Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

73 pending office actions • 39 art units • 61 examiners • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 111 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

73
Total Pending OAs
42
Non-Final OAs
30
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 73 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33
Overdue
10
Due this week
16
Due this month
9
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 73 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (10)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (9)Due later (5)

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 (3%)
66
Medium (90%)
1
Easy (1%)
4
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§103 only61 (84%)
§102 only5 (7%)
§112 only1 (1%)
No statute on record4 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
22
Information Tech
30% of docket
42
Communications
58% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
146 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
255 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZENATI, AMAL S 3 79.7% +14.6%
MOHAMMED, ASSAD 3 73.3% +11.2%
LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 2 82.4% +14.1%
PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 2 82.9% +3.3%
MAHMUD, GOLAM 2 60.6% +30.8%
TIEU, BINH KIEN 2 87.0% +9.3%
NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH 2 79.1% +31.6%
PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 2 81.2% +13.5%
JONES, CARISSA ANNE 2 84.6% +23.5%
ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2 60.4% +26.2%

Quick Wins (9)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18768339 Sharing Video Conference Content Using A Virtual Display LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 31d overdue
18781149 Virtual Backgrounds For Other Conference Participants LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 19d overdue
17973218 REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT DEVICES FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCES BASED ON CLIENT DEVICE CONTEXT JONES, CARISSA ANNE 16d overdue
18359158 VIDEO SUMMARY GENERATION FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCES PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 15d overdue
18627098 CONTRASTIVE LEARNING WITH ADVERSARIAL DATA FOR ROBUST SPEECH TRANSLATION PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 11d overdue
18362853 Authenticating A Follower Device Under Leader Device Control For Video Conferencing PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 5d
18427341 Simulating Depth In A Two-Dimensional Video Using Feature Detection And Parallax Effect With Multilayer Video And An In-Band Channel TIEU, BINH KIEN 8d
18061748 Video Conference Image Correction JONES, CARISSA ANNE 8d

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
18127430 CONTEXTUALIZED SPELL CHECKER LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 77d overdue
17977499 Task-Based Virtual Calendar Scheduling Assertion HENRY, MATTHEW D 40d

