMAL DOMAIN RESOURCES TO CONSUMERS | RASHID, WISSAM | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18636690 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF ANSWERS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED VIA GENERATIVE AI | HAN, JOSEP | 2122 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18636730 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE GENERATIVE AI VIA FEEDBACK | ADMASU, MAHLIET TASEW | 2123 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18634078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF ENHANCED EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIERS | DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | 2649 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18632842 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM DATA CHANNELS FOR USAGE BY APPLICATIONS | AHMED, ATIQUE | 2413 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18609080 | POWER CONTROL SERVICE | MADU, FAVOUR ONYINYECHI | 2646 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18605266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING INFORMATION RELATING TO SMALL CELL BASE STATIONS | DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVerizon Communications Inc. has 98 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 68 art units and 91 examiners.
Kristie D Shingles has the most, with 3 of Verizon Communications Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
