Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple)

Portfolio Summary

66

Total Pending OAs

44

Non-Final OAs

20

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

30

Overdue

5

Due this week

17

Due this month

5

Due in next 60 days

7

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. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (30)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (17)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (7)

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.

2

Hard (3%)

57

Medium (86%)

3

Easy (5%)

4

Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (3%)
§103 only	54 (82%)
§102 only	3 (5%)
§112 only	3 (5%)
No statute on record	4 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0

Life Sciences

0% of docket

43

Information Tech

65% of docket

12

Communications

18% of docket

8

Semiconductors

12% of docket

3

Mechanical / Eng

5% 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.

660 h

Manual time on pending OAs

132 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

231 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.8 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
HUISMAN, DAVID J	2	58.0%	+33.6%
BAYARD, EMMANUEL	1	89.8%	+5.4%
BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER	1	85.4%	+10.4%
PAIGE, TYLER D	1	91.3%	+8.3%
GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN	1	72.9%	+11.3%
DEROSE, VOLVICK	1	90.1%	+10.7%
BRIER, JEFFERY A	1	76.6%	+8.7%
BORROMEO, JUANITO C	1	75.9%	+13.1%
YANG, YI	1	71.2%	+17.8%
VO, ETHAN VIET	1	73.4%	+32.4%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18807525	Hardware Performance Information for Power Management	DEROSE, VOLVICK	42d overdue
18890555	Guidance Of Autonomous Vehicles In Destination Vicinities Using Intent Signals	PAIGE, TYLER D	19d
18908679	Mesh Compression with Base Mesh Information Signaled in a First Sub-Bitstream and Sub-Mesh Information Signaled with Displacement Information in an Additional Sub-Bitstream	BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER	26d
18860605	Coherent Joint Transmission Channel State Information Codebooks for Multi-Transmission-Reception-Point Operation	BAYARD, EMMANUEL	29d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18764611	Shared Learning Table for Load Value Prediction and Load Address Prediction	VICARY, KEITH E	215d overdue
17092115	Command Processing Using Multimodal Signal Analysis	KELLS, ASHER	14d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18814234	Map Generation Using Locally Captured Sensor Data	GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN	71d overdue
18798800	Selective Toggle Suppression in Multiplexed Datapaths	BORROMEO, JUANITO C	49d overdue
18790765	Secure Exclaves	VO, ETHAN VIET	45d overdue
18807525	Hardware Performance Information for Power Management	DEROSE, VOLVICK	42d overdue
18453010	Coprocessor Register Renaming	HUISMAN, DAVID J	42d overdue
18628460	Interleave Execution Circuit	HUISMAN, DAVID J	19d overdue
18908679	Mesh Compression with Base Mesh Information Signaled in a First Sub-Bitstream and Sub-Mesh Information Signaled with Displacement Information in an Additional Sub-Bitstream	BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER	26d
18795437	Coherency Control for Compressed Graphics Data	YANG, YI	26d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)	Pending OAs
Apple	66

