Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fish & Richardson P.C. (Bytedance Ltd.)

27 pending office actions • 5 clients • 27 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
5
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (5)

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%)
26
Medium (96%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only23 (85%)
§102 only3 (11%)
§112 only1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
20
Information Tech
74% of docket
6
Communications
22% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOW, VAN NGUYEN 1 83.1% +12.8%
NGUY, CHI D 1 75.0% +16.0%
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.4% +36.1%
NGUYEN, DUNE NGOC 1
AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 1 64.1% +29.2%
LIPMAN, JACOB 1 83.4% +13.6%
FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 1 53.0% +38.1%
MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 1 66.6% +41.3%
WU, DAXIN 1 85.5% +18.3%
LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18443662 DETECTION METHOD FOR DIRECTION OF SIGHT, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 46d overdue
19207331 IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CHOW, VAN NGUYEN 31d overdue
18736698 COMPOSITION IN RECYCLING DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY LIPMAN, JACOB 30d overdue
18634786 APPLICATION CREATION WU, DAXIN 19d

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
19207331 IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CHOW, VAN NGUYEN 31d overdue
18919944 FRAMEWORK FOR ASYMMETRIC PRIVATE SET INTERSECTION MATCHING NGUY, CHI D 30d overdue
18736698 COMPOSITION IN RECYCLING DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY LIPMAN, JACOB 30d overdue
18891705 WORKFLOW CREATION GOLDBERG, IVAN R 16d overdue
18636963 DEBUGGING A DIGITAL ASSISTANT MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 12d
18634786 APPLICATION CREATION WU, DAXIN 19d
18759152 DEVICE DATA HASHING AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 28d
18672420 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-ASSISTED POST EDITING FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 43d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21743
26271
24351
36191
26181
24961
24341
21971
21911
26641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207331 IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CHOW, VAN NGUYEN 2627 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 13, 2025
18919944 FRAMEWORK FOR ASYMMETRIC PRIVATE SET INTERSECTION MATCHING BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. NGUY, CHI D 2435 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18891705 WORKFLOW CREATION BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18782126 PERSONALIZED CONTENT GRADIENT CREATION Lemon Inc. NGUYEN, DUNE NGOC 2618 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18759152 DEVICE DATA HASHING BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 2496 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18736698 COMPOSITION IN RECYCLING DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. LIPMAN, JACOB 2434 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18672420 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-ASSISTED POST EDITING Lemon Inc. FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending May 23, 2024
18636963 DEBUGGING A DIGITAL ASSISTANT BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18634786 APPLICATION CREATION BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. WU, DAXIN 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18443662 DETECTION METHOD FOR DIRECTION OF SIGHT, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 2664 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18435973 METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBJECT DRAGGING BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. TILLERY, RASHAWN N 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18434499 IMAGE RENDERING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. MEROUAN, ABDERRAHIM 2683 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18294761 METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERMISSION SYNCHRONIZATION BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHAW, PETER C 2493 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2024
18292033 METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ESTABLISHING A MOBILE DATA NETWORK BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. NG, CHRISTINE Y 2464 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18291736 METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING PROMPT INFORMATION BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. LE, RONG 2421 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2024
18574423 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PAGE PROCESSING BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. NGUYEN, KENNY 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18392898 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK TRAFFIC BASED ON REASONS FOR PACKET LOSS Lemon Inc. MAHMUD, GOLAM 2458 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18544725 CONTROL DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. MONSHI, SAMIRA 2422 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18571317 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INTERFACE SWITCHING BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. DISTEFANO, GREGORY A 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18541695 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DATA IN A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BEIJING VOLCANO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. JOHNSON, CARLTON 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18533706 INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. BELOUSOV, ANDREY 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18475763 KEY-VALUE STORAGE ENGINE FOR RANGE SCAN SORTED QUERIES BEIJING VOLCANO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ROBINSON, GRETA LEE 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18475912 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR END-TO-END EMULATION OF HARDWARE OFFLOADING OPERATION BEIJING VOLCANO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. WU, BENJAMIN C 2195 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18472420 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TRENDING EVENT IN APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CHAVEZ, RENEE D 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18469643 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MULTI-MEDIA CONTENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. PARKER, JEANETTE J 2646 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18054592 TEXT INPUT TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGES Lemon Inc. GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J 2153 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 11, 2022
18053851 AUTOMATIC DATA GENERATION Lemon Inc. RODRIGUEZ, ANTHONY JASON 2672 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022

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