Technology area: Networking & Security
9 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Straub & Straub - Charter has 9 pending office actions in Networking & Security and 353 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 98.86%, indicating that almost all resolved matters reached allowance.
The practice averages 2.37 office actions per allowance. This shows that the favorable outcome rate does not mean successful matters were uniformly resolved without examination activity. The application base is focused, while the current docket provides a separate indication of present workload. Together, the figures support a favorable historical outcome assessment with continued attention to prosecution strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIVITO, WALTER J | 2 | 84.2% | +9.8% |
| ODOM, CURTIS B | 1 | 87.2% | +11.4% |
| CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H | 1 | 74.5% | +22.5% |
| PHUNKULH, BOB A | 1 | 89.4% | +9.4% |
| GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C | 1 | 56.5% | +40.2% |
| DALENCOURT, YVES | 1 | 84.2% | -5.5% |
| FAYED, RASHA K | 1 | 63.4% | +25.8% |
| DAVIS, ZACHARY A | 1 | 53.9% | +21.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18085539 | Methods and Apparatus for Supporting the Communication of Path Switching Capability Information Between User Equipment and a Network Device To Enable Efficient Switching of Multi-Access (MA) Traffic Between Non-3GPP Access Paths | DIVITO, WALTER J | 37d overdue |
| 18085548 | Methods and Apparatus Relating to Communication of Path Switching Capability Information Between a Network Device and a UE device To Enable Efficient Switching of Multi-Access (MA) Traffic Between Non-3GPP Access Paths | DIVITO, WALTER J | 37d overdue |
| 18631036 | Methods and Apparatus for Enabling Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Through Use of Stream Classification Service | DALENCOURT, YVES | 15d overdue |
| 19019416 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AND DISPLAYING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) MESSAGES | ODOM, CURTIS B | — |
| 18788101 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING SUBCARRIER SPACING ON A COMMUNICATIONS LINK WITH A MODEM | PHUNKULH, BOB A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17590418 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SECURING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MEDIATION DEVICE AND POINT OF INTERCEPT | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19019416 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AND DISPLAYING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) MESSAGES | ODOM, CURTIS B | — |
| 18801681 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION POWER IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM | CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H | — |
| 18631038 | Methods and Apparatus for Using Mirrored Stream Classification Service to Enable Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) | GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C | — |
| 17990175 | Channel Access Mechanism For Sidelink In Unlicensed Spectrum | FAYED, RASHA K | — |
| 17590418 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SECURING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MEDIATION DEVICE AND POINT OF INTERCEPT | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC | 9 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2465 | 2 |
| 2631 | 1 |
| 2473 | 1 |
| 2412 | 1 |
| 2459 | 1 |
| 2457 | 1 |
| 2413 | 1 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19019416 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AND DISPLAYING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) MESSAGES | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | ODOM, CURTIS B | 2631 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18801681 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION POWER IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H | 2473 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18788101 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING SUBCARRIER SPACING ON A COMMUNICATIONS LINK WITH A MODEM | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | PHUNKULH, BOB A | 2412 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18631038 | Methods and Apparatus for Using Mirrored Stream Classification Service to Enable Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C | 2459 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18631036 | Methods and Apparatus for Enabling Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Through Use of Stream Classification Service | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | DALENCOURT, YVES | 2457 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18085539 | Methods and Apparatus for Supporting the Communication of Path Switching Capability Information Between User Equipment and a Network Device To Enable Efficient Switching of Multi-Access (MA) Traffic Between Non-3GPP Access Paths | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | DIVITO, WALTER J | 2465 | DP | Non-Final OA | 37d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18085548 | Methods and Apparatus Relating to Communication of Path Switching Capability Information Between a Network Device and a UE device To Enable Efficient Switching of Multi-Access (MA) Traffic Between Non-3GPP Access Paths | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | DIVITO, WALTER J | 2465 | DP | Non-Final OA | 37d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17990175 | Channel Access Mechanism For Sidelink In Unlicensed Spectrum | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | FAYED, RASHA K | 2413 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17590418 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SECURING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MEDIATION DEVICE AND POINT OF INTERCEPT | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | 2492 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial98.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Straub & Straub - Charter were allowed, across 353 applications in USPTO records.
2.37 office actions per allowed application on average.
9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.
