Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Merchant & Gould P.C. - Cisco

51 pending office actions • 1 client • 50 examiners • 29 art units • 3 of 51 (6%) have an AI response strategy ready • 85 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2919 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.2%
Allowance Rate
n=2919
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2919
4.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2217
+0.62σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2217
1417 days
Time to Allowance
n=2217
+3.1pp
Interview Lift
n=2919
51.6%
RCE Rate
n=2919
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2919

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.2%
§101 Overcome
n=116
90.3%
§102 Overcome
n=290
87.3%
§103 Overcome
n=1558
93.5%
§112 Overcome
n=138

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04N, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
68%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2919
0
Practitioners
n=2919
Apps / Practitioner
n=2919 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
34
Medium (67%)
3
Easy (6%)
14
Unknown (27%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only32 (63%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only3 (6%)
No statute on record14 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
26
Information Tech
51% of docket
8
Communications
16% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
17
Business / Other
33% 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.

510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
102 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
178 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OHRI, ROMANI 2 85.4% +16.1%
BAYARD, DJENANE M 1 83.7% +1.4%
LEE, BRYAN Y 1 67.1% +41.2%
BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D 1 58.5% +30.1%
MINCEY, JERMAINE A 1 56.9% +41.8%
LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 1 80.0% -8.3%
JAKOVAC, RYAN J 1 65.7% +17.5%
HUANG, BRYAN PAI SONG 1 82.6% +4.6%
ELLIS, MATTHEW J 1 68.9% +31.3%
SKWIERAWSKI, PAUL J 1 80.0% +19.6%

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18652622 MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS OHRI, ROMANI 8d overdue
19091039 ROOT-CAUSE DETECTION BASED ON AUTOMATED RESOLUTION OF DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS ISSUES HUANG, BRYAN PAI SONG
19032170 VALIDATION OF PRIVACY REQUESTS FOR MUTUAL ACCESS POINT (AP) AND CLIENT DEVICE PROTECTION SKWIERAWSKI, PAUL J
17360283 MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS OHRI, ROMANI

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
18652622 MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS OHRI, ROMANI 8d overdue
18929941 Untitled LEE, BRYAN Y
18929927 Untitled BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D
18936539 Untitled MINCEY, JERMAINE A
18926553 Untitled JAKOVAC, RYAN J
19039596 ACCURACY EVALUATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR PROMPT PROCESSING UNITS AT INFERENCE TIME ELLIS, MATTHEW J
19032170 VALIDATION OF PRIVACY REQUESTS FOR MUTUAL ACCESS POINT (AP) AND CLIENT DEVICE PROTECTION SKWIERAWSKI, PAUL J
17360283 MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS OHRI, ROMANI

