Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Viasat, Inc.

13 pending office actions • 10 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 60 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (15%)
9
Medium (69%)
1
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (15%)
§103 only8 (62%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
38% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
15% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JEAN, FRANTZ B 1 90.1% +8.5%
LE, RONG 1 68.0% +29.8%
WASEL, MOHAMED A 1 90.0% +11.1%
HUANG, KAYLEE J 1 75.4% +51.3%
LIU, HARRY K 1 91.0% +5.0%
ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 1 88.8% -0.6%
POUNCIL, DARNELL A 1 21.8% +31.4%
BARUA, PRANESH K 1 77.8% +13.2%
PATEL, AMAL A 1 69.4% +32.0%
VAN BRAMER, JOHN W 1 33.2% +33.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18627701 SATELLITE NETWORK SERVICE SHARING ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 19d
18961113 OPPORTUNISTIC DELIVERY OF CACHEABLE CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK JEAN, FRANTZ B 56d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18639826 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF AN ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE ANTENNA LIU, HARRY K 32d overdue
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3d overdue

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
18817082 ADVERTISING PUBLIC CLIENT ADDRESSES AT MULTIPLE GATEWAYS TO IMPROVE NETWORK PERFORMANCE HUANG, KAYLEE J 50d overdue
18691715 GIMBALLESS QUASI-OMNI OPTICAL COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER BARUA, PRANESH K 30d overdue
18910992 DELTA CODING FOR REMOTE SENSING WASEL, MOHAMED A 15d overdue
18917088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION TO AN IN-TRANSIT MEDIA SYSTEM LE, RONG 9d overdue
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3d overdue
17916007 Systems and Methods for Delivery of Targeted Advertisements Onboard Mobile Platforms VAN BRAMER, JOHN W 16d
18432664 ANTENNA APPARATUS AND DEPLOYMENT METHOD EMPLOYING COLLAPSIBLE MEMORY METAL PATEL, AMAL A 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2454 2
3622 2
2845 2
2421 1
2447 1
3645 1
2474 1
2635 1
3992 1
3625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18961113 OPPORTUNISTIC DELIVERY OF CACHEABLE CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK JEAN, FRANTZ B 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18917088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION TO AN IN-TRANSIT MEDIA SYSTEM LE, RONG 2421 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18910992 DELTA CODING FOR REMOTE SENSING WASEL, MOHAMED A 2454 Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18817082 ADVERTISING PUBLIC CLIENT ADDRESSES AT MULTIPLE GATEWAYS TO IMPROVE NETWORK PERFORMANCE HUANG, KAYLEE J 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18639826 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF AN ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE ANTENNA LIU, HARRY K 3645 §101 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18627701 SATELLITE NETWORK SERVICE SHARING ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 2474 §102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3622 §101 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18691715 GIMBALLESS QUASI-OMNI OPTICAL COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER BARUA, PRANESH K 2635 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18432664 ANTENNA APPARATUS AND DEPLOYMENT METHOD EMPLOYING COLLAPSIBLE MEMORY METAL PATEL, AMAL A 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 05, 2024
17916007 Systems and Methods for Delivery of Targeted Advertisements Onboard Mobile Platforms VAN BRAMER, JOHN W 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17736947 STATIC TRACKER NASSER, ROBERT L 3992 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending May 04, 2022
17770286 Fulfilling Item Requests on an Aircraft Based on a Zoning Definition for the Aircraft YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2022
17599534 REFLECTOR ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE KIM, YONCHAN J 2845 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 28, 2021

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