Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications
328 pending office actions • 12 clients • 249 examiners • 108 art units • 0 of 328 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 342 patents granted in the last 365 days
Astute IP Law Group has 320 pending office actions in Networking & Security and 2,636 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 93.92%, and the average is 3.15 office actions per allowance. The profile combines a very large active docket with a high resolved allowance result and an action path that usually includes multiple examination events before allowance.
The figures provide distinct operational signals. The pending count points to substantial current management needs, while the application count places the outcome measures in a broad historical context. The allowance rate applies to resolved applications, not automatically to the pending docket. The action average may assist with staffing and budgeting, but it does not identify whether the work arises from eligibility, prior art, or security-specific claim detail. Practitioners should use the metrics for planning and confirm strategy through file-level review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 85 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. 85 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 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 50 (15%) |
| §103 only | 130 (40%) |
| §102 only | 24 (7%) |
| §112 only | 3 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 113 (34%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 5 | 69.9% | +13.8% |
| BECK, LERON | 4 | 80.3% | +10.8% |
| DHILLON, PUNEET S | 4 | 80.6% | +20.2% |
| GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 4 | 73.9% | +18.0% |
| TELAN, MICHAEL R | 4 | 42.7% | +27.4% |
| FABER, DAVID | 4 | 50.8% | +36.9% |
| HESS, MICHAEL J | 4 | 43.4% | +5.4% |
| LI, TRACY Y | 3 | 80.7% | +16.0% |
| BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 3 | 61.8% | +16.1% |
| JEBARI, MOHAMMED | 3 | 56.0% | +15.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19316980 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | LI, TRACY Y | — |
| 19258850 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | DHILLON, PUNEET S | — |
| 19258857 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | DHILLON, PUNEET S | — |
| 18622378 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | BECK, LERON | — |
| 18622817 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | BECK, LERON | — |
| 18622078 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | BECK, LERON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18882633 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION INTERACTION | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 80d overdue |
| 18573378 | INTERACTION METHOD, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A | 31d overdue |
| 18552608 | NAVIGATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE | BENDIDI, RACHID | 28d overdue |
| 18720580 | INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | 9d overdue |
| 19053359 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR WORKFLOW AUTOMATION | DAGNEW, SABA | 4d overdue |
| 18882658 | INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GO, JOHN PHILIP | 4d overdue |
| 18878833 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETURN EVALUATION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CAO, VINCENT M | 3d overdue |
| 18289355 | HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA CENTER | ATTEY, JOEL M | 3d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438013 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 96d overdue |
| 18974257 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 9d overdue |
| 18551089 | INTERACTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 4d overdue |
| 19068975 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 3d overdue |
| 18712178 | OBJECT PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | FABER, DAVID | 9d |
| 18814306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO INTERACTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | FABER, DAVID | 30d |
| 18766463 | RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 57d |
| 19181015 | Untitled | BECK, LERON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2487 | 26 |
| 2482 | 17 |
| 2481 | 16 |
| 2485 | 12 |
| 2488 | 12 |
| 2426 | 12 |
| 2425 | 11 |
| 2486 | 9 |
| 2172 | 9 |
| 2178 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19181015 | Untitled | Bytedance Inc. | BECK, LERON | 2487 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19071359 | Untitled | BEIJING VOLCANO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | SCHELL, JOSEPH O | 2114 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19366206 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 2483 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19355933 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | TARKO, ASMAMAW G | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19348680 | CONTENT SEARCHING | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | DWIVEDI, MAHESH H | 2168 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19346491 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | ANDERSEN, KRISTOPHER E | 2159 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19344390 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | DEMOSKY, PATRICK E | 2486 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19344413 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | TARKO, ASMAMAW G | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19342304 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | LI, TRACY Y | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19163348 | VIDEO STREAM PLAYBACK METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19316980 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | LI, TRACY Y | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19317011 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19161213 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DATA QUERY | Lemon Inc. | SYED, FARHAN M | 2161 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19303157 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | LI, TRACY Y | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19303169 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | JEBARI, MOHAMMED | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19301917 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301870 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301859 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY | 2485 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301910 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | JIANG, ZAIHAN | 2488 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301879 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301885 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | NOH, JAE NAM | 2481 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301873 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | VO, TUNG T | 2425 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19298990 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | OWENS, TSION B | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19298086 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V | 2486 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19153285 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Lemon Inc. | MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN | 2159 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19278523 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19274338 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | OWENS, TSION B | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19271490 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 2485 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19268690 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BROWN JR, HOWARD D | 2488 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19268671 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | MATT, MARNIE A | 2485 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19267416 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19267426 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | LIMA, FABIO S | 2486 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19263296 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR POINT CLOUD CODING | Bytedance Inc. | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19261728 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | WALKER, JARED T | 2426 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19260202 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260146 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BECKER, JOSEPH W | 2483 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260068 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260113 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BECKER, JOSEPH W | 2483 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260110 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES | 2481 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260188 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BECKER, JOSEPH W | 2483 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260196 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19258669 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258635 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | HASAN, MAINUL | 2485 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258850 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258857 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258843 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258865 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19256064 | INTERACTION WITH DIGITAL ASSISTANT | BEIJING VOLCANO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3624 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19253669 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 2485 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19253683 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Bytedance Inc. | WALKER, JARED T | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial93.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Astute Ip Law Group were allowed, across 2,636 applications in USPTO records.
3.15 office actions per allowed application on average.
328 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 12 clients, before 249 examiners in 108 art units.