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2183	4
2433	3
2613	2
2872	2
2637	2
2466	2
2461	2
2463	2
2469	2
2633	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Client	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18860605	Coherent Joint Transmission Channel State Information Codebooks for Multi-Transmission-Reception-Point Operation	Apple Inc.	BAYARD, EMMANUEL	2633	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Oct 25, 2024
18908679	Mesh Compression with Base Mesh Information Signaled in a First Sub-Bitstream and Sub-Mesh Information Signaled with Displacement Information in an Additional Sub-Bitstream	Apple Inc.	BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER	2484	§112	Non-Final OA	26d	AI Ready	Oct 07, 2024
18890555	Guidance Of Autonomous Vehicles In Destination Vicinities Using Intent Signals	Apple Inc.	PAIGE, TYLER D	3664	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Sep 19, 2024
18814234	Map Generation Using Locally Captured Sensor Data	Apple Inc.	GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	71d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 23, 2024
18807525	Hardware Performance Information for Power Management	Apple Inc.	DEROSE, VOLVICK	2176	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 16, 2024
18799886	AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM	Apple Inc.	BRIER, JEFFERY A	2613	§112	Non-Final OA	23d	AI Ready	Aug 09, 2024
18798800	Selective Toggle Suppression in Multiplexed Datapaths	Apple Inc.	BORROMEO, JUANITO C	2184	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 08, 2024
18795437	Coherency Control for Compressed Graphics Data	Apple Inc.	YANG, YI	2616	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	AI Ready	Aug 06, 2024
18790765	Secure Exclaves	Apple Inc.	VO, ETHAN VIET	2431	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Jul 31, 2024
18790529	Secure Exclaves	Apple Inc.	NIPA, WASIKA	2433	§103	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	AI Ready	Jul 31, 2024
18832060	UE Behavior Relating to PSI-Based Packet Discarding	Apple Inc.	LAZARO, DAVID R	2455	§102	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Jul 22, 2024
18769994	Data Pattern Based Cache Management	Apple Inc.	YU, JAE UN	2138	§103	Final Rejection	62d	Pending	Jul 11, 2024
18770285	Compression and Signaling of Displacements in Dynamic Mesh Compression	Apple Inc.	NAWAZ, TALHA M	2618	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Jul 11, 2024
18764611	Shared Learning Table for Load Value Prediction and Load Address Prediction	Apple Inc.	VICARY, KEITH E	2183	§101	Non-Final OA	215d overdue	Pending	Jul 05, 2024
18668027	Optical Image Stabilization With Voice Coil Motor for Moving Image Sensor	Apple Inc.	HSU, AMY R	2638	Other	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	AI Ready	May 17, 2024
18628599	AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM	Apple Inc.	TRIVEDI, ATUL	3661	Other	Non-Final OA	126d overdue	AI Ready	Apr 05, 2024
18628460	Interleave Execution Circuit	Apple Inc.	HUISMAN, DAVID J	2183	§103	Final Rejection	19d overdue	AI Ready	Apr 05, 2024
18626929	Hierarchical Trace Cache	Apple Inc.	DOMAN, SHAWN	2183	§103	Final Rejection	37d overdue	Pending	Apr 04, 2024
18625883	Multiple Illumination Conditions for Biometric Authentication	Apple Inc.	HOFFMAN, BRANDON S	2433	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 03, 2024
18611579	Folded Camera with Actuator for Moving Optics	Apple Inc.	BEATTY, COLLIN X	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	AI Ready	Mar 20, 2024
18691427	OBJECT LOCALIZATION AND INFORMATION ENCODING SYSTEM	Apple Inc.	CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD	2667	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Mar 12, 2024
18594868	VOICE COIL MOTOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION	Apple Inc.	KHAN, USMAN A	2637	§103	Non-Final OA	53d	Pending	Mar 04, 2024
18443501	Phase Reassignment Between Power Converters	Apple Inc.	LEE, JYE-JUNE	2838	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Feb 16, 2024
18441906	Freeform Folded Optical System	Apple Inc.	LEE, PAUL CHANG	2871	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	AI Ready	Feb 14, 2024
18434673	Camera With Sensor Shift Tilt Actuator Arrangement	Apple Inc.	PHAN, MINH Q	2852	§103	Final Rejection	34d	AI Ready	Feb 06, 2024
18421778	Private Retrieval of Location-Based Information	Apple Inc.	AMBAYE, SAMUEL	2433	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	AI Ready	Jan 24, 2024
18418759	System and method for fast single-DCI and multi-DCI mode switching	Apple Inc.	TRAN, THINH D	2466	Other	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Jan 22, 2024
18405142	Unicast Sidelink Access Stratum Level Connection Maintenance	Apple Inc.	CHAU, PETER P	2476	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	AI Ready	Jan 05, 2024
18392736	Power Management With Multiple Power Sources	Apple Inc.	CHAN, DANNY	2175	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Dec 21, 2023
18541961	Silicon Key Exchange	Apple Inc.	DUFFIELD, JEREMY S	2498	§103	Final Rejection	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18537062	Reader and Access Device Operation for Access Control without Bluetooth Low Energy Pairing	Apple Inc.	MIAN, OMER S	2461	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	AI Ready	Dec 12, 2023
18535697	Dynamic Allocation of Cache Memory as RAM	Apple Inc.	RIGOL, YAIMA	2135	§112	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	AI Ready	Dec 11, 2023