Interview Candidates (18)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18780118 RECEIVING VIRTUAL RELOCATION DURING A NETWORK CONFERENCE ZENATI, AMAL S 42d overdue
18768339 Sharing Video Conference Content Using A Virtual Display LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 31d overdue
17977871 IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON(S) OF INTEREST ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 30d overdue
18781149 Virtual Backgrounds For Other Conference Participants LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 19d overdue
17973218 REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT DEVICES FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCES BASED ON CLIENT DEVICE CONTEXT JONES, CARISSA ANNE 16d overdue
18359158 VIDEO SUMMARY GENERATION FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCES PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 15d overdue
17977862 INCIDENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 5d overdue
18362853 Authenticating A Follower Device Under Leader Device Control For Video Conferencing PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 5d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2691 11
2693 6
2658 4
2694 4
2451 3
2445 3
2654 3
3624 2
2455 2
2409 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18990270 SELF-SELECT SUB-MEETINGS IN VIDEOCONFERENCING CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN 2451 Final Rejection 168d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18978248 USING WEARABLE DEVICES TO CAPTURE ACTIONS OF PARTICIPANTS IN A MEETING LAM, VINH TANG 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18949481 Deal Forecasting Within a Communication Platform SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18946531 ASSOCIATING CONFERENCE APPLICATION CONTENT WITH AN INSTANCE OF A NETWORK CONFERENCE JOSHI, SURAJ M 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 13, 2024
18945151 VIDEOCONFERENCE AUDIOVISUAL CONTROLLER LEE, BRYAN Y 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18921292 DUPLICATE MESSAGE FILTERING IN A MULTI-REGION ACTIVE-ACTIVE ARCHITECTURE SISON, JUNE Y 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2024
18918926 INTELLIGENT DETECTION OF SENSITIVE DATA WITHIN A COMMUNICATION PLATFORM WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED 2498 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 17, 2024
18906500 GENERATING ARCHIVAL DATA FROM VIRTUAL MEETINGS BARKER, TODD L 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 04, 2024
18822899 LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM)-ENHANCED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS SAINT CYR, LEONARD 2658 §102 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18804514 Velocity-Based Routing Rule Selection FANG, PAKEE 2409 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2024
18781149 Virtual Backgrounds For Other Conference Participants LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18780118 RECEIVING VIRTUAL RELOCATION DURING A NETWORK CONFERENCE ZENATI, AMAL S 2693 Other Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18778638 DETERMINING SECURITY INTRUSIONS DURING VIRTUAL CONFERENCES ZENATI, AMAL S 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18773974 AUTOMATED LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION DURING VIRTUAL CONFERENCES NGUYEN, PHUOC H 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18772805 Transparent Frames In Video Conferencing PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18770988 Virtual Assistant For Task Identification ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 3623 §102 Final Rejection 78d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18768339 Sharing Video Conference Content Using A Virtual Display LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18750442 Reconnecting To A Node Of An Interactive Voice Response Service GAUTHIER, GERALD 2692 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18627098 CONTRASTIVE LEARNING WITH ADVERSARIAL DATA FOR ROBUST SPEECH TRANSLATION PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18621836 SHARED APPLICATION CONTEXTS DURING VIDEO CONFERENCES MAHMUD, GOLAM 2458 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18611159 TASK PROCESSING AND EXECUTION USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT 2654 §102 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18610801 COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS TENGBUMROONG, NATHAN NARA 2654 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18604415 Encryption Key Distribution System SARKER, SANCHIT K 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18601264 Location-Based Conference Room Recommendation SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18443502 NOTIFICATION DISPLAY IN MESSAGE SESSION KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18440184 Modifying Queue Positions Of Users Of A Virtual Waiting Room DEANE JR, WILLIAM J 2693 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18436755 Video Bandwidth Optimization SUN, JIANGENG 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18435450 CREATING VIDEO CONFERENCE EXPOS ZENATI, AMAL S 2693 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18433618 3D DIGITAL VIRTUAL CHARACTER GENERATION FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 2614 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433781 3D DIGITAL VIRTUAL CHARACTER GENERATION VIA A TWO-STAGE PROCESS PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER 2617 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433975 AI-ASSISTED NOTIFICATIONS OF RELEVANT CONTENT DURING A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE JAHNIGE, CAROLINE H 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433638 3D DIGITAL VIRTUAL CHARACTER GENERATION WITH VIRTUAL TRIANGLES GRAY, RYAN M 2611 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18427341 Simulating Depth In A Two-Dimensional Video Using Feature Detection And Parallax Effect With Multilayer Video And An In-Band Channel TIEU, BINH KIEN 2694 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18427332 Simulating Depth In A Two-Dimensional Video Using Feature Detection And Parallax Effect With Backgroundless Video And An Out-Of-Band Channel TIEU, BINH KIEN 2694 Other Final Rejection 5d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18396839 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 2657 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18396227 SHARING CONTENT ACROSS VIDEOCONFERENCING SUB-MEETINGS DENNISON, JERRY B 2409 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18543795 GENERATING SPEAKER VIDEO AND AUDIO IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING SIDDO, IBRAHIM 2681 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18488577 Identifying A Video Frame For An Image In A Video Conference MOHAMMED, ASSAD 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18488582 Generating An Image In A Video Conference NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH 2691 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18372434 INTERACTIVE QUERY FACILITATION SHAH, ANTIM G 2693 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18450637 Tag-Based Virtual Background Boundary Area NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18228286 AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDATION AND FACILITATION OF NEXT-STEP ACTIONS GUNN, JEREMY L 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362845 Companion Mode Follower Device Control For Video Conferencing MAHMUD, GOLAM 2458 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18228349 AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS ROBERTS, SHAUN A 2655 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362162 Network Selection Via Telephony Node POPE, KHARYE 2693 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362853 Authenticating A Follower Device Under Leader Device Control For Video Conferencing PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18361397 COLLABORATION USING CONVERSATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DURING VIDEO CONFERENCING NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18359158 VIDEO SUMMARY GENERATION FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCES PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18127430 CONTEXTUALIZED SPELL CHECKER LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 2656 §101 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18104146 AUTOMATED TRANSLATION OF MESSAGES WITHIN A GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSION WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18102854 NON-INTRUSIVE BUILD TIME INJECTION TOOL FOR ACCELERATING LAUNCHING OF CLOUD APPLICATIONS WHEATON, BRADFORD F 2193 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18160066 Identifying A Speaking Conference Participant In A Physical Space MOHAMMED, ASSAD 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 26, 2023
18100914 REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE SCHEDULING ALSTON, FRANK MAURICE 3625 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jan 24, 2023
18095663 DUAL AUDIO STREAM PROCESSING AND TRANSMISSION MOHAMMED, ASSAD 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 11, 2023
18061748 Video Conference Image Correction JONES, CARISSA ANNE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 05, 2022
17923620 INCREMENTAL POST-EDITING AND LEARNING IN SPEECH TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION SERVICES CHAVEZ, RODRIGO A 2658 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Nov 07, 2022
17977499 Task-Based Virtual Calendar Scheduling Assertion HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101 Final Rejection 40d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17977862 INCIDENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17977855 DYNAMIC PROMINENCE OF VIDEO STREAMS DURING INCIDENT RESPONSE SHOEMAKER, ERIC JAMES 2664 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17977664 IN-CLIENT AUTHORIZATION WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H 2434 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17977623 FIRST RESPONSE SYSTEM JAKOVAC, RYAN J 2445 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17977871 IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON(S) OF INTEREST ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17973218 REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT DEVICES FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCES BASED ON CLIENT DEVICE CONTEXT JONES, CARISSA ANNE 2691 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17802120 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT RECOMMENDATION CARVALHO, ERROL A 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17954880 Integrations Within Executed Workflow Interactions ELKASSABGI, ZAHRA 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17875711 VIDEO BUBBLES DURING DOCUMENT EDITING TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17873279 DETECTING AUDIBLE REACTIONS DURING VIRTUAL MEETINGS ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O 2129 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2022
17864971 DELIVERY OF VOICEMAILS TO HANDHELD DEVICES HUYNH, VAN D 2665 §102 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2022
17859350 COLLABORATIVE CHAT MESSAGING FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS YE, ZI 2455 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 07, 2022
17849306 VOICE TRANSCRIPTION FEEDBACK FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2022
17733956 PROVIDING MULTISTREAM MACHINE TRANSLATION DURING VIRTUAL CONFERENCES ZHU, RICHARD Z 2654 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17732991 Preventing Exposure of Video Conference Media to Unauthorized Persons SHOLEMAN, ABU S 2496 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17582885 VIRTUAL EXPO ANALYTICS DALENCOURT, YVES 2457 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 24, 2022

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