Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Barta Jones, Pllc

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

115 pending office actions • 9 clients • 110 examiners • 74 art units • 13 of 115 (11%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Barta Jones, PLLC has 116 pending office actions in Networking & Security and 2,063 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 91.66%, and the average is 3.71 office actions per allowance. The profile shows active work in a defined technology area alongside a measurable historical record.

The allowance rate indicates the reported outcome for resolved matters, while the action average points to a prosecution path involving several office-action exchanges before allowance. Practitioners should account for both current docket volume and expected response effort. The application total provides context for the historical measures, but does not isolate results for the pending set.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2063 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.7%
Allowance Rate
n=2063
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2063
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=1154
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1154
1014 days
Time to Allowance
n=1154
-6.2pp
Interview Lift
n=2063
36.8%
RCE Rate
n=2063
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=2063

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.7%
§101 Overcome
n=414
72.1%
§102 Overcome
n=556
74.6%
§103 Overcome
n=975
74.1%
§112 Overcome
n=448

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
55%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2063
1
Practitioners
n=2063
2063.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2063

Portfolio Summary

115
Total Pending OAs
80
Non-Final OAs
32
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
7
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (7)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.

61
Hard (53%)
47
Medium (41%)
5
Easy (4%)
2
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only13 (11%)
§101 + other15 (13%)
§103 only40 (35%)
§102 only7 (6%)
§112 only5 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)33 (29%)
No statute on record2 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
70
Information Tech
61% of docket
15
Communications
13% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
24
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
4
Business / Other
3% 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.

1,150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
230 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
402 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
10.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FU, HAO 3 49.9% +24.8%
CAI, WAYNE HUU 2 79.6% +15.5%
AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR 2 83.3% +20.0%
RIFKIN, BEN M 2 44.2% +17.1%
SHAW, PETER C 1 76.0% +36.3%
TROTTER, SCOTT S 1 63.4% +14.2%
SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 1 28.3% +30.1%
SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD 1 8.8% +11.4%
RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 1 4.4% +7.4%
DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 1 28.9% +28.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18709694 PARALLEL UPLINK TRANSMISSION BASED ON FREQUENCY-DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING INFORMATION AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR —

Hard Cases (61)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18448105 DYNAMIC CUSTOMIZED INCENTIVES FOR INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLANS HEWITT II, CALVIN L 259d overdue
18640812 CROSS-PLATFORM RECORD MANAGEMENT USING A PEER-TO-PEER LINK SERVICE KANERVO, VIRPI H 49d overdue
18190086 CONSERVING COMPUTING RESOURCES DURING IDENTITY VALIDATION VIA A LAST USED ACCOUNT QAYYUM, ZESHAN 17d overdue
18574193 REDUCING UPLINK INTERRUPTION IN DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK (DAPS) HANDOVER NGUYEN, THERESA 4d overdue
18257363 ACCESS TOKEN HANDLING FOR INDIRECT COMMUNICATION TRUONG, THONG P 9d
17734510 FEDERATED LEARNING RIFKIN, BEN M 34d
18415643 REDUCING HIGH-RISK BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH FIAT CURRENCY ACCOUNTS CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 57d
18002929 RANDOM ACCESS REPORT IN MIXED NETWORK TYPES GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR 72d

Interview Candidates (14)

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
17734510 FEDERATED LEARNING RIFKIN, BEN M 34d
17816467 DATA TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT FOR USER EQUIPMENT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK CAI, WAYNE HUU 54d
19316801 Untitled SHAW, PETER C —
19337889 A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUESTING CONSENT FROM A CONSUMER TO COMPLETE AN ACTION TROTTER, SCOTT S —
19280042 ADAPTIVE REQUEST HANDLING USING A DYNAMIC SERVER HEALTH SCORE SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY —
19268960 NATURAL LANGUAGE USER INTERFACE FOR AN AUTOMATED LOYALTY PROGRAM DESIGNER FRAMEWORK SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD —
19129050 A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS FROM CRYPTO WALLETS DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL —
19093088 FACILITATING PAYMENTS IN AN EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEM BASED ON BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRICS FU, HAO —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24785
36954
24774
24664
26423
26443
36923
24113
36912
36262