18534346	Biometric Multi-Representation Eye Authentication	Apple Inc.	YANG, WEI WEN	2662	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Dec 08, 2023
18484142	Assisted Roaming	Apple Inc.	KAVLESKI, RYAN C	2412	§103	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	AI Ready	Oct 10, 2023
18481051	Methods for PRS Bandwidth Aggregation for Downlink Positioning	Apple Inc.	CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R	2473	§103	Non-Final OA	117d overdue	Pending	Oct 04, 2023
18476689	Split-Bearer Enhancements for Dual Connectivity	Apple Inc.	KHAN, MEHMOOD B	2419	§103	Final Rejection	15d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 28, 2023
18472655	Time Sharing Among Multiple Wireless Stations During a Single Resource Unit	Apple Inc.	ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J	2463	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	AI Ready	Sep 22, 2023
18472612	Transmission Methods for Low Latency IEEE 802.11bx Communications	Apple Inc.	NGUYEN, BRIAN D	2475	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Sep 22, 2023
18470352	Camera Module for a Portable Electronic Device	Apple Inc.	FLOHRE, JASON A	2637	§103	Final Rejection	83d	Pending	Sep 19, 2023
18465448	Transmission Preemption for Wi-Fi	Apple Inc.	PATIDAR, SUDESH M	2415	§103	Final Rejection	49d overdue	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18460351	Conditional Handover Candidate Cell Selection	Apple Inc.	TAYLOR, JOSHUA D	2426	§103	Final Rejection	100d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 01, 2023
18453898	Multi-Access Point Association	Apple Inc.	WU, JIANYE	2462	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Aug 22, 2023
18453831	Multi-Access Point Association	Apple Inc.	HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN	2469	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	AI Ready	Aug 22, 2023
18453010	Coprocessor Register Renaming	Apple Inc.	HUISMAN, DAVID J	2183	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 21, 2023
18450910	Graphics Work Streaming Techniques for Distributed Architecture	Apple Inc.	SINHA, SNIGDHA	2619	§103	Non-Final OA	24d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 16, 2023
18450978	Pipeline Techniques for Dependent Graphics Kicks	Apple Inc.	KESSLER, GREGORY AARON	2197	§103	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	Aug 16, 2023
18450952	Logical Slot to Distributed Hardware Slot Scheduling for Graphics Work	Apple Inc.	AQUINO, WYNUEL S	2199	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 16, 2023
18448573	Stacked FET Standard Cell Architecture	Apple Inc.	HARRISON, MONICA D	2815	§102	Non-Final OA	33d	AI Ready	Aug 11, 2023
18352799	Receiver Verification of Shared Credentials	Apple Inc.	NOEL, LYDIA LOUIS-FILS	2437	§103	Final Rejection	15d overdue	Pending	Jul 14, 2023
18339948	Eye Imaging System	Apple Inc.	SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE	2872	§103	Final Rejection	75d	Pending	Jun 22, 2023
18333666	Techniques for coexistence of multiple radio access technologies	Apple Inc.	SEFCHECK, GREGORY B	2477	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Jun 13, 2023
18324089	Enhanced Address Changing for Wireless Networking Systems	Apple Inc.	MOHEBBI, KOUROUSH	2471	§103	Final Rejection	6d	AI Ready	May 25, 2023
18312279	Methods and Devices for Self-Interference Cancelation	Apple Inc.	GHOWRWAL, OMAR J	2463	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	May 04, 2023
18182101	Switching Amplifier Circuits with Supply Tracking	Apple Inc.	PINERO, JOSE E	2843	§102	Non-Final OA	16d	AI Ready	Mar 10, 2023
18172871	Bootstrapped Multiplex Circuit	Apple Inc.	ALMO, KHAREEM E	2849	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Feb 22, 2023
18067604	LENTICULAR IMAGE GENERATION	Apple Inc.	CHEN, YU	2613	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	AI Ready	Dec 16, 2022
18064789	High-Speed Multi-Standard Sampler Circuit	Apple Inc.	LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A.	2181	§103	Final Rejection	87d overdue	Pending	Dec 12, 2022
17989424	Design for XR Traffic Information Indication	Apple Inc.	NGUYEN, BAO G	2461	§103	Final Rejection	117d overdue	Pending	Nov 17, 2022
17920953	CSI Enhancements	Apple Inc.	NGUYEN, THUONG	2416	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Oct 24, 2022
17916918	Cellular Network Which Selectively Configures a Measurement Gap Based on Subcarrier Spacing	Apple Inc.	JOHNSON, AMY COHEN	2465	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Oct 04, 2022
17908742	New Radio Low Power Wakeup Radio	Apple Inc.	GRANT, GILBERT MUGARULA	2642	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Sep 01, 2022
17737603	Radio Access Technology Prioritization	Apple Inc.	SEN, ANINDITA	2478	§103	Final Rejection	31d overdue	AI Ready	May 05, 2022
17591473	UE Provision of Slice Information for Improved Network Slice Selection During Inter RAT Transfers	Apple Inc.	BELETE, BERHANU D	2418	§103	Final Rejection	79d	Pending	Feb 02, 2022
17438905	Power Saving for User Equipment Through Sidelink Scheduling Offloading	Apple Inc.	ALAWDI, SHEHAB A	2466	—	Final Rejection	79d	Pending	Sep 13, 2021
17438586	Dynamic Adaptation of Reference Signal Transmissions in Wireless Communications	Apple Inc.	VAN ROIE, JUSTIN T	2469	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Sep 13, 2021
17092115	Command Processing Using Multimodal Signal Analysis	Apple Inc.	KELLS, ASHER	2171	§101	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Nov 06, 2020

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