Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Whatsapp LLC has 3 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, meaning each action is being reviewed by a different individual.
DU, ZONGHUA A is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions, the workload is distributed across the group. The distribution across 3 distinct art units and 3 distinct examiners indicates that each of the 3 pending office actions is being handled in a separate technical and procedural context. This requires the company to manage three unique examiner relationships simultaneously.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DU, ZONGHUA A | 1 | 58.3% | +40.8% |
| ZEE, EDWARD | 1 | 90.6% | +10.3% |
| JACOB, WILLIAM J | 1 | 49.3% | +34.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18494678 | MULTI-APPLICATION REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18063614 | AUTHORIZING PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENTS IN MESSAGING APPLICATIONS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787642 | TECHNIQUES FOR IN-APP COMMUNICATION SESSION SCHEDULING | DU, ZONGHUA A | — |
| 18494678 | MULTI-APPLICATION REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 18063614 | AUTHORIZING PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENTS IN MESSAGING APPLICATIONS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18787642 | TECHNIQUES FOR IN-APP COMMUNICATION SESSION SCHEDULING | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18494678 | MULTI-APPLICATION REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION | ZEE, EDWARD | 2435 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18063614 | AUTHORIZING PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENTS IN MESSAGING APPLICATIONS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 3696 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialWhatsapp LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Zonghua A Du has the most, with 1 of Whatsapp LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
