Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kudelski Group & Maier & Maier, Pllc

Technology area: Networking & Security

13 pending office actions • 2 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Kudelski Group & MAIER & MAIER, PLLC handles Networking & Security matters and has 91 career applications. It currently shows 14 pending office actions, indicating active prosecution relative to the recorded application history.

The resolved allowance rate is 89.8%. Allowed matters required an average of 3.09 office actions, showing that successful prosecution generally involved several examination exchanges. The profile provides a compact basis for reviewing application experience, outcome history, and response workload.

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

Quality Metrics (n=91 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.8%
Allowance Rate
n=91
+0.39σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=91
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=44
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=44
856 days
Time to Allowance
n=44
-6.2pp
Interview Lift
n=91
36.7%
RCE Rate
n=91
4.4%
Appeal Rate
n=91

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
54.6%
§102 Overcome
n=22
55.3%
§103 Overcome
n=47
52.0%
§112 Overcome
n=25

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04N, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
72%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=91
0
Practitioners
n=91
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=91 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

3
Hard (23%)
6
Medium (46%)
4
Easy (31%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only5 (38%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Double-patenting only2 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
69% of docket
2
Communications
15% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUYNH, AN SON PHI 1 54.0% +45.5%
PHAM, TOAN NGOC 1 86.5% +12.2%
KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A 1 88.8% +11.4%
KIM, TAE K 1 74.7% +5.1%
CHANG, KENNETH W 1 86.6% +1.3%
TRAN, DUY ANH 1 80.1% +16.7%
BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 1 39.4% +35.3%
MURPHY, JOSEPH B 1 90.2% +12.7%
SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 1 67.6% +20.6%
DANG, HUNG Q 1 68.2% +18.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19251937 HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD PHAM, TOAN NGOC —
18999391 SECURELY TRANSMITTING DATA IN A DATA STREAM CHANG, KENNETH W —
18845963 METHOD TO PREVENT ANTI-REPLAY ATTACK MURPHY, JOSEPH B —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19222176 SECURE ELEMENT FOR SECURELY PROCESSING DIGITAL INFORMATION KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A —
18990782 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A VIDEO CONTENT TRAN, DUY ANH —
18871242 METHOD FOR ALLOWING A TERMINAL EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTED TO A LAN TO ACCESS DATA, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL —

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
18592782 METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF MULTIMEDIA COMPONENTS, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES DANG, HUNG Q 70d
19312393 SMART PLAYLIST HUYNH, AN SON PHI —
19251937 HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD PHAM, TOAN NGOC —
19222176 SECURE ELEMENT FOR SECURELY PROCESSING DIGITAL INFORMATION KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A —
18990782 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A VIDEO CONTENT TRAN, DUY ANH —
18871242 METHOD FOR ALLOWING A TERMINAL EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTED TO A LAN TO ACCESS DATA, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL —
18845963 METHOD TO PREVENT ANTI-REPLAY ATTACK MURPHY, JOSEPH B —
18726899 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION BY A RECEPTION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES SHELEHEDA, JAMES R —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Kudelski 11
OpenTV, Inc. 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37951
26861
24341
24961
24381
26741
24371
24351
24241
24841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19312393 SMART PLAYLIST Opentv, Inc. HUYNH, AN SON PHI 3795 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2025
19251937 HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD Nagravision Sàrl PHAM, TOAN NGOC 2686 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2025
19222176 SECURE ELEMENT FOR SECURELY PROCESSING DIGITAL INFORMATION Nagravision Sàrl KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A 2434 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19070754 METHOD FOR ATTESTING AUTHENTICITY OF COMPUTING DEVICE Nagravision Sàrl KIM, TAE K 2496 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
18999391 SECURELY TRANSMITTING DATA IN A DATA STREAM Nagravision Sàrl CHANG, KENNETH W 2438 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18990782 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A VIDEO CONTENT Nagravision Sàrl TRAN, DUY ANH 2674 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18871242 METHOD FOR ALLOWING A TERMINAL EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTED TO A LAN TO ACCESS DATA, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES Nagravision Sarl BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 2437 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18845963 METHOD TO PREVENT ANTI-REPLAY ATTACK Nagravision Sàrl MURPHY, JOSEPH B 2435 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18726899 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION BY A RECEPTION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES Nagravision Sarl SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 2424 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18592782 METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF MULTIMEDIA COMPONENTS, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICES Nagravision Sarl DANG, HUNG Q 2484 §112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18399279 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR RESELLING DIGITAL MEDIA RIGHTS Opentv, Inc. HUANG, JAY 3600 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18259617 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN AUTHORIZATION TO ACCESS AN INTERACTIVE GOOD Nagravision Sàrl FIELDS, COURTNEY D 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
17298992 REMOTE ENFORCEMENT OF DEVICE MEMORY Nagravision Sàrl PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 2492 §103Other Final Rejection 53d Pending Jun 02, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kudelski Group & Maier & Maier, Pllc's patent allowance rate?

89.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kudelski Group & Maier & Maier, Pllc were allowed, across 91 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Kudelski Group & Maier & Maier, Pllc average before allowance?

3.09 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Kudelski Group & Maier & Maier, Pllc have?

13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 13 examiners in 13 art units.

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