Technology area: Networking & Security
295 pending office actions • 8 clients • 255 examiners • 130 art units • 0 of 295 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 533 patents granted in the last 365 days
LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY has 291 pending office actions in Networking & Security and 15774 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 92.53%, with an average of 3.04 office actions per allowance.
The application history gives meaningful context for the outcome measures. The allowance rate reflects resolved matters, while the pending-action count identifies current work requiring attention. The average-action figure indicates that allowed matters involved examination activity rather than uniformly immediate resolution. Practitioners evaluating this profile should consider both the firm’s recorded outcomes and the response effort associated with networking and security prosecutions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 21 (7%) |
| §103 only | 113 (38%) |
| §102 only | 23 (8%) |
| §112 only | 10 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 116 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (1%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY | 5 | 71.4% | +6.3% |
| LO, DIANE LEE | 4 | 89.5% | +7.4% |
| KIM, SUN JONG | 3 | 80.4% | +33.8% |
| HUANG, WEIBIN | 3 | 89.1% | +5.5% |
| KIM, HARRY H | 3 | 89.9% | +8.4% |
| KESSIE, JENNIFER A | 3 | 65.2% | +20.2% |
| SUGDEN, NOAH JAMES | 3 | 84.8% | +13.0% |
| DYE, ROBERT C | 3 | 63.4% | +11.1% |
| BENNETT, STUART D | 2 | 68.9% | -14.2% |
| TSVEY, GENNADIY | 2 | 60.6% | +23.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING AGGREGATED-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | LO, DIANE LEE | — |
| 18861557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MEASUREMENT PREDICTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KIM, SUN JONG | — |
| 18843190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESCHEDULING TARGET WAKE TIME SERVICE PERIOD IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | KIM, HARRY H | — |
| 18843193 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING STF FOR NEW NUMEROLOGY IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | KIM, HARRY H | — |
| 18834745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING GROUP COMMON SIGNAL AND CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | LO, DIANE LEE | — |
| 18727035 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK SIGNAL AND/OR DOWNLINK SIGNAL, AND DEVICE FOR SAME | HUANG, WEIBIN | — |
| 18694798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SENSING PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | SUGDEN, NOAH JAMES | — |
| 18692771 | FAILURE DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | KIM, HARRY H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18246125 | TRANSFER SUBSTRATE USED IN MANUFACTURE OF DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE | SMITH, BRADLEY | 119d overdue |
| 18880194 | UNMANNED GROUND-TRAVELING ROBOT TRAVELING AND PASSING METHOD FOR ENSURING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC PRIORITY ON PUBLIC ROAD | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 6d |
| 18694906 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATION RELATED TO SIDELINK DRX AND HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | DUFFY, JAMES P | 6d |
| 18842759 | NETWORK IN VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | BARKER, TODD L | 7d |
| 19116739 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 8d |
| 18287990 | AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAVING SAME | WILL, KATHERINE A | 13d |
| 18681445 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING COMMON SL DRX CONFIGURATION FOR PC5 UNICAST IN NR V2X | BELUR, DEEPA | 21d |
| 17929628 | DIGITAL CHARACTER INTERACTING WITH CUSTOMER IN PHYSICAL REALM | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 21d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101318 | METHOD FOR MANAGING EMR MEASUREMENT RESULTS | TSVEY, GENNADIY | — |
| 18868128 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INHERITANCE-BASED INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | KIM, SUN JONG | — |
| 18861557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MEASUREMENT PREDICTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | KIM, SUN JONG | — |
| 18838173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING SUBCHANNEL BASED ON TARGET WAKE TIME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | KIM, SUN JONG | — |
| 18730947 | AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | — |
| 18730544 | AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING THE SAME | KESSIE, JENNIFER A | — |
| 18725559 | OPERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATED TO QoS-RELATED CONFIGURATION AND REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | SUGDEN, NOAH JAMES | — |
| 18709371 | AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE | DYE, ROBERT C | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| LG | 241 |
| KT&G | 47 |
| KAIST | 2 |
| Energy Materials Corp. | 1 |
| Sleepwave Inc. | 1 |
| Travelers Club Luggage, Inc. | 1 |
| Comcast | 1 |
| HL Mando | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1747 | 17 |
| 1755 | 12 |
| 2466 | 10 |
| 2411 | 10 |
| 2469 | 10 |
| 2465 | 7 |
| 2478 | 7 |
| 2475 | 6 |
| 2841 | 6 |
| 2418 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236953 | Untitled | LG Electronics Inc. | GYAWALI, BIPIN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19277225 | Untitled | LG Electronics Inc. | TRUONG, KATELYN T | 3647 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19643111 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REQUESTING FEEDBACK OF PORTION OF BAND FOR STA OPERATING ONLY IN 20/80/160 MHZ IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | LG Electronics Inc. | CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR | 2475 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2026 |
| 19562571 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD BY WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION METHOD BY WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | FUREMAN, JARED | 2859 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 19409578 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION BASED ON DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE UNIT TONE PLAN IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | LG Electronics Inc. | MIAH, LITON | 2642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2025 |
