Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
West Texas Technology Partners LLC is active in the Communications technology area with 7 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 7 distinct examiners, which indicates a variety of individual interactions with the patent office. The presence of 7 distinct examiners suggests that the company must manage multiple prosecution styles and examiner expectations simultaneously.
The company's work is spread across 7 distinct art units. This involvement in 7 distinct art units shows that the technical subject matter of the portfolio is evaluated by several different specialized groups. DANG, PHILIP is the busiest examiner for this portfolio and is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. While DANG, PHILIP has the highest individual workload, this 1 pending office action is part of the 7 pending office actions currently managed by the company.
Managing the portfolio requires a strategy that accounts for the various examiners involved. The 7 distinct art units mean that the prosecution team must be familiar with the specific guidelines of numerous technical divisions. Even with DANG, PHILIP handling 1 pending office action, the portfolio remains widely distributed across the USPTO's examination staff. The 7 distinct examiners ensure that no single individual controls a majority of the cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (29%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANG, PHILIP | 1 | 77.6% | +29.4% |
| WANG, JIN CHENG | 1 | 59.6% | +10.3% |
| GIESY, ADAM | 1 | 81.4% | +12.3% |
| BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 1 | 67.9% | +34.8% |
| LAFONTANT, GARY | 1 | 73.7% | +1.4% |
| MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 1 | 85.4% | +14.3% |
| BONSHOCK, DENNIS G | 1 | 46.3% | +2.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748808 | Method and Apparatus for Switching Between Sensors | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 43d overdue |
| 18987927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EGO-CENTRIC 3D HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE | GIESY, ADAM | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19214545 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS TO A SINGLE HARDWARE DATA STREAM | DANG, PHILIP | — |
| 19012718 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING MOTION-BASED DATA SPACE MANIPULATION | WANG, JIN CHENG | — |
| 18915834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPT-IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS | LAFONTANT, GARY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748808 | Method and Apparatus for Switching Between Sensors | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 43d overdue |
| 19214545 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS TO A SINGLE HARDWARE DATA STREAM | DANG, PHILIP | — |
| 19012718 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING MOTION-BASED DATA SPACE MANIPULATION | WANG, JIN CHENG | — |
| 18987927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EGO-CENTRIC 3D HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE | GIESY, ADAM | — |
| 18950864 | CONTENT ASSOCIATION AND HISTORY TRACKING IN VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITIES | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2441 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19214545 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS TO A SINGLE HARDWARE DATA STREAM | DANG, PHILIP | 2488 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19012718 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING MOTION-BASED DATA SPACE MANIPULATION | WANG, JIN CHENG | 2617 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18987927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EGO-CENTRIC 3D HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE | GIESY, ADAM | 2622 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18950864 | CONTENT ASSOCIATION AND HISTORY TRACKING IN VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITIES | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 2611 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18915834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPT-IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS | LAFONTANT, GARY | 2646 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18748808 | Method and Apparatus for Switching Between Sensors | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 2441 | §112 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18540246 | Gesture Recognition Systems and Devices for Low and No Light Conditions | BONSHOCK, DENNIS G | 3992 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWest Texas Technology Partners LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Philip Dang has the most, with 1 of West Texas Technology Partners LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
