Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
37 pending office actions • 1 client • 37 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Services Inc. manages 368 career applications in the Networking & Security technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 94.48. Its prosecution history includes an avg office actions per allowance of 2.44.
There are 21 pending office actions currently active. The 94.48 resolved allowance rate pct for its 368 career applications indicates the firm's success in securing allowances. An avg office actions per allowance of 2.44 provides a benchmark for the examination process in its primary technology area.
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.
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.
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 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (14%) |
| §103 only | 12 (32%) |
| §102 only | 2 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, LIANG CHE A | 1 | 86.0% | +9.4% |
| STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON | 1 | 77.2% | +19.6% |
| YE, ZI | 1 | 85.2% | +17.8% |
| CORS, NATHAN M | 1 | 77.7% | +5.4% |
| PANWALKAR, VINEETA S | 1 | 91.1% | +8.7% |
| WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 1 | 46.5% | +42.6% |
| CHOI, HAESHIL JESSICA | 1 | 76.0% | -1.2% |
| HARPER, KEVIN C | 1 | 88.0% | +6.3% |
| MAK, RODRICK | 1 | 75.5% | +26.0% |
| SWIFT, CHARLES M | 1 | 80.7% | +22.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856996 | Network Nodes and Methods for Handling Masked IMEISV in a Wireless Communication Network | HARPER, KEVIN C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18247143 | MANAGEMENT OF MASTER AND SECONDARY CELL GROUP CONFIGURATIONS | HUA, QUAN M | 11d overdue |
| 18871805 | PROJECTION BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT ORDERING SYSTEM | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 2d overdue |
| 18686067 | WIRELESS DEVICE, NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING A CONFIGURATION OF ONE OR MORE THRESHOLDS | SHIVERS, ASHLEY L | 46d |
| 18004488 | USER EQUIPMENT TETHERING POLICY | FIGUEROA, MARISOL | 69d |
| 19131754 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK ANALYTICS | WANG, LIANG CHE A | — |
| 19105968 | NWDAF-ASSISTED APPLICATION DETECTION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SERVICE (DNS) | YE, ZI | — |
| 18877295 | Optical Switch, and Method of Configuring an Optical Switch | CORS, NATHAN M | — |
| 18875709 | RECIPROCITY-AIDED INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION VIA EIGEN BEAMFORMING | PANWALKAR, VINEETA S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871805 | PROJECTION BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT ORDERING SYSTEM | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 2d overdue |
| 19117633 | SECURE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL IOT NETWORKS (PINS) | STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON | — |
| 19105968 | NWDAF-ASSISTED APPLICATION DETECTION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SERVICE (DNS) | YE, ZI | — |
| 18851682 | DYNAMIC BLOCK ERROR RATE TARGET SELECTION FOR SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE | MAK, RODRICK | — |
| 18850053 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION | SWIFT, CHARLES M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ericsson | 37 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2643 | 4 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2491 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2466 | 1 |
| 2477 | 1 |
| 2464 | 1 |
| 2164 | 1 |
| 2125 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19131754 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK ANALYTICS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | WANG, LIANG CHE A | 2447 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19117633 | SECURE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL IOT NETWORKS (PINS) | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON | 2491 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19105968 | NWDAF-ASSISTED APPLICATION DETECTION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SERVICE (DNS) | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | YE, ZI | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 18877295 | Optical Switch, and Method of Configuring an Optical Switch | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | CORS, NATHAN M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18875709 | RECIPROCITY-AIDED INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION VIA EIGEN BEAMFORMING | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | PANWALKAR, VINEETA S | 2635 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18871805 | PROJECTION BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT ORDERING SYSTEM | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 3625 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18860526 | UE, NETWORK NODE AND METHODS FOR HANDLING CG-SDT RESOURCES | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | CHOI, HAESHIL JESSICA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18856996 | Network Nodes and Methods for Handling Masked IMEISV in a Wireless Communication Network | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | HARPER, KEVIN C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 | |
| 18851682 | DYNAMIC BLOCK ERROR RATE TARGET SELECTION FOR SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | MAK, RODRICK | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18850053 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | SWIFT, CHARLES M | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| 18848931 | JOINT-REPEATER-UE BEAM REPORT IN REPEATER-ASSISTED NETWORKS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | PHAN, MAN U | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18848925 | METHODS FOR EXPOSURE OF DATA/ANALYTICS OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN ROAMING SCENARIO | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | PATEL, ARTIBEN JAIMIN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18846254 | D2D BASED RELAYING OF CONTROL DATA | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | ELMEJJARMI, ABDELILLAH | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18844048 | FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE, THIRD NODE AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING INFORMATION | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | TRAN, CONGVAN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 | |
| 18843270 | DATA COLLECTION FROM USER EQUIPMENT ON USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY USAGE | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | CHEN, PETER | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2024 | |
| 18837645 | Wireless Device, Network Node, and Methods Performed Thereby, for Handling Transmission | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | RIVAS, SALVADOR E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 | |
| 18834633 | HANDLING MULTICAST COMMUNICATIONS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | LA, PHONG | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 | |
| 18720760 | Interference Measurement Technique | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | NELSON, RYA TEON | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 | |
| 18716159 | Selection of Cooperating Access Points in a Communication Network | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | TRAN, THINH D | 2466 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18709811 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PLURAL CLOUD VIRTUALISATION LAYERS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | LEE, ADAM | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 | |
| 18700476 | ADAPTIVE RESOURCE DIMENSIONING FOR CLOUD STACK HAVING PLURALITY OF VIRTUALIZATION LAYERS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | BLACKBURN, CONNOR IMIOLA | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 | |
| 18686067 | WIRELESS DEVICE, NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING A CONFIGURATION OF ONE OR MORE THRESHOLDS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | SHIVERS, ASHLEY L | 2477 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18578041 | Methods, and Devices, of Estimating a Duration that a User Equipment, UE, is Unreachable Caused by a Coverage Hole in a Coverage Area of at Least one Access Node in a Telecommunication Network | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | NG, CHRISTINE Y | 2464 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18569632 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESSING INTENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | PARK, GRACE A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 | |
| 18285098 | SELECTIVE REPORTING OF TRACKING AREA IDENTITY TO CORE NETWORK IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | IQBAL, KHAWAR | 2643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18547517 | Data Management in a Network Function | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | JAMI, HARES | 2164 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18277252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INHOMOGENEOUS SLICE SUPPORT | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | YI, ALEXANDER J. | 2643 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18035333 | MANAGING TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | VAUGHN, RYAN C | 2125 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18032144 | HARQ TIMING FOR DCI SCHEDULING MULTIPLE CELLS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | VU, HOANG-CHUONG Q | 2476 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18247143 | MANAGEMENT OF MASTER AND SECONDARY CELL GROUP CONFIGURATIONS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | HUA, QUAN M | 2645 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18028228 | NETWORK SLICE QUOTAS IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERWORKING | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 2472 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18026234 | Technique for Radio Resource Allocation in a Relayed Radio Communication | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | ASHLEY, HUGH MARK | 2463 | §103 | Final Rejection | 133d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18041832 | GENERATING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | TANG, KENNETH | 2197 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18007334 | RESOURCE ISOLATION VIA ASSOCIATED IDENTIFIERS | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR | 2643 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 18004488 | USER EQUIPMENT TETHERING POLICY | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | FIGUEROA, MARISOL | 2643 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17924474 | SUBSCRIPTION BASED SERVICE RESTRICTION | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | RIVAS, RAUL | 2471 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17793784 | Activating Data Collection | Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) | ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE | 2412 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
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