Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
428 pending office actions • 102 art units • 327 examiners • 0 of 428 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 698 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZTE Corporation currently manages 418 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed across 325 distinct examiners, which is a smaller number than the total 418 pending office actions. The portfolio spans 89 distinct art units, indicating a massive technical range for the company's filings. SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL is the busiest examiner, currently handling 4 pending office actions.
The 325 distinct examiners involved in these 418 pending office actions suggest that many examiners are responsible for more than one case. This wide distribution across 89 distinct art units requires the company to manage a vast array of procedural and technical requirements. SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL, with 4 pending office actions, represents a small point of concentration in a very large portfolio. Practitioners should note that the 418 pending office actions are subject to the diverse styles of these 325 distinct examiners.
The 89 distinct art units represent a significant variety of technical examination standards within Networking & Security. With 418 pending office actions, the volume of work is substantial and requires a highly coordinated prosecution strategy. Understanding the specific preferences of SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL is important for the 4 pending office actions they manage, as they are the busiest examiner in this set.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 71 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. 71 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 only | 6 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 28 (7%) |
| §103 only | 187 (44%) |
| §102 only | 44 (10%) |
| §112 only | 8 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 148 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 5 | 83.9% | +20.8% |
| AL SAMAHI, SANAA SHAKER ABED | 4 | 54.5% | +63.3% |
| SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 4 | 36.4% | +21.4% |
| RAHMAN, M MOSTAZIR | 4 | 68.1% | +41.2% |
| CHOI, WON JUN | 4 | 71.8% | +10.6% |
| SAMLUK, JESSE PAUL | 4 | 47.5% | +47.9% |
| PATEL, PARTHKUMAR | 4 | 78.2% | +23.2% |
| DAYA, TEJIS A | 3 | 85.5% | +1.6% |
| GEBRE, MESSERET F | 3 | 56.6% | +20.1% |
| OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 3 | 87.5% | +19.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18521291 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING CONTROL MESSAGE FORMAT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 131d overdue |
| 18689485 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION, AND TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 10d overdue |
| 18614613 | METHOD FOR COORDINATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION BETWEEN UES, UE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 34d |
| 18521735 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING UPLINK COMMON FREQUENCY RESOURCE | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 34d |
| 18580108 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 76d |
| 18749891 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING L1/L2 BASED INTER-CELL MOBILITY | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | — |
| 18459150 | SUCCESSIVE CONDITIONAL HANDOVER | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | — |
| 18361029 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | DAYA, TEJIS A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899083 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF | GEBRE, MESSERET F | 46d overdue |
| 18104496 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 31d overdue |
| 18290946 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 15d overdue |
| 18602347 | INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TON, DANG T | 9d overdue |
| 18606061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR POSITIONING | TRAN, PABLO N | 5d overdue |
| 18352409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SURVIVAL TIME AND COMMUNICATION SERVICE AVAILABILITY | OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK | 5d overdue |
| 18577347 | Cross-device Link Aggregation Packet Processing Method and System, Switch and Storage Medium | BARRY, LANCE LEONARD | 4d overdue |
| 18577447 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PATEL, JAY P | 2d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577429 | MULTI-CHASSIS LINK AGGREGATION ROUTING COMPUTATION METHOD, SWITCH, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GEBRE, MESSERET F | 141d overdue |
| 18521291 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING CONTROL MESSAGE FORMAT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE | 131d overdue |
| 18899083 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF | GEBRE, MESSERET F | 46d overdue |
| 18290946 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 15d overdue |
| 18689485 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION, AND TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 10d overdue |
| 18521833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UE PROCESSING | PATEL, PARTHKUMAR | 6d |
| 18618860 | LOSSLESS MULTICAST AND BROADCAST DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN HANDOVERS | PATEL, PARTHKUMAR | 21d |
| 18218530 | CHANNEL ACCESS PROCEDURES | AL SAMAHI, SANAA SHAKER ABED | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2411 | 21 |
| 2473 | 14 |
| 2465 | 13 |
| 2476 | 12 |
| 2472 | 11 |
| 2469 | 11 |
| 2478 | 11 |
| 2475 | 11 |
| 2474 | 11 |
| 2418 | 10 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19167093 | INTRA PREDICTION ENCODING METHOD, INTRA PREDICTION DECODING METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | VO, TUNG T | 2425 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19256951 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DATA MODULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PANWALKAR, VINEETA S | 2631 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19144726 | SCREEN MIRRORING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | KIYABU, KARIN A | 2626 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19215609 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION | SHARMA, GAUTAM | 2467 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19125105 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BAYARD, EMMANUEL | 2633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19119010 | VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT | LIMA, FABIO S | 2486 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19109715 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING