Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And Charter Communications

17 pending office actions • 1 client • 17 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=27748 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=27748
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=27748
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=17062
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17062
1009 days
Time to Allowance
n=17062
+3.3pp
Interview Lift
n=27748
28.2%
RCE Rate
n=27748
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=27748

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.8%
§101 Overcome
n=1440
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=8285
78.0%
§103 Overcome
n=13641
79.0%
§112 Overcome
n=7828

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F05D, F01D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=27748
59
Practitioners
n=27748
470.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=27748

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

8
Hard (47%)
9
Medium (53%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only9 (53%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
65% of docket
3
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOSSAIN, FARZANA E 1 65.4% +18.3%
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 1 79.1% +3.1%
CHEN, QING 1 79.9% +53.0%
NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN 1 77.5% +23.9%
MONSUR, NASIMA 1 78.7% +26.0%
RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 1 90.5% +14.3%
FERRIS, DERRICK W 1 25.4% -4.1%
RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN 1 88.9% +14.6%
CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL 1 71.8% +40.4%
JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 1 53.8% +21.6%

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
18417436 DETERMINING COVERAGE AREA OVERLAP OF BASE STATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 43d overdue
18510886 DETERMINING A STATUS OF A VIRTUAL GATEWAY RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN

Hard Cases (8)

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
18353574 REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION GENERATION USING SMART TRAFFIC SIGNALS PHAM, CLINT V 32d overdue
18415214 OPTIMIZING FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ASSIGNMENT BASED ON HIGH-FIDELITY OBSTRUCTION HEIGHTS FERRIS, DERRICK W 28d overdue
18746914 AUTHORIZATION INTERMEDIARY TO REDUCE NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH AND PROCESSOR UTILIZATION OF A BACK-END AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM HOSSAIN, FARZANA E 33d
18497462 RECONFIGURATION OF MODEM DEVICES TO LIMIT CHANNEL BONDING CAPACITY CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL 39d
18653517 DYNAMICALLY UPGRADING A MODEM CHEN, QING
18582164 CATV SYSTEM SIGNAL LEAKAGE DETECTION USING A DRONE MONSUR, NASIMA
18475319 FREQUENCY RANGE ALLOCATION TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE IN USER EQUIPMENT IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER NGUYEN, THE HY
18353539 REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING SMART TRAFFIC SIGNALS JEN, MINGJEN

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18417436 DETERMINING COVERAGE AREA OVERLAP OF BASE STATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 43d overdue
18583511 DYNAMIC ANTENNA DEVICE RECONFIGURATION FOR SPECTRUM ACCESS REQUESTS FOLLOWING INCUMBENT-BASED SUSPENSION NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN 13d
18746914 AUTHORIZATION INTERMEDIARY TO REDUCE NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH AND PROCESSOR UTILIZATION OF A BACK-END AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM HOSSAIN, FARZANA E 33d
18497462 RECONFIGURATION OF MODEM DEVICES TO LIMIT CHANNEL BONDING CAPACITY CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL 39d
18653517 DYNAMICALLY UPGRADING A MODEM CHEN, QING
18582164 CATV SYSTEM SIGNAL LEAKAGE DETECTION USING A DRONE MONSUR, NASIMA
18510886 DETERMINING A STATUS OF A VIRTUAL GATEWAY RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN
18493349 NOTIFYING A VIRTUAL GATEWAY OF QOS TREATMENT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE CONNECTING TO A LOCAL AREA NETWORK JOHNSON, AMY COHEN

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC 17

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24782
24821
24411
21911
24151
28581
24651
24111
24711
24551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18746914 AUTHORIZATION INTERMEDIARY TO REDUCE NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH AND PROCESSOR UTILIZATION OF A BACK-END AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM Charter Communications Operating, LLC HOSSAIN, FARZANA E 2482 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18738765 SECURE AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL HUMANS Charter Communications Operating, LLC ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18653517 DYNAMICALLY UPGRADING A MODEM Charter Communications Operating, LLC CHEN, QING 2191 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2024
18583511 DYNAMIC ANTENNA DEVICE RECONFIGURATION FOR SPECTRUM ACCESS REQUESTS FOLLOWING INCUMBENT-BASED SUSPENSION Charter Communications Operating, LLC NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN 2415 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18582164 CATV SYSTEM SIGNAL LEAKAGE DETECTION USING A DRONE Charter Communications Operating, LLC MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18417436 DETERMINING COVERAGE AREA OVERLAP OF BASE STATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER Charter Communications Operating, LLC RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 2465 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18415214 OPTIMIZING FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ASSIGNMENT BASED ON HIGH-FIDELITY OBSTRUCTION HEIGHTS Charter Communications Operating, LLC FERRIS, DERRICK W 2411 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18510886 DETERMINING A STATUS OF A VIRTUAL GATEWAY Charter Communications Operating, LLC RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN 2471 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2023
18497462 RECONFIGURATION OF MODEM DEVICES TO LIMIT CHANNEL BONDING CAPACITY Charter Communications Operating, LLC CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL 2478 §102§103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18493349 NOTIFYING A VIRTUAL GATEWAY OF QOS TREATMENT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE CONNECTING TO A LOCAL AREA NETWORK Charter Communications Operating, LLC JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2455 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18487577 PERSONALIZED MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL ENSEMBLES FOR RENDERING OF PHOTOREALISTIC FACIAL REPRESENTATIONS Charter Communications Operating, LLC STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18475319 FREQUENCY RANGE ALLOCATION TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE IN USER EQUIPMENT IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER Charter Communications Operating, LLC NGUYEN, THE HY 2478 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18467149 POWERING A FIBER-TO-COAXIAL TAP DEVICE Charter Communications Operating, LLC WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE 2635 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 14, 2023
18353574 REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION GENERATION USING SMART TRAFFIC SIGNALS Charter Communications Operating, LLC PHAM, CLINT V 3663 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18353539 REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING SMART TRAFFIC SIGNALS Charter Communications Operating, LLC JEN, MINGJEN 3657 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18163719 LOW BITRATE DIGITAL HUMAN COMMUNICATION SESSIONS USING MOTION CAPTURE DATA STREAMS Charter Communications Operating, LLC MINKO, DENIS VASILIY 2612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2023
17306470 ENCRYPTING DATA IN A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Charter Communications Operating, LLC WANG, CHAO 2439 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2021

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