Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Han Ip Pllc

Technology area: Networking & Security

60 pending office actions • 3 clients • 58 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 60 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Han IP PLLC focuses on Networking & Security, having managed 1560 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 88.52 percent. Prosecution typically requires an average of 2.89 office actions per allowance.

There are 39 pending office actions currently being handled by the firm. The 88.52 percent allowance rate across 1560 career applications shows a strong success rate in networking technologies. With 2.89 average office actions per allowance, the firm demonstrates an efficient approach to resolving patent applications. This efficiency is a key factor for the 39 pending office actions currently on the firm's docket. The firm's track record with 1560 career applications highlights its ability to maintain an 88.52 percent allowance rate while managing a steady volume of networking and security cases.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1560 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1560
+0.44σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1560
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=1103
-0.26σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1103
832 days
Time to Allowance
n=1103
-8.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1560
30.7%
RCE Rate
n=1560
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1560

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.8%
§101 Overcome
n=76
74.2%
§102 Overcome
n=582
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=909
79.1%
§112 Overcome
n=339

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, H04B
Top CPC Subclasses
41%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1560
1
Practitioners
n=1560
1560.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1560

Portfolio Summary

60
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

23
Hard (38%)
37
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (3%)
§103 only32 (53%)
§102 only5 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
32
Information Tech
53% of docket
4
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
23
Business / Other
38% 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.

600 h
Manual time on pending OAs
120 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
210 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABAZA, AYMAN A 2 53.0% +32.1%
CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 2 71.7% +11.2%
TRA, ANH QUAN 1 72.9% +5.3%
TRAN, JIMMY H 1 79.5% +17.2%
KARIKARI, KWASI 1 80.2% +6.6%
NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE 1 83.3% +27.5%
HO, HUY C 1 77.5% +20.5%
LEE, SANG CHEON 1 53.3% +40.0%
NGUYEN, ANH NGOC M 1 90.0% +7.5%
ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J 1 86.0% -0.2%

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
18981457 Generative Artificial Intelligence-Based Random Test Generation Framework For Processor Verification NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE —

Hard Cases (23)

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
18757366 Grouping Of Video Streaming Messages LOTFI, KYLE M 1d overdue
18379634 Method And Apparatus For Low Power Wake-Up Signal Monitoring In Mobile Communications MIAN, OMER S 26d
19187951 Dielectric Waveguide Cable For High Data Rate Communications TRA, ANH QUAN —
19032067 Handling Attempt Counters When Unavailability Period Is Activated In Mobile Communications KARIKARI, KWASI —
18932614 Methods And Apparatus For Generating On-Off Keying Signal In Mobile Communications LEE, SANG CHEON —
18929527 Methods And Apparatus For Generating On-Off Keying Signal In Mobile Communications NGUYEN, ANH NGOC M —
18859183 Method And Apparatus For Efficient Spectrum Aggregation With A Discrete Cell In Mobile Communications ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J —
18859535 Method And Apparatus For Scheduling Of Multi-Cell Uplink And Downlink Transmissions With Two-Segment Downlink Control Information FOLLANSBEE, JOHN A —

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
18035043 Methods For Signaling Of UE-Initiated COT In Mobile Communications CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 76d
18115893 Method And Apparatus For Lean Protocol Stack In Mobile Communications CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 85d
19172604 Handling Of In-Order Delivery And Latency Variation In Mobile Communications TRAN, JIMMY H —
18981457 Generative Artificial Intelligence-Based Random Test Generation Framework For Processor Verification NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE —
18940633 User Equipment Location Delivery In Mobile Communications HO, HUY C —
18932614 Methods And Apparatus For Generating On-Off Keying Signal In Mobile Communications LEE, SANG CHEON —
18818929 Methods And Apparatus For Response Of Beam Reporting In Mobile Communications ABAZA, AYMAN A —
18021790 Uplink Enhancements For URLLC And IIoT In Unlicensed Band ABAZA, AYMAN A —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24123
24693
24613
24653
24252
24782
24112
24762
24192
28431

