Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Mbhb - Roku

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=235 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.3%
Allowance Rate
n=235
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=235
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=84
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=84
623 days
Time to Allowance
n=84
+17.1pp
Interview Lift
n=235
26.9%
RCE Rate
n=235
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=235

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)
68.4%
§103 Overcome
n=76
§112 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

H04N, G06F, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
48%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=235
0
Practitioners
n=235
Apps / Practitioner
n=235 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

1
Hard (9%)
9
Medium (82%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only8 (73%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
36% of docket
4
Communications
36% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARMSTRONG, ANGELA A 1 74.2% +8.0%
VILLENA, MARK 1 70.7% +15.3%
BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 1 84.3% +4.9%
WU, YANNA 1 80.8% +34.4%
BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 1 55.7% +37.9%
MENGESHA, MULUGETA A 1 81.6% +10.1%
PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 1 43.7% +27.6%
BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 1 62.5% +24.4%
CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK 1 59.6% +33.4%
ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID 1 72.4% +28.9%

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
18732194 Video-Content System with Narrative-Based Video Content Generation Feature WU, YANNA 13d
18816484 Dynamic Configuration of an IoT Control Application to Support New Controlled Device Type BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 34d
18441377 Content System with Related Segment Feature MENGESHA, MULUGETA A

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18464617 Dynamic Triggering and Processing of a Purchase Based on Computer Detection of Media Object PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN

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
18732183 Computing System with Personalized Educational Content Generation Feature BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 31d overdue
18732194 Video-Content System with Narrative-Based Video Content Generation Feature WU, YANNA 13d
17932444 Distributed Maintenance of Operational Data Among IoT Devices, with Soft-Wiring or Other Configuration ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID 50d
18827340 Use of Relative Time of Receipt of Voice Command as Basis to Control Response to Voice Command VILLENA, MARK
18441377 Content System with Related Segment Feature MENGESHA, MULUGETA A
18464617 Dynamic Triggering and Processing of a Purchase Based on Computer Detection of Media Object PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN
18448322 Doorbell Device with Current Determination and Configuration Feature BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O
18340808 Content System with Speech-Related Audio Content Replacement Feature CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ROKU, INC. 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26581
24571
26151
37151
24241
36881
26851
26591
24711
21161

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18975589 Media System with Closed-Captioning Data and/or Subtitle Data Generation Features Roku, Inc. ARMSTRONG, ANGELA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18827340 Use of Relative Time of Receipt of Voice Command as Basis to Control Response to Voice Command Roku, Inc. VILLENA, MARK 2658 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18816484 Dynamic Configuration of an IoT Control Application to Support New Controlled Device Type Roku, Inc. BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 2457 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 27, 2024
18732194 Video-Content System with Narrative-Based Video Content Generation Feature Roku, Inc. WU, YANNA 2615 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18732183 Computing System with Personalized Educational Content Generation Feature Roku, Inc. BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 3715 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18441377 Content System with Related Segment Feature Roku, Inc. MENGESHA, MULUGETA A 2424 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18464617 Dynamic Triggering and Processing of a Purchase Based on Computer Detection of Media Object Roku, Inc. PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18448322 Doorbell Device with Current Determination and Configuration Feature Roku, Inc. BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2023
18340808 Content System with Speech-Related Audio Content Replacement Feature Roku, Inc. CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK 2659 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
17932444 Distributed Maintenance of Operational Data Among IoT Devices, with Soft-Wiring or Other Configuration Roku, Inc. ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID 2471 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Sep 15, 2022
17932455 Decoupling IoT Devices with Soft-Wiring or other Configuration, Including Dynamic Variance of Control Group Pairings Based on Context Such as Time and/or Location Roku, Inc. KASENGE, CHARLES R 2116 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2022

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