Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Austin Rapp

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications

8 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

AUSTIN RAPP prosecutes applications in Networking & Security. The profile shows 7 pending office actions and 2215 career applications, so the current docket is limited compared with the firm’s recorded application activity in this technical field.

The resolved allowance rate is 78.47%, and the average is 3.38 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters have reached allowance in a majority of cases reflected by the rate, while the action average indicates that prosecution commonly includes several examination exchanges. Practitioners should account for both the network-security subject matter and the response effort suggested by these measures.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2215 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2215
+0.29σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2215
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=1385
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1385
1214 days
Time to Allowance
n=1385
+14.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2215
25.6%
RCE Rate
n=2215
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2215

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.7%
§101 Overcome
n=143
76.2%
§102 Overcome
n=483
78.6%
§103 Overcome
n=866
83.0%
§112 Overcome
n=364

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
29%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2215
1
Practitioners
n=2215
2215.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2215

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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 (25%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (25%)
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only2 (25%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
62% of docket
3
Communications
38% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AZAD, MD ABUL K 1 81.5% +20.9%
GUILLERMETY, JUAN M 1 72.8% +14.0%
CHIO, TAT CHI 1 73.0% +17.5%
BEYEN, ZEWDU A 1 83.6% +14.9%
SHAHEED, KHALID W 1 83.3% +14.9%
ALAWDI, SHEHAB A 1 83.8% -18.6%
BEAMER, TEMICA M 1 88.5% +4.1%
OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON 1 75.0% +15.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18476163 RRC IDLE MODE TRANSITION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELL BEAMER, TEMICA M 9d
18913704 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH DUPLICATE PAGING IN A 3-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE BEYEN, ZEWDU A —
18902227 MSG3 TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY REPORT IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR AMBIENT IOT SHAHEED, KHALID W —

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
19017346 RESOURCE CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD AZAD, MD ABUL K —
18928924 SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT OF PRINTER DRIVERS AND PRINTER PROFILES GUILLERMETY, JUAN M —

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
18476045 RRC IDLE MODE TRANSITION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELL OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON 9d overdue
19017346 RESOURCE CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD AZAD, MD ABUL K —
18928924 SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT OF PRINTER DRIVERS AND PRINTER PROFILES GUILLERMETY, JUAN M —
18913739 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH NEW AND DUPLICATE PAGING DETECTION IN A 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE CHIO, TAT CHI —
18913704 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH DUPLICATE PAGING IN A 3-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE BEYEN, ZEWDU A —
18902227 MSG3 TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY REPORT IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR AMBIENT IOT SHAHEED, KHALID W —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Sharp 6
Husqvarna 1
Vasion, Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21191
26821
24861
24611
26431
24661
26461
24721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19017346 RESOURCE CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Husqvarna AB AZAD, MD ABUL K 2119 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18928924 SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT OF PRINTER DRIVERS AND PRINTER PROFILES Vasion, Inc. GUILLERMETY, JUAN M 2682 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18913739 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH NEW AND DUPLICATE PAGING DETECTION IN A 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha CHIO, TAT CHI 2486 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18913704 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH DUPLICATE PAGING IN A 3-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha BEYEN, ZEWDU A 2461 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18902227 MSG3 TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY REPORT IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR AMBIENT IOT Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha SHAHEED, KHALID W 2643 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18405662 DOWNLINK COVERAGE WITH BEAM GROUPS FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha ALAWDI, SHEHAB A 2466 — Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18476163 RRC IDLE MODE TRANSITION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELL Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha BEAMER, TEMICA M 2646 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18476045 RRC IDLE MODE TRANSITION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELL Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON 2472 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Austin Rapp's patent allowance rate?

78.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Austin Rapp were allowed, across 2,215 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Austin Rapp average before allowance?

3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Austin Rapp have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.

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