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19316801 Untitled Nokia Technologies Oy SHAW, PETER C 2493 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending
19337889 A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUESTING CONSENT FROM A CONSUMER TO COMPLETE AN ACTION Mastercard International Incorporated TROTTER, SCOTT S 3696 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2025
19280042 ADAPTIVE REQUEST HANDLING USING A DYNAMIC SERVER HEALTH SCORE Mastercard International Incorporated SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 3691 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2025
19268960 NATURAL LANGUAGE USER INTERFACE FOR AN AUTOMATED LOYALTY PROGRAM DESIGNER FRAMEWORK Mastercard International Incorporated SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD 3621 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19222828 DATA PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE Mastercard International Incorporated RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 3626 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2025
19129050 A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS FROM CRYPTO WALLETS Mastercard International Incorporated DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 3698 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2025
19093088 FACILITATING PAYMENTS IN AN EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEM BASED ON BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRICS Mastercard International Incorporated FU, HAO 3695 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19112256 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING A RISK OF SERVICE UNAVAILABILITY DURING CA MIGARATION Nokia Technologies Oy ZHENG, BIN QING 2499 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 16, 2025
19063282 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING OVERALL ACCOUNT-LEVEL RISKS OF CARDHOLDERS Mastercard International Incorporated FU, HAO 3695 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19055479 AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING DATA HANDLING CONTRACTS FOR RECEIVED DATA ENTITIES Mastercard International Incorporated SOMERS, MARC S 2159 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19103147 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION Nokia Technologies Oy NGUYEN, HAI V 2649 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 11, 2025
19043122 ENHANCED GUEST CHECKOUT TOKENIZATION Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd. PHAN, NICHOLAS K 3699 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 31, 2025
18997103 BANDWIDTH AND/OR SCENARIO BASED FEATURE SELECTION Nokia Technologies Oy PATEL, NIMESH 2642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 20, 2025
19030002 FACILITATING EFFICIENT MULTI-BEAM BEAM RECOVERY Nokia Technologies Oy CRAVER, CHARLES R 3992 §103Other Final Rejection 38d overdue AI Ready Jan 17, 2025
18719884 PAGING A USER DEVICE IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK Nokia Technologies Oy ELNOUBI, SAID M 2644 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18963152 AUTOMATING DEPLOYMENT OF MACHINE LEARNING WORKFLOWS USING A WORKBENCH PLATFORM Mastercard International Incorporated HAN, MICHELLE XUE 2192 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18951636 FRAUD DETECTION BASED ON COLLABORATIVE FILTERING Mastercard International Incorporated MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 3619 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18947962 SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION BASED ACTIVATION COMMAND FOR TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION STATE Nokia Technologies Oy SHAH, SAUMIT §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18937935 DYNAMIC CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SPATIAL ANCHORS Nokia Technologies Oy CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 2617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18862447 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A USER DEVICE IN A NETWORK Nokia Technologies Oy CAI, WAYNE HUU 2469 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18932937 SIB-BASED DISTRIBUTED ACCESS FOR SATELLITE SWITCHING WITHOUT L3 MOBILITY Nokia Technologies Oy BOUTAH, ALINA A 2458 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18861989 UE POWER SAVING MECHANISM Nokia Technologies Oy KIM, ANDREW CHANUL 2471 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18861664 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SYNCHRONIZATION Nokia Technologies Oy HARPER, KEVIN C 2462 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18930185 WAKE-UP SIGNALS Nokia Technologies Oy KANG, SUK JIN 2477 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18916606 LOCAL ROUTING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK (NTN) ACCESS Nokia Technologies Oy TRAN, THAI Q 2484 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18907733 