Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Holland & Hart LLP (Viasat)

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

1
Hard (20%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
60% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, RONG 1 68.0% +29.8%
WASEL, MOHAMED A 1 90.0% +11.1%
ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 1 88.8% -0.6%
POUNCIL, DARNELL A 1 21.8% +31.4%
BARUA, PRANESH K 1 77.8% +13.2%

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
18627701 SATELLITE NETWORK SERVICE SHARING ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 19d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18691715 GIMBALLESS QUASI-OMNI OPTICAL COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER BARUA, PRANESH K 30d overdue
18910992 DELTA CODING FOR REMOTE SENSING WASEL, MOHAMED A 15d overdue
18917088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION TO AN IN-TRANSIT MEDIA SYSTEM LE, RONG 9d overdue
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
VIASAT, INC. 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24211
24541
24741
36221
26351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18917088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION TO AN IN-TRANSIT MEDIA SYSTEM Viasat, Inc. LE, RONG 2421 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18910992 DELTA CODING FOR REMOTE SENSING Viasat, Inc. WASEL, MOHAMED A 2454 Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18627701 SATELLITE NETWORK SERVICE SHARING Viasat, Inc. ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 2474 §102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION Viasat, Inc. POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3622 §101 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18691715 GIMBALLESS QUASI-OMNI OPTICAL COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER Viasat, Inc. BARUA, PRANESH K 2635 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024

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