Technology area: Networking & Security
20 pending office actions • 15 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. has 18 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 18 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units. Each action has a different examiner, while the art-unit distribution indicates that some technical units receive multiple matters.
WALSH, KATHLEEN M. is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of examiner concentration makes application-specific review important. Practitioners can still use the repeated art-unit assignments to identify recurring claim construction or prior-art themes, while keeping response planning tailored to each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 12 (60%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | 1 | 80.1% | +17.9% |
| ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | 1 | 68.9% | +13.5% |
| CHENG, CHI TANG P | 1 | 81.2% | +23.8% |
| NAWAZ, TALHA M | 1 | 89.4% | -0.7% |
| KASSIM, KHALED M | 1 | 70.4% | +38.1% |
| PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 77.3% | +15.6% |
| JIANG, ZAIHAN | 1 | 83.8% | +23.6% |
| HABIB, IRFAN | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
| LIU, SHU | 1 | 66.7% | -50.0% |
| RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS | 1 | 90.9% | +13.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19104191 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | HABIB, IRFAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19478776 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | — |
| 19473933 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CURRENT BLOCK BY USING RELATIONAL EXPRESSION BETWEEN REFERENCE BLOCK AND CURRENT BLOCK | ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | — |
| 19274485 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | CHENG, CHI TANG P | — |
| 19248324 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION | NAWAZ, TALHA M | — |
| 19108739 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USING GEOMETRIC DIVISION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | JIANG, ZAIHAN | — |
| 18861129 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SUBBAND IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19201850 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KASSIM, KHALED M | 71d |
| 19478776 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | — |
| 19473933 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CURRENT BLOCK BY USING RELATIONAL EXPRESSION BETWEEN REFERENCE BLOCK AND CURRENT BLOCK | ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | — |
| 19274485 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | CHENG, CHI TANG P | — |
| 19123762 | METHOD FOR DERIVING BLOCK VECTOR CANDIDATES AND DEVICE FOR SAME | PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE | — |
| 19108739 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USING GEOMETRIC DIVISION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | JIANG, ZAIHAN | — |
| 18861129 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SUBBAND IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2482 | 2 |
| 2467 | 2 |
| 2469 | 2 |
| 2471 | 2 |
| 2463 | 1 |
| 2422 | 1 |
| 2472 | 1 |
| 2486 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19478776 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19473933 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CURRENT BLOCK BY USING RELATIONAL EXPRESSION BETWEEN REFERENCE BLOCK AND CURRENT BLOCK | ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19274485 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | CHENG, CHI TANG P | 2463 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2025 |
| 19248324 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION | NAWAZ, TALHA M | 2422 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19201850 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KASSIM, KHALED M | 2472 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19123762 | METHOD FOR DERIVING BLOCK VECTOR CANDIDATES AND DEVICE FOR SAME | PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE | 2486 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19108739 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USING GEOMETRIC DIVISION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | JIANG, ZAIHAN | 2488 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19104191 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | HABIB, IRFAN | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19000631 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD SUPPORTING PLURALITY OF PPDU FORMATS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME | LIU, SHU | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18861129 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SUBBAND IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS | 2465 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18911756 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-USER CONCURRENT TRANSMISSION | SHARMA, GAUTAM | 2467 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18902833 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IN BASIC SERVICE SET OVERLAPPING WITH ANOTHER BASIC SERVICE SET | TANG, KIET G | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18900634 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING MULTILINK AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME | VANGAPATY, SRIHARSHA REDDY | 2475 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2024 |
| 18890765 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING SHARED TXOP, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME | MILORD, MARCEAU | 2641 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18818582 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING SHARED TXOP AND OPERATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | SIDDIQUI, KASHIF | 2415 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18778866 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND DATA CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | THOMAS, WILFRED | 2416 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18534580 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING MULTI-LINK AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME | CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL | 2467 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2023 |
| 18085570 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL CHANNEL OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | RIVAS, RAUL | 2471 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17928263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK AND UPLINK RADIO RESOURCES IN UNLICENSED BAND | JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM | 2469 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17867043 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DATA CHANNEL AND CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KUNDU, SUJOY K | 2471 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialWilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 15 art units and 20 examiners.
Kathleen M. Walsh has the most, with 1 of Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
