Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

28 pending office actions • 7 clients • 25 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 76 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4138 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.8%
Allowance Rate
n=4138
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4138
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=2589
-0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2589
1016 days
Time to Allowance
n=2589
+11.5pp
Interview Lift
n=4138
24.8%
RCE Rate
n=4138
5.5%
Appeal Rate
n=4138

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.4%
§101 Overcome
n=68
78.0%
§102 Overcome
n=309
76.3%
§103 Overcome
n=1497
87.3%
§112 Overcome
n=330

Specialization & Scale

H04N, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4138
0
Practitioners
n=4138
Apps / Practitioner
n=4138 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
23
Medium (82%)
5
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only22 (79%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only3 (11%)
Double-patenting only2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
15
Information Tech
54% of docket
3
Communications
11% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
6
Business / Other
21% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MENGESHA, MULUGETA A 2 81.6% +10.1%
HUANG, KAYLEE J 2 74.9% +50.5%
REISNER, NOAM S 2 74.3% -9.4%
BOYD, ALEXANDER L 1 74.4% +23.3%
HABIB, IRFAN 1 87.9% +8.5%
TAYLOR, JOSHUA D 1 59.1% +31.3%
JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T 1 87.7% -27.7%
VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 1 72.9% +13.7%
BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 1 80.5% +13.4%
BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 1 74.5% +11.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19038606 RE-SAMPLING WITH PHASE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT FOR LUMA AND CHROMA TO SELECT FILTERS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T 5d
19299129 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODIFYING MANIFESTS FOR APPLICATIONS MENGESHA, MULUGETA A
19202897 REDUCING MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN BI-DIRECTIONAL TEMPORAL PREDICTION HABIB, IRFAN
18912338 FOCUSING MECHANISM AND DEVICE FOR TELESCOPES BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE
18592301 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELAY MANIFESTS IN ABR CONTENT DELIVERY MENGESHA, MULUGETA A

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18930909 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING, SCORING AND AUTHENTICATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCED CONTENTS HUANG, KAYLEE J 49d overdue
19008540 CONDITIONALLY PARSED EXTENSION SYNTAX FOR HEVC EXTENSION PROCESSING VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 43d overdue
18893869 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM CATV PLANT CAPACITY EXPANSION BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 7d
19299129 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODIFYING MANIFESTS FOR APPLICATIONS MENGESHA, MULUGETA A
19271572 MANIFEST CUSTOMIZATION IN ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING BOYD, ALEXANDER L
19084585 DYNAMIC UPDATE SYSTEM FOR A REMOTE PHYSICAL DEVICE TAYLOR, JOSHUA D
18912338 FOCUSING MECHANISM AND DEVICE FOR TELESCOPES BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE
18806521 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACEABLE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT HUANG, KAYLEE J

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24243
24812
24472
28522
24821
26321
24411
24541
17261
24391

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19299129 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODIFYING MANIFESTS FOR APPLICATIONS Activevideo Networks, LLC MENGESHA, MULUGETA A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2025
19271572 MANIFEST CUSTOMIZATION IN ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING Arris Enterprises LLC BOYD, ALEXANDER L DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2025
19202897 REDUCING MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN BI-DIRECTIONAL TEMPORAL PREDICTION Arris Enterprises LLC HABIB, IRFAN DP Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19084585 DYNAMIC UPDATE SYSTEM FOR A REMOTE PHYSICAL DEVICE Arris Enterprises LLC TAYLOR, JOSHUA D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19038606 RE-SAMPLING WITH PHASE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT FOR LUMA AND CHROMA TO SELECT FILTERS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING Arris Enterprises LLC JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T 2481 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 27, 2025
19008540 CONDITIONALLY PARSED EXTENSION SYNTAX FOR HEVC EXTENSION PROCESSING Arris Enterprises LLC VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 2482 §112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2025
18930909 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING, SCORING AND AUTHENTICATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCED CONTENTS Arris Enterprises LLC HUANG, KAYLEE J 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18912338 FOCUSING MECHANISM AND DEVICE FOR TELESCOPES Nantong Schmidt Opto-Electrical Technology Co. Ltd. BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18893869 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM CATV PLANT CAPACITY EXPANSION Arris Enterprises LLC BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 2632 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Sep 23, 2024
18889196 EXTENDIBLE L-PLATE FOR CAMERA EQUIPMENT Really Right Stuff, LLC REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18812909 CHANNEL MANIFEST PUBLISHER Arris Enterprises LLC DUONG, OANH 2441 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2024
18806521 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACEABLE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT Arris Enterprises LLC HUANG, KAYLEE J 2447 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2024
18838458 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF SENSOR FUSION IN COOPERATIVE PERCEPTION SYSTEMS Currus AI Inc. HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18835211 DYNAMIC SOFT DUPLEX WITH MIXED MODE Arris Enterprises LLC EBRAHIM, ANEZ C 2454 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18763263 Broadcast Delivered HLS System Arris Enterprises LLC MENDOZA, JUNIOR O 2424 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2024
18592301 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELAY MANIFESTS IN ABR CONTENT DELIVERY Arris Enterprises LLC MENGESHA, MULUGETA A 2424 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18582546 SOLAR MOUNTING ASSEMBLY Swif Solar LLC TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18408305 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETER DEVICE ATTACKS Arris Enterprises LLC SCOTT, RANDY A 2439 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18382978 INSTALLATION AND SCALING FOR VCORES Arris Enterprises LLC TODD, GREGORY G 2443 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18245650 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPRING PRESSURE BRAKE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Chr. Mayr GmbH + Co. Kg LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 16, 2023
18114192 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KEEP-ALIVE ACTIVITIES Arris Enterprises LLC POPE, KHARYE 2693 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Feb 24, 2023
17977703 INTEGRATED RECEIVER DECODER MANAGEMENT IN HTTP STREAMING NETWORKS Arris Enterprises LLC FLYNN, RANDY A 2424 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17966505 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING MOBILE INTERFERENCE IN OFDM DATA Arris Enterprises LLC DIVITO, WALTER J 2465 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2022
17891759 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION MANAGMENT USING EXTERNAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SERVICE Arris Enterprises LLC KORZUCH, WILLIAM R 2491 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17881451 MACHINE LEARNING FOR RF IMPAIRMENT DETECTION Arris Enterprises LLC MOORE, IAN N 2469 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 04, 2022
17412790 SUPPORT FOR A TRIPOD Really Right Stuff, LLC REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2021
17204750 Full Duplex Bidirectional Transmission on Coaxial Cable in CATV Network Arris Enterprises LLC KRETZER, CASEY L 2635 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 17, 2021
16043733 INTRA MODE JVET CODING Arris Enterprises LLC UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jul 24, 2018

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