Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sonoda & Kobayashi Ip Services Inc.

45 pending office actions • 1 client • 44 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=355 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.8%
Allowance Rate
n=355
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=355
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=136
-0.47σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=136
1014 days
Time to Allowance
n=136
-0.3pp
Interview Lift
n=355
33.1%
RCE Rate
n=355
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=355

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

46.9%
§101 Overcome
n=32
58.9%
§102 Overcome
n=112
57.8%
§103 Overcome
n=161
47.6%
§112 Overcome
n=63

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, H04B
Top CPC Subclasses
79%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=355
0
Practitioners
n=355
Apps / Practitioner
n=355 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
14
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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (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.

25
Hard (56%)
18
Medium (40%)
2
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other4 (9%)
§103 only14 (31%)
§102 only4 (9%)
§112 only2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)20 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
22
Information Tech
49% of docket
7
Communications
16% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
16
Business / Other
36% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EBRAHIM, ANEZ C 2 82.7% +7.9%
TIEU, JANICE N 1 90.2% +10.7%
WANG, LIANG CHE A 1 86.0% +9.2%
YE, ZI 1 85.2% +17.9%
CARNES, THOMAS A 1 68.8% +69.5%
HARPER, KEVIN C 1 87.9% +6.3%
WOLF, DARREN E 1 84.9% +15.3%
MAK, RODRICK 1 76.0% +26.3%
PATEL, ARTIBEN JAIMIN 1
CHEN, PETER 1 87.6% +22.2%

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
19112587 Untitled TIEU, JANICE N
18856996 Network Nodes and Methods for Handling Masked IMEISV in a Wireless Communication Network HARPER, KEVIN C
18843270 DATA COLLECTION FROM USER EQUIPMENT ON USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY USAGE CHEN, PETER
18711883 NETWORK NODE, USER EQUIPMENT, AND METHODS THEREIN FOR COMMUNICATION IN EDGEAPP EBRAHIM, ANEZ C

Hard Cases (25)

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
18275839 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL PARAMETER DABIRI, HIDAYAT T 23d overdue
18247143 MANAGEMENT OF MASTER AND SECONDARY CELL GROUP CONFIGURATIONS HUA, QUAN M 11d overdue
18689197 NETWORK SLICING BASED VPLMN PRIORITIZATION ELNOUBI, SAID M 26d
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
19105345 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING SECURITY ATTACKS IN INTERNET OF SENSES (IOS) APPLICATIONS CARNES, THOMAS A
18853717 DEVICES WITH OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL-OPTICAL CONVERTER WOLF, DARREN E

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
19112587 Untitled TIEU, JANICE N
19105968 NWDAF-ASSISTED APPLICATION DETECTION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SERVICE (DNS) YE, ZI
19105345 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING SECURITY ATTACKS IN INTERNET OF SENSES (IOS) APPLICATIONS CARNES, THOMAS A
18853717 DEVICES WITH OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL-OPTICAL CONVERTER WOLF, DARREN E
18851682 DYNAMIC BLOCK ERROR RATE TARGET SELECTION FOR SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE MAK, RODRICK
18843270 DATA COLLECTION FROM USER EQUIPMENT ON USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY USAGE CHEN, PETER

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Ericsson 45

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26433
24722
24142
24471
24851
24671
24661
24731
26311
24131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19112587 Untitled Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) TIEU, JANICE N §112 Non-Final OA Pending
19131754 COMMUNICATION NETWORK ANALYTICS Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) WANG, LIANG CHE A 2447 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 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
19105345 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING SECURITY ATTACKS IN INTERNET OF SENSES (IOS) APPLICATIONS Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) CARNES, THOMAS A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
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
18853717 DEVICES WITH OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL-OPTICAL CONVERTER Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) WOLF, DARREN E §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18851682 DYNAMIC BLOCK ERROR RATE TARGET SELECTION FOR SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) MAK, RODRICK §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 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
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
18842801 ROUTE SELECTION PROCESS FOR HANDLING CONGESTION WITH RELAY PROXIMITY-BASED SERVICES Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18836150 FIRST WIRELESS DEVICE, FIRST NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY, FOR HANDLING AN INDICATION Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18834633 HANDLING MULTICAST COMMUNICATIONS Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) LA, PHONG §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18728440 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING PHYSICAL QUEUES INTO VIRTUAL QUEUES Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) DIVECHA, NISHANT B §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18726508 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAY COMMUNICATION Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) SHEIKH, AYAZ R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18722640 REWARD FOR TILT OPTIMIZATION BASED ON REINFORCEMENT LEARNING (RL) Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) DAI, GABRIELLE NICOLE §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18720741 Technique for Downlink Transmission Power-Aware Scheduling Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) JENSEN, NICHOLAS A 2472 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18720760 Interference Measurement Technique Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) NELSON, RYA TEON §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18718908 UE, NETWORK NODE AND METHODS FOR HANDLING UPLINK ACCESS PROCEDURES IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) SIDDIQUI, KASHIF 2485 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18718440 Methods and Network Devices for PTP Clock Synchronization Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) EBRAHIM, ANEZ C 2467 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 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
18712247 DETERMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL NODE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLUSTER PERFORMANCE Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) LYTLE JR., BRADLEY D 2473 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18711883 NETWORK NODE, USER EQUIPMENT, AND METHODS THEREIN FOR COMMUNICATION IN EDGEAPP Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) EBRAHIM, ANEZ C 2414 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18709038 RELATIVE ORIENTATION WITH ULTRA-FINE PRECISION Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) TAYONG, HELENE E 2631 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18708278 SLICE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) AHMED, ATIQUE 2413 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18689197 NETWORK SLICING BASED VPLMN PRIORITIZATION Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) ELNOUBI, SAID M 2644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18291033 DETERMINATION OF COMPATIBLE RESOURCE CONFIGURATIONS IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL MIGRATION AND TOPOLOGICAL REDUNDANCY Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) ASRES, HERMON 2449 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 22, 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 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2024
18574400 TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO IDENTIFY A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DATA ITEMS Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) ZHAO, DAQUAN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18285098 SELECTIVE REPORTING OF TRACKING AREA IDENTITY TO CORE NETWORK IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) IQBAL, KHAWAR 2643 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18551482 PLUNGER FOR FASTER VIDEO STREAM RECOVERY Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) KIM, CHONG G 2443 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18547517 Data Management in a Network Function Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) JAMI, HARES 2164 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2023
18275839 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL PARAMETER Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) DABIRI, HIDAYAT T 2414 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18257148 Subscription Identifier for a Communication Network Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) AMBAYE, SAMUEL 2433 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18038461 SUPPORT OF NON-SUBSCRIBED TEMPORARY LOCAL SLICES WHILE ROAMING FOR LOCAL IMS SERVICE Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) MIAH, LITON 2642 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 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
18044218 AI-POWERED RADIO OVER TEMPERATURE HANDLING Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) HIGA, BRENDAN Y 2441 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 07, 2023
18041832 GENERATING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) TANG, KENNETH 2197 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2023
18019690 TRANSMISSION OF HARQ-ACK FOR MULTIPLE SPS OR MULTIPLE CGS FOR TRANSMISSION ALIGNMENT Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) SUNDARA, NICK ANON 2479 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 03, 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

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