Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kw Law LLP (Dish Technologies L.L.C.)

14 pending office actions • 2 clients • 14 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

2
Hard (14%)
11
Medium (79%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (14%)
§103 only9 (64%)
§102 only2 (14%)
§112 only1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
79% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FLYNN, RANDY A 1 65.2% +16.5%
BAYARD, DJENANE M 1 83.7% +1.3%
KIM, PATRICK 1 26.0% +33.8%
NGUYEN, ANH 1 78.2% +26.1%
HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 1 87.8% +4.2%
TELAN, MICHAEL R 1 42.5% +26.8%
ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 1 88.8% -0.6%
DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES 1
DAVIS, CHENEA 1 72.1% +16.1%
ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 1 74.9% +11.5%

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
18636714 MOUNTING BRACKETS AND SYSTEMS HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 32d overdue
18824785 STREAMING SYSTEM DEVICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BAYARD, DJENANE M 26d overdue
18400984 CELL SITE CAPACITY AND CONGESTION DETECTION FOR OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 71d

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18803340 MESSAGING SERVICE FOR PROVIDING UPDATES FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT OF A LIVE EVENT DELIVERED OVER THE INTERNET KIM, PATRICK 2d overdue
17445349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) NETWORK DESIGN WITH EXPANDED SITE SEARCH OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS

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
18654804 DATA PIPELINE IN 5G WIRELESS NETWORKS NGUYEN, ANH 16d overdue
18356090 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR OPTIMIZING STREAMING BITRATE BASED ON VARIATIONS IN PROCESSOR LOAD ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 9d overdue
18935307 AUTOMATED DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT REPLACEMENT FLYNN, RANDY A 3d overdue
18803340 MESSAGING SERVICE FOR PROVIDING UPDATES FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT OF A LIVE EVENT DELIVERED OVER THE INTERNET KIM, PATRICK 2d overdue
18414691 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVIEW DECODING FOR JOINT VIDEO PRODUCTION TELAN, MICHAEL R 21d
18449976 PREFETCHING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR STREAMING DELIVERY DAVIS, CHENEA 27d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
DISH 11
EchoStar 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24241
24441
36281
24581
28381
24261
24741
26491
24211
24871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18935307 AUTOMATED DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT REPLACEMENT Sling Tv LLC FLYNN, RANDY A 2424 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2024
18824785 STREAMING SYSTEM DEVICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Sling Tv LLC BAYARD, DJENANE M 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2024
18803340 MESSAGING SERVICE FOR PROVIDING UPDATES FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT OF A LIVE EVENT DELIVERED OVER THE INTERNET DISH NETWORK L.L.C. KIM, PATRICK 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18654804 DATA PIPELINE IN 5G WIRELESS NETWORKS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. NGUYEN, ANH 2458 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18636714 MOUNTING BRACKETS AND SYSTEMS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18414691 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVIEW DECODING FOR JOINT VIDEO PRODUCTION DISH NETWORK L.L.C. TELAN, MICHAEL R 2426 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18400984 CELL SITE CAPACITY AND CONGESTION DETECTION FOR OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H 2474 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18508931 DYNAMICALLY UPDATING SIM CARDS OVER THE AIR DISH NETWORK L.L.C. DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES 2649 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18449976 PREFETCHING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR STREAMING DELIVERY Sling Tv LLC DAVIS, CHENEA 2421 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18356090 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR OPTIMIZING STREAMING BITRATE BASED ON VARIATIONS IN PROCESSOR LOAD DISH NETWORK L.L.C. ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 2487 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18332445 SATELLITE INTERNET SYSTEM WITH EDGE-BASED DELIVERY DISH NETWORK L.L.C. BARKER, TODD L 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18312494 DYNAMIC REASSIGNMENT OF HARDWARE ACCESS TO VIRTUALIZED SYSTEMS IN 5G NETWORKS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. NGUYEN, AN-AN NGOC 2195 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 04, 2023
18160880 MANAGING DYNAMIC UPDATES FOR SECURITY GROUPS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. POPHAM, JEFFREY D 2432 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 27, 2023
17445349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) NETWORK DESIGN WITH EXPANDED SITE SEARCH DISH NETWORK L.L.C. OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2021

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