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19187951 Dielectric Waveguide Cable For High Data Rate Communications MediaTek Inc. TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
19172604 Handling Of In-Order Delivery And Latency Variation In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. TRAN, JIMMY H §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19032067 Handling Attempt Counters When Unavailability Period Is Activated In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. KARIKARI, KWASI §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 19, 2025
18981457 Generative Artificial Intelligence-Based Random Test Generation Framework For Processor Verification MediaTek Inc. NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE 2114 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 14, 2024
18940633 User Equipment Location Delivery In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. HO, HUY C §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18932614 Methods And Apparatus For Generating On-Off Keying Signal In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. LEE, SANG CHEON §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18929527 Methods And Apparatus For Generating On-Off Keying Signal In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. NGUYEN, ANH NGOC M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18859183 Method And Apparatus For Efficient Spectrum Aggregation With A Discrete Cell In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18859532 Method And Apparatus For Scheduling Of Multi-Cell Uplink And Downlink Transmissions With Single Downlink Control Information MediaTek Inc. HO, CHUONG T §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18859535 Method And Apparatus For Scheduling Of Multi-Cell Uplink And Downlink Transmissions With Two-Segment Downlink Control Information MediaTek Inc. FOLLANSBEE, JOHN A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18859180 Method And Apparatus For Efficient Spectrum Aggregation With A Multi-Cluster BWP In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. YAO, KWANG BIN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18858766 Method And Apparatus For Reporting Channel State Information In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. ACOLATSE, KODZOVI §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18855503 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVER ADAPTATION FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING MediaTek Inc. NOWLIN, ERIC §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18901046 Methods And Apparatuses For Multi-Radio Access Technology Spectrum Sharing In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18844929 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BUDGET CONTROL IN MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING WITH SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MediaTek Inc. LOPATA, ROBERT J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18820209 Methods For Sensing Beam Management In Integrated Sensing And Communications System Shanghai Jiao Tong University ROUDANI, OUSSAMA §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18818929 Methods And Apparatus For Response Of Beam Reporting In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. ABAZA, AYMAN A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18811622 Methods And Apparatus For Beam Indication In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. HAMPTON, TARELL A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18795052 Method And Apparatus For Reporting Aggregated Bandwidth Capability In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18792262 Methods And Apparatus For Enhancing Quality Of Service Based On Environmental Conservation In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. VANGAPATY, SRIHARSHA REDDY §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2024
18773576 Methods And Apparatus For Enhanced User Equipment Route Selection Policy With Green Incentives For Environmental Conservation MediaTek Inc. ELNOUBI, SAID M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18772109 Methods And Apparatus For Periodic Reporting Of Location Information With Multiple Quality-Of-Service Criteria In User Equipment Positioning MediaTek Inc. TAYLOR, BARRY W §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 13, 2024
18761417 Artificial Intelligence-Based Dynamic System Selection Policy Adjustment MediaTek Inc. PHILLIPS, MICHAEL K 2464 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18757366 Grouping Of Video Streaming Messages MediaTek Inc. LOTFI, KYLE M 2425 §102§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2024
18719419 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK POWER SAVING MediaTek Inc. SCIACCA, SCOTT M 2478 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18661688 Method And Apparatus For Enhancements Of Manual Network Selection In Emergency Services Handling MediaTek Inc. LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH 2647 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2024
18655236 Transmission Methods For Hybrid Power Modes In 6GHz Frequency Band MediaTek Inc. WYCHE, MYRON 2644 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 04, 2024
