Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Straub & Straub - Charter

12 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

1
Hard (8%)
11
Medium (92%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only10 (83%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
10
Information Tech
83% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DIVITO, WALTER J 2 83.3% +10.8%
CHO, HONG SOL 1 87.9% +7.0%
DALENCOURT, YVES 1 84.3% -5.7%
MACASIANO, MARILYN G 1 57.2% +17.4%
PHUNG, LUAT 1 76.0% +12.4%
MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 1 70.9% +14.8%
CARDONE, JASON D 1 89.2% -14.0%
GERGISO, TECHANE 1 84.2% +24.3%
BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR 1 65.0% +20.0%
BAIG, ADNAN 1 68.7% +25.4%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18144833 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD WITH SELECTIVE LATENCY REDUCTION GERGISO, TECHANE 42d 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
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
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
18377744 Methods and Apparatus for Supporting and Using a QUIC connection between a UE and N3IWF in a Communications System CARDONE, JASON D 9d overdue
18676293 DISCOVERY OF TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) CONFIGURATION OF INTRA-OPERATOR AND INTER-OPERATOR CELLS CHO, HONG SOL 65d

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18609463 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING USING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSING MACASIANO, MARILYN G 5d

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
18544058 Methods and Apparatus for Streaming Augmented Reality Content Synchronized with Physical Objects and/or Digital Content Being Viewed MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 73d overdue
17968319 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS CONNECTIVITY TO A DEVICE BAIG, ADNAN 73d overdue
18144833 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD WITH SELECTIVE LATENCY REDUCTION GERGISO, TECHANE 42d 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
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
18095744 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND/OR USING KPIs IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR 32d overdue
18545972 Methods and Apparatus for Mitigating and/or Avoiding Interference in Uncoordinated Networks PHUNG, LUAT 29d overdue
18609463 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING USING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSING MACASIANO, MARILYN G 5d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Charter Communications 12

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24652
24671
24571
36221
24681
24211
24581
24081
26431
24611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18676293 DISCOVERY OF TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) CONFIGURATION OF INTRA-OPERATOR AND INTER-OPERATOR CELLS Charter Communications Operating, LLC CHO, HONG SOL 2467 DPOther Non-Final OA 65d Pending May 28, 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 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2024
18609463 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING USING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSING Charter Communications Operating, LLC MACASIANO, MARILYN G 3622 §101 Final Rejection 5d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18545972 Methods and Apparatus for Mitigating and/or Avoiding Interference in Uncoordinated Networks Charter Communications Operating, LLC PHUNG, LUAT 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18544058 Methods and Apparatus for Streaming Augmented Reality Content Synchronized with Physical Objects and/or Digital Content Being Viewed Charter Communications Operating, LLC MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 2421 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18377744 Methods and Apparatus for Supporting and Using a QUIC connection between a UE and N3IWF in a Communications System Charter Communications Operating, LLC CARDONE, JASON D 2458 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18144833 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD WITH SELECTIVE LATENCY REDUCTION Charter Communications Operating, LLC GERGISO, TECHANE 2408 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18095744 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND/OR USING KPIs IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS Charter Communications Operating, LLC BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR 2643 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
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 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
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 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
17968319 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS CONNECTIVITY TO A DEVICE Charter Communications Operating, LLC BAIG, ADNAN 2461 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2022
17700919 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SWITCHING OF TRAFFIC CORRESPONDING TO A COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN TWO NON-3GPP ACCESS PATHS Charter Communications Operating, LLC KIM, ANDREW CHANUL 2471 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 22, 2022

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