Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP

Technology area: Networking & Security

22 pending office actions • 6 clients • 22 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP operates in the Networking & Security technology area. The firm has managed 1219 career applications and currently oversees 12 pending office actions. These figures indicate the firm's historical experience and its current level of engagement with the USPTO. This data provides a baseline for understanding the firm's presence in this sector.

The firm's resolved allowance rate is 97.34. On average, the firm receives 3.85 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use this average to estimate the frequency of examiner interactions required to reach a grant for applications in this portfolio. These metrics offer an overview of the firm's prosecution results.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1219 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.3%
Allowance Rate
n=1219
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1219
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=877
+0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=877
971 days
Time to Allowance
n=877
+3.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1219
45.3%
RCE Rate
n=1219
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1219

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.7%
§101 Overcome
n=233
91.9%
§102 Overcome
n=221
91.2%
§103 Overcome
n=523
94.7%
§112 Overcome
n=246

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
54%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1219
17
Practitioners
n=1219
71.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1219

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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
Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

7
Hard (32%)
15
Medium (68%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (9%)
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only14 (64%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
41% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
10
Business / Other
45% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 1 44.5% +23.1%
FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 1 86.2% +12.7%
LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO 1 60.0% +50.0%
NGUYEN, THUONG 1 68.3% +32.0%
OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK 1 69.8% +14.5%
CHEN, PETER 1 87.8% +21.2%
WU, JIANYE 1 82.0% +14.7%
MUSA, ABDELNABI O 1 84.2% +20.5%
CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M 1 84.0% +0.7%
SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL 1 88.8% +2.9%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18830423 TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING THE PROBABILITY OF COLLISIONS WHEN TRANSMITTING LOW LATENCY DATA USING PREEMPTION CHEN, PETER —
18826826 NON-COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION (NCJT) SCHEME IN A WIRELESS NETWORK WU, JIANYE —
18818391 LOW LATENCY RELAY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MULTI-LINK DEVICES MUSA, ABDELNABI O —
18785495 OPTIMIZING TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) USAGE IN COORDINATED-TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (C-TDMA) TRANSMISSION FOR ENHANCED SYSTEM THROUGHPUT CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M —
18767775 NON-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18515632 EXTENDING A SECURE KEY STORAGE FOR TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION AND CRYPTOCURRENCY RAZA, ZEHRA 12d
18439681 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS CIVAN, ETHAN D 22d
19221359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N —
19033114 INTEGRATED METER IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B —
18753864 AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) FORMAT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS KIM, YEWON —
18665434 MULTI-CHANNEL OPERATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS HOUSHMAND, HOOMAN —
18648091 AUTO-DETECTION OF A PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) FORMAT FOR NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKS OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE —

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
19221359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N —
19033114 INTEGRATED METER IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B —
18941898 PER-PACKET AMPLIFY AND FORWARD RELAY FOR BEYOND IEEE 802.11BE WIRELESS LANS LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO —
18923546 AMPLIFY-AND-FORWARD RELAY MECHANISM ENABLED BY MULTI-LINK OPERATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK NGUYEN, THUONG —
18886794 MULTI-ACCESS POINT (MULTI-AP) JOINT TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK —
18830423 TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING THE PROBABILITY OF COLLISIONS WHEN TRANSMITTING LOW LATENCY DATA USING PREEMPTION CHEN, PETER —
18826826 NON-COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION (NCJT) SCHEME IN A WIRELESS NETWORK WU, JIANYE —
18818391 LOW LATENCY RELAY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MULTI-LINK DEVICES MUSA, ABDELNABI O —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24612
28581
24651
24721
24641
24111
36881
36971
24371
21001

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19221359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY Afero, Inc. LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19033114 INTEGRATED METER IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) Chargepoint, Inc. FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 2858 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18941898 PER-PACKET AMPLIFY AND FORWARD RELAY FOR BEYOND IEEE 802.11BE WIRELESS LANS Newracom, Inc. LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18923546 AMPLIFY-AND-FORWARD RELAY MECHANISM ENABLED BY MULTI-LINK OPERATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Newracom, Inc. NGUYEN, THUONG §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18886794 MULTI-ACCESS POINT (MULTI-AP) JOINT TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Newracom, Inc. OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18830423 TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING THE PROBABILITY OF COLLISIONS WHEN TRANSMITTING LOW LATENCY DATA USING PREEMPTION Newracom, Inc. CHEN, PETER §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18826826 NON-COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION (NCJT) SCHEME IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Newracom, Inc. WU, JIANYE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18818391 LOW LATENCY RELAY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MULTI-LINK DEVICES Newracom, Inc. MUSA, ABDELNABI O §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18785495 OPTIMIZING TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) USAGE IN COORDINATED-TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (C-TDMA) TRANSMISSION FOR ENHANCED SYSTEM THROUGHPUT Newracom, Inc. CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18767775 NON-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18753864 AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) FORMAT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. KIM, YEWON §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18665434 MULTI-CHANNEL OPERATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. HOUSHMAND, HOOMAN 2465 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18648091 AUTO-DETECTION OF A PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) FORMAT FOR NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE 2472 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18632828 TRANSMITTING DIFFERENTIAL PHYSIAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNITS (PPDUS) TO ALLOW LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSION Newracom, Inc. NG, CHRISTINE Y 2464 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18605590 RESOURCE UNIT SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Newracom, Inc. RENNER, BRANDON M 2411 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18597805 BEAMFORMED RELAY OPERATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. MATTIS, JASON E 2461 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18583475 PREEMPTION TO SUPPORT LOW-LATENCY (LL) DATA Newracom, Inc. HSU, BAILOR CHIA-JONG 2461 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18439681 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS Afero, Inc. CIVAN, ETHAN D 3688 §101§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18515632 EXTENDING A SECURE KEY STORAGE FOR TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION AND CRYPTOCURRENCY Nok Nok Labs, Inc. RAZA, ZEHRA 3697 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18190582 POLICY-BASED BLOCKING OF VULNERABLE SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS USING A PROXY Cloudflare, Inc. BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 2437 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2023
18182157 Zero Trust Endpoint Device Bedrock Systems. Inc. SAVLA, ARPAN P 2100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 10, 2023
18083377 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING SENSITIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND DATA Afero, Inc. SHIFERAW, ELENI A 2497 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2022

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