| 19397537 | DISPLAY DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LG Electronics Inc. | SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA | 2628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19157970 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING QUANTIZATION ACCORDING TO IMAGE USE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM | LG Electronics Inc. | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19302411 | DISPLAY DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | ISLAM, HASAN Z | 2845 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19155878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PLURALITY OF REFERENCE SIGNALS | LG Electronics Inc. | LUBIT, RYAN A | 2626 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19151970 | DISPLAY DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | TON, ANABEL | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19280617 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | LG Electronics Inc. | TRAN, TRANG U | 2422 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19149332 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAMS | LG Electronics Inc. | OWENS, TSION B | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19146361 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN | LG Electronics Inc. | HOSSAIN, FARZANA E | 2482 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19144558 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME | LG Electronics Inc. | NGUYEN, HOANG V | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19250495 | CAMERA CALIBRATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME | LG Electronics Inc. | SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T | 2639 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19141134 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | LG Electronics Inc. | PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19124257 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | LG Electronics Inc. | ALATA, YASSIN | 2426 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19122100 | DISPLAY DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2621 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 18697674 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRANGED ON VEHICLE | LG Electronics Inc. | PATEL, AMAL A | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19120956 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON NON-SEPARABLE FIRST-ORDER TRANSFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM | LG Electronics Inc. | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19121087 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED, AND BITSTREAM TRANSMISSION METHOD | LG Electronics Inc. | NAWAZ, TALHA M | 2483 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19113630 | INTRA PREDICTION MODE-BASED IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI REFERENCE LINE (MRL), AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM | LG Electronics Inc. | BECK, LERON | 2487 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19120186 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING IMAGE SEGMENTATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED | LG Electronics Inc. | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19120180 | RECOVERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING SYSTEM DEADLOCK | LG Electronics Inc. | RUSIN, KAYO LISA | 2114 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19119652 | USER EQUIPMENT, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE CONTENT GENERATION, AND METHOD THEREFOR | LG Electronics Inc. | FAN, HUA | 2426 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19119645 | BIOSENSOR | LG Electronics Inc. | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19119065 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED | LG Electronics Inc. | ZEWEDE, ASTEWAYE GETTU | 2481 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19117895 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | LG Electronics Inc. | HUYNH, AN SON PHI | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19116739 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | LG Electronics Inc. | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19116762 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | LG Electronics Inc. | PUENTE, EVA YI ZHENG | 2632 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19115393 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | LG Electronics Inc. | VLAHOS, SOPHIA | 2633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19114670 | DISPLAY DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | ELAHEE, MD S | 2694 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19112789 | MULTILATERAL QUANTUM TELEPORTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | LG Electronics Inc. | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 2438 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19076263 | CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OBJECT EQUIPPED WITH THE CAMERA DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | HANNAN, B M M | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19107530 | DISPLAY DEVICE | LG Electronics Inc. | BUI, HUNG S | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19106751 | MOVABLE TV AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | LG Electronics Inc. | SHIBRU, HELEN | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19061337 | SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS PROVIDING IN-VEHICLE SERVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS | LG Electronics Inc. | BIDWELL, JAMES R | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19105986 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD | LG Electronics Inc. | SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19058778 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IMPORTANT UPDATE INFORMATION OF ANOTHER AP THROUGH ML ELEMENT IN WLAN SYSTEM | LG Electronics Inc. | BEAMER, TEMICA M | 2646 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19105001 | SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | LG Electronics Inc. | ABEBE, DANIEL DEMELASH | 2657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19104186 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | LG Electronics Inc. | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2483 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19103516 | SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING DRIVER DRIVING SCORE, AND DRIVING SCORE CALCULATION METHOD FOR SYSTEM | LG Electronics Inc. | EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U | 3695 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19102102 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE HAVING SAME | LG Electronics Inc. | WANG, JIN CHENG | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19101318 | METHOD FOR MANAGING EMR MEASUREMENT RESULTS | LG Electronics Inc. | TSVEY, GENNADIY | 2648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19101212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | LG Electronics Inc. | SHAHEED, KHALID W | 2643 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19100106 | METHOD BY WHICH TERMINAL PERFORMS MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | LG Electronics Inc. | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 2466 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19041875 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION | LG Electronics Inc. | KASHYAPA, ANUSHA | 2669 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19099605 | TV AND TV CONTROL METHOD | LG Electronics Inc. | LE, RONG | 2421 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19099399 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | LG Electronics Inc. | TAYONG, HELENE E | 2631 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19099400 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT AND LIFT UNIT | LG Electronics Inc. | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial92.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey were allowed, across 15,774 applications in USPTO records.
3.04 office actions per allowed application on average.
295 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 255 examiners in 130 art units.
