Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Arentfox Schiff LLP &

9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 1 of 9 (11%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=33105 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=33105
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=33105
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=22173
-0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=22173
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=22173
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=33105
28.9%
RCE Rate
n=33105
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=33105

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3320
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=9027
80.9%
§103 Overcome
n=14466
81.1%
§112 Overcome
n=8656

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=33105
20
Practitioners
n=33105
1655.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=33105

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
44% of docket
2
Communications
22% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SONG, HOSUK 1 94.7% +2.8%
TRUONG, DENNIS 1 74.2% +27.6%
GHAFFARI, ABU Z 1 79.2% +47.0%
ZHAO, BING 1 89.9% +45.9%
VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C 1 28.0% +55.2%
SINGH, DALZID E 1 90.9% +6.8%
LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 1 13.4% +15.5%
DIVECHA, KAMAL B 1 25.3% +44.5%
ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN 1 0.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19044469 RESISTANCE TO SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKS ON 5G NETWORK SLICES SONG, HOSUK
18500302 END-TO-END SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FOR PRIVILEGED 5G NETWORK TRAFFIC SINGH, DALZID E

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18332466 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING VIEWS OF TIME-SERIES BASED EVENT DATA LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 29d
18444156 DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION OF ML-FOR-RAN GHAFFARI, ABU Z
18420159 VERIFYING OPERATING SYSTEM DISK INTEGRITY FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES ZHAO, BING
18400408 USE OF CODELETS TO SOLVE INTEROPERABILITY PROBLEMS IN NETWORK FUNCTIONS VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C
18300909 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY IMBALANCE AND ENABLE MID-FLOW REBALANCING DIVECHA, KAMAL B
18163711 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL SALIENCY EXPLANATION FOR TIME SERIES MODELS ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18332466 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING VIEWS OF TIME-SERIES BASED EVENT DATA LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 29d
18679128 ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR NETWORK ANALYTICS TRUONG, DENNIS
18444156 DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION OF ML-FOR-RAN GHAFFARI, ABU Z
18420159 VERIFYING OPERATING SYSTEM DISK INTEGRITY FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES ZHAO, BING
18400408 USE OF CODELETS TO SOLVE INTEROPERABILITY PROBLEMS IN NETWORK FUNCTIONS VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C
18300909 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY IMBALANCE AND ENABLE MID-FLOW REBALANCING DIVECHA, KAMAL B

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Microsoft 8
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26421
41001
21511
24811
26351
36241
24531
21231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19044469 RESISTANCE TO SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKS ON 5G NETWORK SLICES Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC SONG, HOSUK §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
18679128 ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR NETWORK ANALYTICS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC TRUONG, DENNIS 2642 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18444156 DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION OF ML-FOR-RAN Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC GHAFFARI, ABU Z 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18420159 VERIFYING OPERATING SYSTEM DISK INTEGRITY FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC ZHAO, BING 2151 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18400408 USE OF CODELETS TO SOLVE INTEROPERABILITY PROBLEMS IN NETWORK FUNCTIONS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C 2481 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18500302 END-TO-END SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FOR PRIVILEGED 5G NETWORK TRAFFIC Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC SINGH, DALZID E 2635 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18332466 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING VIEWS OF TIME-SERIES BASED EVENT DATA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 29d AI Ready Jun 09, 2023
18300909 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY IMBALANCE AND ENABLE MID-FLOW REBALANCING Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC DIVECHA, KAMAL B 2453 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18163711 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL SALIENCY EXPLANATION FOR TIME SERIES MODELS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN 2123 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2023

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