Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ip Legal Services, LLC

Technology area: Networking & Security

34 pending office actions • 4 clients • 33 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

IP LEGAL SERVICES, LLC has managed 1582 career applications in the Networking & Security technology area. The firm currently has 18 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 95.61.

Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.74. This 3.74 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Networking & Security sector. The 95.61 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 1582 career applications. The 18 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1582 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1582
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1582
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=1242
+0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1242
957 days
Time to Allowance
n=1242
+2.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1582
33.0%
RCE Rate
n=1582
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1582

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

93.2%
§101 Overcome
n=177
89.2%
§102 Overcome
n=539
90.4%
§103 Overcome
n=864
89.3%
§112 Overcome
n=419

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
49%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1582
3
Practitioners
n=1582
527.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=1582

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 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.

14
Hard (41%)
15
Medium (44%)
4
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only8 (24%)
§102 only6 (18%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only3 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (35%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
38% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
14
Business / Other
41% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2 80.3% +8.7%
MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 1 41.8% +61.1%
NOH, JAE NAM 1 86.3% -9.2%
BILLAH, MASUM 1 80.5% +20.3%
PHAM, NAM D 1 91.0% +1.7%
BECK, LERON 1 80.2% +11.0%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 26.6% +49.7%
HOLDER, ANNER N 1 79.0% +13.4%
XU, XIAOLAN 1 74.2% +13.2%
TARKO, ASMAMAW G 1 72.7% +9.0%

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
19354759 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE —
19353499 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE —
19325456 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING NOH, JAE NAM —
19255987 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL PHAM, NAM D —
19241259 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL DATA BASED ON A PLURALITY OF TRANSFORMATIONS BECK, LERON —

Hard Cases (15)

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
18724889 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL 44d overdue
18847076 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI 26d overdue
18370082 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK SERVICE SUPPORTING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION TURRIATE GASTULO, JUAN CARLOS 14d
19397778 IMPLANT STRUCTURE MORAN, EDWARD JOHN —
19147829 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM BILLAH, MASUM —
19134197 CRYSTALLINE LENS PROTECTOR FOR RADIATION THERAPY ALBERS, KEVIN S —
19215297 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE XU, XIAOLAN —
19122254 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM TARKO, ASMAMAW G —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19397778 IMPLANT STRUCTURE MORAN, EDWARD JOHN —
19147829 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM BILLAH, MASUM —
19241259 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL DATA BASED ON A PLURALITY OF TRANSFORMATIONS BECK, LERON —
19134197 CRYSTALLINE LENS PROTECTOR FOR RADIATION THERAPY ALBERS, KEVIN S —
19219643 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL HOLDER, ANNER N —
19215297 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE XU, XIAOLAN —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24813
24863
24822
37721
37861
26331
28841
36191
24531
24851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19397778 IMPLANT STRUCTURE VATECH EWOO Holdings Co., Ltd. MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2025
19354759 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING Kt Corporation UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2025
19353499 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Kt Corporation UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2025
19325456 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING Kt Corporation NOH, JAE NAM 2481 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2025
19147829 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Kt Corporation BILLAH, MASUM 2486 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19255987 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL Kt Corporation PHAM, NAM D 2482 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19241259 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL DATA BASED ON A PLURALITY OF TRANSFORMATIONS Kt Corporation BECK, LERON DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
19134197 CRYSTALLINE LENS PROTECTOR FOR RADIATION THERAPY J And Yl Co., Ltd. ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2025
19219643 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL Kt Corporation HOLDER, ANNER N §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19215297 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Kt Corporation XU, XIAOLAN §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending May 21, 2025
19122254 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Kt Corporation TARKO, ASMAMAW G 2482 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2025
19116953 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING RELAYS Kt Corporation FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS 2633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19109119 X-RAY DETECTOR VATECH EWOO Holdings Co., Ltd. MALEVIC, DJURA 2884 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19107561 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Kt Corporation BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19058494 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PREDICTED CELL MEASUREMENT RESULT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING Kt Corporation JACOBS-BURTON, LASHONDA T §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19050969 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE INVOLVING MODIFICATION OF INTRA PREDICTED SAMPLE Kt Corporation GEROLEO, FRANCIS 3619 Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Feb 11, 2025
19044715 X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS VATECH EWOO Holdings Co., Ltd. SONG, HOON K §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2025
18724889 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED Kt Corporation ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL 2486 §102§103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2025
18929227 FRAME STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION Kt Corporation LEE, CHI HO A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18859932 PACKET DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Kt Corporation KIM, EUI H 2453 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18856876 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS NETWORK Kt Corporation GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18851043 OPTICAL CONNECTOR MODULE AND OPTICAL WIRE MODULE INCLUDING SAME Femtory Co., Ltd. CRAVER, CHARLES R §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18890285 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING DATA CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Kt Corporation SAIFUDDIN, AHMED §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18890650 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING NEW RADIO TECHNOLOGY (NR) PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Kt Corporation LIU, SIMING §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18847076 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Kt Corporation GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI 2485 §101§103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18798305 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATION Kt Corporation TRAN, MONG THUY THI §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18798060 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATION Kt Corporation AMBAYE, MEWALE A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18769730 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Kt Corporation HOUSHMAND, HOOMAN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18725939 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOBILITY Kt Corporation MAGLOIRE, ELISABETH BENOIT §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18625464 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION TO REDUCE WIRELESS POWER Kt Corporation MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY 2647 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18370082 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK SERVICE SUPPORTING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION Kt Corporation TURRIATE GASTULO, JUAN CARLOS 2446 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18240735 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SIGNALING FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING Kt Corporation ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 2474 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
17714375 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION USING COORDINATION INFORMATION Kt Corporation PANNELL, MARK G 2642 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 06, 2022
17174067 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL Kt Corporation HILAIRE, CLIFFORD 2488 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2021

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