18646863 MU-MIMO Transmission With Mixed Bandwidths And Unequal Modulations In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. COBY, FRANTZ 2459 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18646838 Proportional Round Robin Segment Parser Designs For Wider Bandwidths In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. KHAN, SUHAIL 2642 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18638606 Hierarchical Entity Grouping And Entity Reference In Media Content Delivery MediaTek Inc. CHOKSHI, PINKAL R 2425 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18610196 Method And Apparatus For Handling Simultaneous Reception In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. SOE, KYAW Z 2412 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18429122 Autonomous Detection and Reporting Of UE-To-UE CLI MediaTek Inc. YEA, JI-HAE P 2471 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18398160 Trigger-Based Implicit Feedback For Implicit Beamforming In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. VAN ROIE, JUSTIN T 2469 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18391685 Method And Apparatus For Network Energy Saving With Spatial Element Adaptation In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE 2412 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18539205 Method And Apparatus For Enhancements On Automatic Stand-Alone Non-Public Network Selection For Supporting Localized Services MediaTek Inc. IQBAL, KHAWAR 2643 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18521625 Method And Apparatus For Network Discontinuous Transmission And User Equipment Discontinuous Reception Alignment In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE 2472 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 28, 2023
18379634 Method And Apparatus For Low Power Wake-Up Signal Monitoring In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. MIAN, OMER S 2461 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18284844 Timing And Frequency Compensation In Non-Terrestrial Network Communications MediaTek Inc. MILLER, GARY ADDISON ELDO 2417 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18373901 Method And Apparatus For Capability Reporting To Support Small Data Transmission On A Bandwidth Part With Non-Cell-Defining Synchronization Signal Block MediaTek Inc. BROCKMAN, ANGEL T 2412 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18372664 Method And Apparatus For Training Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Models MediaTek Inc. TRAN, QUOC A 2145 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18371168 Distributed-Tone Resource Unit Designs For Wide Distribution Bandwidth 160MHz In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. RAHMAN, M MOSTAZIR 2411 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 21, 2023
18242626 Methods And Apparatus For SBFD-Aware UE Configuration In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. TON, DANG T 2476 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18242090 Techniques For Channel State Information (CSI) Compression MediaTek Inc. LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO 2419 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18239594 Method And User Equipment For Sidelink-Positioning Reference Signal Transmission In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN 2414 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18238777 Primary Link Identification Schemes In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM 2469 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18229487 Method And Apparatus For Enhancements On Sidelink Over Unlicensed Spectrum Communication MediaTek Inc. JAIN, RAJ K 2411 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 02, 2023
18226724 Efficient And Flexible FD-A-PPDU With Same And Mixed WiFi Generations Transmission MediaTek Inc. VOGEL, JAY L. 2478 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 26, 2023
18209764 Method And Apparatus For Reference Signal Enhancements In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. LAM, YEE F 2465 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18208750 Flexible Interruption For L1 Measurement In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. WEIDNER, TIMOTHY J 2476 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18329779 BEAM MANAGEMENT IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS MediaTek Inc. WILLIAMS, ALYSSA RENEE 2465 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18205997 Enhanced Long Range Waveform Structures And Signal Subfield In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. AHMED, ABDULLAHI §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2023
18197087 Dynamic Band Selection In Multi-Link Operation With TA-SAR Information In Wireless Communications MediaTek Inc. FERGUSON, KEITH §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2023
18035043 Methods For Signaling Of UE-Initiated COT In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 2461 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending May 02, 2023
18033288 Methods For Simultaneous PUCCH And PUSCH Transmissions In Intra-Band Carrier Aggregation MediaTek Inc. YANG, ZHAOHUI 2468 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2023
18183578 CARBON NEUTRALIZATION HANDLING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK MediaTek Inc. DENNISON, JERRY B §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2023
18115893 Method And Apparatus For Lean Protocol Stack In Mobile Communications MediaTek Inc. CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M 2461 §103 Final Rejection 85d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18021790 Uplink Enhancements For URLLC And IIoT In Unlicensed Band MediaTek Inc. ABAZA, AYMAN A 2465 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2023
18108906 Ultrafast Cell Selection In A Wireless Device MediaTek Inc. MOORE, IAN N 2469 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2023
18086411 Handling Of Multiple Tracking Area Identifiers In Satellite Access MediaTek Inc. REYNOLDS, DEBORAH J 2419 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 21, 2022
17922106 System Information Design For Synchronization In Non-Terrestrial Network Communications MediaTek Inc. WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER 2477 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 28, 2022

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