OPERATION OF CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS ON UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BANDS Nokia Technologies Oy VAN, JENKEY 2477 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854648 DEVICES, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL-CONTROL ELEMENT TRANSMISSION Nokia Technologies Oy ZAIDI, IQBAL 2464 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18897765 SKIPPING TRANSMISSION OF UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION Nokia Technologies Oy PHILLIPS, MICHAEL K 2464 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18850465 NEGOTIATION APPLICABILITY FOR INACTIVE OR IDLE RECEPTION OF A MULTICAST SERVICE Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy CHEN, CAI Y 2425 §103Other Final Rejection 27d AI Ready Sep 24, 2024
18847884 LOCATION SERVICE ENHANCEMENT BASED ON USAGE OF AN USER PLANE INTERFACE WITH A TERMINAL DEVICE Nokia Technologies Oy KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V 2463 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18883567 MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVER POINT OPERATION Nokia Technologies Oy SAIFUDDIN, AHMED 2475 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18829483 MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVER POINT OPERATION Nokia Technologies Oy LEE, SANG CHEON 2467 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18829056 SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL MEASUREMENT BASED ON A PLURALITY OF MEASUREMENT SAMPLES Nokia Technologies Oy MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18826918 SERVICE CONTINUITY OF BISTATIC UE-ASSISTED SENSING SERVICES Nokia Technologies Oy NGUYEN, THE HY 2478 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18825711 MEASUREMENT COLLECTION AND REPORTING Nokia Technologies Oy MOORE JR, MICHAEL J 2467 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18824849 IDENTIFYING MULTI-PARTY ANONYMIZATION IN CRYPTOCURRENCY DATA Mastercard International Incorporated RUSS, COREY V 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18823850 RANK DRIVEN MEASUREMENT EVENT AND REPORTING Nokia Technologies Oy LIN, KENNY S 2416 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18823091 REGISTRATION AND SELECTION OF USER EQUIPMENT FOR WIRELESS NETWORK SENSING SERVICES Nokia Technologies Oy VU, QUOC THAI NGOC 2642 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18819701 USE FOR PASSIVE RADIOS Nokia Technologies Oy HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 2433 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819022 MECHANISM FOR TESTING MODEL BASED PREDICTION ACCURACY Nokia Technologies Oy REDDIVALAM, SRINIVASA R 2477 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819470 NETWORK CONTROLLED MEASUREMENT INTERRUPTION RATIO Nokia Technologies Oy SCIACCA, SCOTT M 2478 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18818690 SENSING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Nokia Technologies Oy LI, GUANG W 2478 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18816748 COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT Nokia Technologies Oy LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 2641 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18815823 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH CONFIDENCE RATINGS Mastercard Technologies Canada Ulc KIRK, BRYAN J 3628 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18840038 IDENTIFYING UE-TO-UE COMMUNICATION AND RELAYING TRAFFIC VIA UE-TO-UE COMMUNICATION Nokia Technologies Oy MOHEBBI, KOUROUSH 2471 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18810478 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING A REAL-TIME EMBEDDING Mastercard International Incorporated FELTEN, DANIEL S 3692 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18839827 CO-PHASING BEAMS Nokia Technologies Oy AUNG, SAI 2416 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18807562 BEAM MANAGEMENT Nokia Technologies Oy CHANG, JUNGWON 2454 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18803782 METHOD OF GRILLING Char Systems, LLC PO, MING CHEUNG 1771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18837775 USER EQUIPMENT RECEPTION BEAM REFINEMENT BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF SECOND USER EQUIPMENT Nokia Technologies Oy ACOLATSE, KODZOVI 2478 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 12, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Barta Jones, Pllc's patent allowance rate?

91.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Barta Jones, Pllc were allowed, across 2,063 applications in USPTO records.

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3.71 office actions per allowed application on average.

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115 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 110 examiners in 74 art units.

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