Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Vodafone Group Services Limited

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
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.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (33%)
§103 only4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MITCHELL, NATHAN A 1 73.3% +10.5%
ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B 1 89.5% +6.4%
TORRES, JUAN A 1 87.5% +12.2%
PATEL, PARTHKUMAR 1 78.1% +23.6%
HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 1 53.6% +61.9%
MADAMBA, GLENFORD J 1 81.1% +18.6%

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
18557228 ATTACHMENT OF A USER EQUIPMENT TO A MOBILE PRIVATE NETWORK TORRES, JUAN A 5d
18584471 FINGERPRINTING NETWORK SESSIONS FOR DISCOVERY OF CYBER THREATS ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B 29d
18362827 DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY MADAMBA, GLENFORD J 69d

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
18685709 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MITCHELL, NATHAN A 18d overdue
18362857 Methods and Apparatus for Notifying a User of a Medical Treatment to be Administered HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18685709 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MITCHELL, NATHAN A 18d overdue
18477252 Improved Base Station Efficiency PATEL, PARTHKUMAR 17d overdue
18362857 Methods and Apparatus for Notifying a User of a Medical Treatment to be Administered HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 4d overdue
18557228 ATTACHMENT OF A USER EQUIPMENT TO A MOBILE PRIVATE NETWORK TORRES, JUAN A 5d
18362827 DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY MADAMBA, GLENFORD J 69d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3627 1
2443 1
2634 1
2479 1
3682 1
2451 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18685709 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §101 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18584471 FINGERPRINTING NETWORK SESSIONS FOR DISCOVERY OF CYBER THREATS ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B 2443 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18557228 ATTACHMENT OF A USER EQUIPMENT TO A MOBILE PRIVATE NETWORK TORRES, JUAN A 2634 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18477252 Improved Base Station Efficiency PATEL, PARTHKUMAR 2479 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18362857 Methods and Apparatus for Notifying a User of a Medical Treatment to be Administered HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §101 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362827 DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY MADAMBA, GLENFORD J 2451 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jul 31, 2023

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