Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Vizio Inc.

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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.

1
Hard (11%)
8
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (78%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
44% of docket
4
Communications
44% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI 1 71.7% +20.6%
HSU, AMY R 1 86.5% -1.2%
SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A 1 85.2% +15.6%
FANG-WU, JOHN HONG 1 0.0% +0.0%
LU, HUA 1 68.9% +27.0%
STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 1 33.3% +25.0%
KHATRI, ANIL 1 92.5% +28.7%
PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R 1 63.5% +47.2%
AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 1 81.0% +13.8%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18089452 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA BOUNDARY DETECTION AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 13d
19034829 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEMS FOR SMART TV APPLICATIONS HSU, AMY R
19022494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE DISPLAY OF CONTENT USING EMBEDDED WATERMARKS SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A

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
18924525 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE-BASED TRIGGER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT FANG-WU, JOHN HONG
18740756 CONSUMER DEVICE FIRMWARE UPDATING VIA HDMI KHATRI, ANIL

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
18089452 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA BOUNDARY DETECTION AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 13d
18888341 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTIMIZING GRAPHICS DISPLAY PROCESSING FOR USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 28d
19288115 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-BASED CONTENT RECOGNITION EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI
19022494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE DISPLAY OF CONTENT USING EMBEDDED WATERMARKS SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A
18894456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONTEXT-BASED INPUT INTERFACES LU, HUA
18740756 CONSUMER DEVICE FIRMWARE UPDATING VIA HDMI KHATRI, ANIL
18511883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A SMART TELEVISION PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2425 1
2638 1
2493 1
2653 1
2611 1
2191 1
2400 1
2671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288115 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-BASED CONTENT RECOGNITION EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI 2425 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2025
19034829 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEMS FOR SMART TV APPLICATIONS HSU, AMY R 2638 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
19022494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE DISPLAY OF CONTENT USING EMBEDDED WATERMARKS SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A 2493 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18924525 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE-BASED TRIGGER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT FANG-WU, JOHN HONG 2653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18894456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONTEXT-BASED INPUT INTERFACES LU, HUA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18888341 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTIMIZING GRAPHICS DISPLAY PROCESSING FOR USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18740756 CONSUMER DEVICE FIRMWARE UPDATING VIA HDMI KHATRI, ANIL 2191 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18511883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A SMART TELEVISION PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R 2400 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18089452 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA BOUNDARY DETECTION AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 27, 2022

Managing Vizio Inc.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month