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 51

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24433
24442
26532
24132
26462
21141
21521
24391
21641
24311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18811105 Untitled Cisco Technology, Inc. BAYARD, DJENANE M 2444 Final Rejection Pending
18929941 Untitled Cisco Technology, Inc. LEE, BRYAN Y Non-Final OA Pending
18929927 Untitled Cisco Technology, Inc. BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D Non-Final OA Pending
18936539 Untitled Cisco Technology, Inc. MINCEY, JERMAINE A Non-Final OA Pending
18790114 Untitled Cisco Technology, Inc. LIN, JESSICA YIFANG Non-Final OA Pending
18926553 Untitled Cisco Technology, Inc. JAKOVAC, RYAN J Non-Final OA Pending
19091039 ROOT-CAUSE DETECTION BASED ON AUTOMATED RESOLUTION OF DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS ISSUES Cisco Technology, Inc. HUANG, BRYAN PAI SONG 2114 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19039596 ACCURACY EVALUATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR PROMPT PROCESSING UNITS AT INFERENCE TIME Cisco Technology, Inc. ELLIS, MATTHEW J 2152 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 28, 2025
19032170 VALIDATION OF PRIVACY REQUESTS FOR MUTUAL ACCESS POINT (AP) AND CLIENT DEVICE PROTECTION Cisco Technology, Inc. SKWIERAWSKI, PAUL J 2439 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2025
18947480 LOW LATENCY, LOW LOSS, SCALABLE THROUGHPUT QUEUING AND MARKING Cisco Technology, Inc. KIM, HEE SOO 2443 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 14, 2024
18933351 DATA CONTROLS USING PROMPT PROCESSING UNITS Cisco Technology, Inc. SIDDO, IBRAHIM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18931650 INSTRUMENTATION AND METRICS COMBINING SEARCH ENGINE FOR OPTIMIZED OBSERVABILITY Cisco Technology, Inc. HERSHLEY, MARK E 2164 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18931535 TASK CONTROL IN GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ON PROMPT PROCESSING UNITS Cisco Technology, Inc. CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T 2431 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18931467 CHUNK TRACEABILITY AND USER-BASED ACCESS CONTROL IN HORIZONTAL RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION Cisco Technology, Inc. HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 2497 §103 Final Rejection AI Ready Oct 30, 2024
18884850 LOW LATENCY, LOW LOSS, SCALABLE THROUGHPUT SUPPORT AND QUEUING Cisco Technology, Inc. BENGZON, GREG C 2444 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18816893 CLIENT DEVICE IDENTIFIER FOR DUAL-WI-FI CONNECTIONS Cisco Technology, Inc. BEDNASH, JOSEPH A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18790010 SECURE CREDENTIAL MANAGEMENT WITH CHAT ASSISTANTS Cisco Technology, Inc. NANO, SARGON N 2443 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790039 PLUG-AND-PLAY ARCHITECTURE FOR DATA RESOURCE EXTENSIONS IN A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE SYSTEM Cisco Technology, Inc. SHIN, SEONG-AH A 2659 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18791246 USING CROWDSOURCED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO OPTIMIZE A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE SYSTEM Cisco Technology, Inc. ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790027 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CONTEXT LABELING FOR TOKENIZED LOG MESSAGES Cisco Technology, Inc. MORRISON, JAY A 2151 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18786178 MULTI-LINK DEVICE BASED RELAY Cisco Technology, Inc. HO, DUC CHI §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18786331 Irregular Absence Signaling Cisco Technology, Inc. BHATTACHARYA, SAM §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18785981 DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE UNITS IN COORDINATED ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS Cisco Technology, Inc. CHO, HONG SOL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18786355 Synchronizing Restricted Traffic Window Service Periods Across Bands for Non-Simultaneously Transmit and Receive (NSTR) Stations Cisco Technology, Inc. JIANG, ZAIHAN Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18786344 Adaptive Channel Aging Detection to Determine Channel Sounding Intervals Cisco Technology, Inc. KIM, SUN JONG Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18772942 STATUS REPORT FRAME FOR EASIER REATTACHMENT Cisco Technology, Inc. SOE, KYAW Z §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18766451 Sounding Interval Optimization Cisco Technology, Inc. GEORGE, AYANAH S Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18751266 Improving Relay Operation In Wireless Networks Cisco Technology, Inc. LATORRE, IVAN O Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2024
18751263 Secondary Channel Access During Bursts of Beacons and Groupcast Cisco Technology, Inc. PATIDAR, SUDESH M Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2024
18739576 INTELLIGENT SYSTEM TO AUTONOMOUSLY CORRELATE BGP CHANGES AND IMPACTS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK Cisco Technology, Inc. WINDER, PATRICE L 2453 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 11, 2024
18734191 ENHANCED MULTI-LINK SAME-CHANNEL CAPABILITY FOR SEAMLESS ROAMING Cisco Technology, Inc. SANDHU, NEVENA ZECEVIC 2474 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18668317 RELAY MANAGEMENT Cisco Technology, Inc. LIN, KENNY S 2416 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18652622 MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS Cisco Technology, Inc. OHRI, ROMANI 2413 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18642227 CACHE REPLACEMENT FOR TEXT DATA USING SEMANTIC DIVERSITY Cisco Technology, Inc. KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 2653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2024
18627578 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED TELEMETRY INSTRUMENTATION Cisco Technology, Inc. SHIU, HO T 2443 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2024
18620804 NETWORK GAP DETECTION Cisco Technology, Inc. FANG, PAKEE 2409 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2024
18603956 CELL EDGE PREDICTOR FOR OPTIMIZED ROAMING Cisco Technology, Inc. JAIN, ANKUR 2646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18601666 ULTRA-WIDEBAND RANGING AND LOCATION TRACKING Cisco Technology, Inc. PANNELL, MARK G 2642 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18592848 SUPPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVE PROBING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TELEMETRY DATA Cisco Technology, Inc. MARCELO, MELVIN C 2463 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18592851 USING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LEARNING ON A LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING AGENT Cisco Technology, Inc. WONG, LINDA 2655 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2024
18585423 QOE-DRIVEN PREDICTIVE NETWORKS Cisco Technology, Inc. NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C 2459 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18583495 COORDINATED FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS Cisco Technology, Inc. ZHAO, YONGHONG 2472 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18437557 CLIENT-SIDE, PRE-TRAINING PERTURBATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING Cisco Technology, Inc. KAUR, JASPREET 2662 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue AI Ready Feb 09, 2024
18435436 SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION IN PARTITIONED NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE Cisco Technology, Inc. TRUONG, DANIEL NHU 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18435688 PHYSICAL SPACE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OPTIMIZE USER APPLICATION QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE IN OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS Cisco Technology, Inc. DUONG, OANH 2441 §103 Non-Final OA 16d AI Ready Feb 07, 2024
18497126 CHARGING EXCHANGE FOR AMBIENT POWER DEVICES Cisco Technology, Inc. VO, NGUYEN THANH 2646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18310633 QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) TRANSLATION Cisco Technology, Inc. CHAU, PETER P 2476 §112 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18308299 ENHANCED MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO) FOR CLIENT DISTRESS OPERATION Cisco Technology, Inc. JEONG, MOO RYONG 2418 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18193368 ALLEVIATE SPECTRAL REGROWTH AND RECEIVE BLOCKING FROM CO-LOCATED RADIOS Cisco Technology, Inc. NGUYEN, THE HY 2478 §112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
17742160 DEVICE-FREE IN-ZONE OBJECT MOVEMENT DETECTION USING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION Cisco Technology, Inc. KHAN, MEHMOOD B 2419 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2022
17360283 MALLEABLE ROUTING FOR DATA PACKETS Cisco Technology, Inc. OHRI, ROMANI 2413 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2021

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