Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This 1 to 1 ratio of actions to examiners and units suggests that each pending matter is being treated as a distinct technical and administrative project within the broader networking field. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the applicant is addressing multiple technical standards or security protocols simultaneously.
Examiner DU, ZONGHUA A is identified as the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since the total pending workload consists of 2 actions, the responsibility is shared with another examiner. This distribution across 2 distinct art units means the applicant must address different sets of security or networking standards. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending office actions ensures that each case receives an independent evaluation, potentially leading to different prosecution timelines for the Networking & Security filings.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 | 59.0% | +42.1% |
| ZEE, EDWARD | 1 | 90.6% | +10.4% |
| JACOB, WILLIAM J | 1 | 49.0% | +34.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18494678 | MULTI-APPLICATION REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 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 | §102§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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