APPLICATION INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19102543 | SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | JAIN, SWATI | 2649 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19101929 | Autonomous Driving Sensing Method and System, Controller and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 3658 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19044015 | DATA SPLITTING FOR MULTI-PATH TRANSMISSIONS | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18997054 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KIM, HEE SOO | 2443 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18996409 | CHANNEL RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TSE, YOUNG TOI | 2632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995444 | TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR AMBIENT BACKSCATTER, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, ANH | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING CONFIGURATION DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2441 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994863 | Message processing method, device, and storage medium | VU, VIET D | 2455 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994890 | AUDIO AND VIDEO CALLING METHOD AND APPARATUS | TSENG, CHARLES | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994120 | CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROLLER, NODE DEVICE, AND READABLE MEDIUM | COX, NATISHA D | 2458 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19020705 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION VERIFICATION IN NON TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR | 2643 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18993726 | Multi-Wavelength Label Signal Processing Method, Controller and Storage Medium | CORS, NATHAN M | 2634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18993117 | MULTI-TARGET POSITION CLASSIFICATION WIRELESS SENSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | 3648 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19015323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION VERIFICATION | NGUYEN, DAVID Q | 2643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18992194 | METHOD FOR LIFTING SPEAKING BAN AT VIDEO CONFERENCE, AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZENATI, AMAL S | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18992559 | OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK UNIT, AND NETWORK SYSTEM | SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881995 | VIDEO CALL CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, VIET | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18881111 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING REMOTE SHARING OF DISPLAY SCREEN, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MIDKIFF, AARON | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18880582 | PACKET GENERATION METHOD, PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT | DUONG, OANH | 2441 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880066 | Function Management Method of Network Management System, Storage Medium, and Related Apparatus | VANG, MENG | 2443 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18879391 | Information push method and device for dormant card, and storage medium | SHINGLES, KRISTIE D | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18878430 | COMPUTING POWER ROUTING SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTING POWER NETWORK NODE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, STEVEN C | 2451 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18877475 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION CODE SWITCHING METHOD, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALHWAMDEH, KAREEM FUAD | 2112 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18991194 | LOCATION UPDATE METHOD AND APPARATUS | GILLIS, BRIAN J | 2472 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18990743 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF ENFORCING TIME SYNCHRONIZATION | DAYA, TEJIS A | 2472 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BEAM INDICATION IN WIRELESS NETWORK | SIXTO, NANCY | 2465 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18876841 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PUENTE, EVA YI ZHENG | 2632 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876923 | OTDR TRACE CORRECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876964 | SESSION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876462 | NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18876280 | MESSAGE ROUTING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM | CHANG, KAI J | 2468 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18983906 | MULTIPLE SENSING RESOURCE SETS AND FREQUENCY LAYERS FOR INTEGRATED SENSING AND COMMUNICATION | PATEL, NIMESH | 2642 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18982632 | ENABLING AUTHENTICATION AND KEY MANAGEMENT FOR APPLICATION SERVICE FOR ROAMING USERS | JAIN, SWATI | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18981037 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION | MASUR, PAUL H | 2417 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18979134 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICES THEREOF | AL SAMAHI, SANAA SHAKER ABED | 2463 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18873877 | RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR SSB BEAMS, NETWORK DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976174 | COMMUNICATION PROTECTION METHOD, SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J | 2433 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18972081 | POWER SAVING POSITIONING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | 2631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18970456 | TRANSMITTING DATASETS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | BANERJEE, RANA | 2412 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18871849 | ELECTRONIC FENCE SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H | 2685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18871531 | ENERGY-SAVING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | PATEL, NIMESH G | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18871468 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | PARK, JUNG H | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18871303 | Unlocking Method, Terminal Device and Storage Medium | WANG, LIANG CHE A | 2447 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZTE Corporation has 428 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 102 art units and 327 examiners.
Kodzovi Acolatse has the most, with 5 of ZTE Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.