Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Shichrur & Co.

Technology area: Networking & Security

28 pending office actions • 6 clients • 28 examiners • 13 art units • 3 of 28 (11%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shichrur & Co. has managed 1277 career applications, primarily in the Networking & Security technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 96.71. Currently, there are 11 pending office actions in its docket. The 1277 career applications reflect the firm's specialized experience in networking and security technologies.

The average office actions per allowance for this profile is 3.29. This metric provides a benchmark for the prosecution effort required to reach an allowance in the Networking & Security field. The 96.71 resolved allowance rate pct is an indicator of success for the 1277 career applications managed. With 11 pending office actions, the firm is actively processing its current workload. These data points offer a concise yet detailed summary of the firm's performance and its focus on networking and security patent law.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1277 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1277
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1277
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=882
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=882
1011 days
Time to Allowance
n=882
-1.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1277
17.2%
RCE Rate
n=1277
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1277

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.4%
§101 Overcome
n=132
90.5%
§102 Overcome
n=391
90.3%
§103 Overcome
n=642
89.7%
§112 Overcome
n=243

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, H04B
Top CPC Subclasses
63%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1277
0
Practitioners
n=1277
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1277 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
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.

9
Hard (32%)
17
Medium (61%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only16 (57%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
32% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
15
Business / Other
54% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CROCKETT, RYAN M 1 78.8% +5.4%
HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E 1 83.7% +5.2%
AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE 1 84.5% +9.0%
KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1 45.7% +19.3%
KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V 1 87.4% +12.5%
CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 1 83.5% +15.1%
RECEK, JASON D 1 70.9% +22.4%
SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 1 88.4% +12.6%
BARZYKIN, VICTOR V 1 82.3% +3.7%
HO, HUY C 1 77.5% +20.5%

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
18870649 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FAST BASIC SERVICE SET (BSS) TRANSITION (FT) HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E —
18940880 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) CODING AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE —
18898540 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A SINGLE-USER (SU) MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) TRANSMISSION KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V —
18842838 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF BEAMFORMING TRAINING OVER A MILLIMETERWAVE (MMWAVE) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR —

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18770521 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL (ANC) BASED ON HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) CONFIGURATION SURYAWANSHI, SURESH —
18674884 RADIATION DETECTOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM BARZYKIN, VICTOR V —
18459185 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF A PRE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) (PRE-FEC) PADDING NGUYEN, THIEN DANG —
18352100 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING UNEQUAL MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) (UEM) INFORMATION KANG, SUK JIN —
18344745 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING UNEQUAL MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) (UEM) INFORMATION MORLAN, ROBERT M —
18344754 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) ZHAO, WEI —
18322007 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTENDING A WIRELESS MEDIUM HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN —
18186187 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING END-TO-END (E2E) QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) INFORMATION KIR, ALBERT —

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
18788260 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A NETWORK RECEK, JASON D 19d
18864037 USE OF SODIUM PENTABORATE PENTAHYDRATE AS A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI —
18898540 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A SINGLE-USER (SU) MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) TRANSMISSION KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V —
18842838 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF BEAMFORMING TRAINING OVER A MILLIMETERWAVE (MMWAVE) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR —
18770521 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL (ANC) BASED ON HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) CONFIGURATION SURYAWANSHI, SURESH —
18635377 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROTECTING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FRAME HO, HUY C —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24691
24581
21161
28841
21751
36481
28411
24771
24851
24651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18880517 APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF AN OPTICAL LENS Hypervision Ltd. CROCKETT, RYAN M §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18870649 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FAST BASIC SERVICE SET (BSS) TRANSITION (FT) Intel Corporation HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E 2469 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2024
18940880 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) CODING Intel Corporation AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18864037 USE OF SODIUM PENTABORATE PENTAHYDRATE AS A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT Yeditepe Universitesi KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18898540 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A SINGLE-USER (SU) MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) TRANSMISSION Intel Corporation KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18842838 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF BEAMFORMING TRAINING OVER A MILLIMETERWAVE (MMWAVE) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL Intel Corporation CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18788260 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A NETWORK Optimalnets Ltd. RECEK, JASON D 2458 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18770521 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL (ANC) BASED ON HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) CONFIGURATION Silentium Ltd. SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 2116 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18674884 RADIATION DETECTOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Tower Semiconductor Ltd. BARZYKIN, VICTOR V 2884 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2024
18635377 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROTECTING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FRAME Intel Corporation HO, HUY C §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18620003 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTICORE PROCESSOR POWER CONTROL Intel Corporation CHAN, DANNY 2175 §103 Final Rejection 41d AI Ready Mar 28, 2024
18399342 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A CHANNEL BANDWIDTH FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Intel Corporation JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18459185 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF A PRE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) (PRE-FEC) PADDING Intel Corporation NGUYEN, THIEN DANG §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18352100 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING UNEQUAL MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) (UEM) INFORMATION Intel Corporation KANG, SUK JIN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2023
18352083 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTENDING A WIRELESS MEDIUM Intel Corporation AHMED, ABDULLAHI §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2023
18260569 RADAR APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Intel Corporation JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §103 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Jul 06, 2023
18344745 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING UNEQUAL MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME (MCS) (UEM) INFORMATION Intel Corporation MORLAN, ROBERT M §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
18344754 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) Intel Corporation ZHAO, WEI §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
18333304 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MULTI ACCESS POINT (AP) (M-AP) OPERATION OVER A WIDE CHANNEL BANDWIDTH (BW) Intel Corporation HSU, BAILOR CHIA-JONG §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2023
18326704 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING A JOINT TRANSMISSION Intel Corporation YU, LIHONG §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2023
18322007 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTENDING A WIRELESS MEDIUM Intel Corporation HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2023
18319156 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) SHIELDING Intel Corporation WILSON, ADRIAN S 2841 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 17, 2023
18193340 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING A DATA FIELD OF A PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY) PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PPDU) OVER A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL BANDWIDTH (BW) SEGMENTS Intel Corporation SEFCHECK, GREGORY B 2477 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 30, 2023
18186187 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING END-TO-END (E2E) QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) INFORMATION Intel Corporation KIR, ALBERT 2485 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 19, 2023
18090991 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DURING A TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) Intel Corporation WILLIAMS, TRACY L 2465 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2022
18090289 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF BLUETOOTH AUDIO SHARING Intel Corporation YUN, EUGENE 2648 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2022
17958342 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION OVER A MILLIMETERWAVE (MMWAVE) CHANNEL ASSISTED BY COMMUNICATION OVER A SUB 10 GIGAHERTZ (GHZ) (SUB-10GHZ) CHANNEL Intel Corporation NGO, ANGELIE THIEN THAN 2416 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Oct 01, 2022
17956958 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASED ON A NETWORK CODING (NC) SCHEME Intel Corporation WU, JIANYE 2462 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue AI Ready Sep 30, 2022

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