Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Straub & Straub - Charter

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=346 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

99.2%
Allowance Rate
n=346
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=346
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=240
-0.50σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=240
865 days
Time to Allowance
n=240
-1.4pp
Interview Lift
n=346
15.3%
RCE Rate
n=346
8.7%
Appeal Rate
n=346

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
75.3%
§102 Overcome
n=73
83.4%
§103 Overcome
n=157
87.0%
§112 Overcome
n=69

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, H04B
Top CPC Subclasses
86%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=346
0
Practitioners
n=346
Apps / Practitioner
n=346 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
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
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

3
Hard (27%)
8
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
55% of docket
2
Communications
18% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUYNH, CHUCK 1 71.7% +13.9%
MERED, HABTE 1 84.6% +12.4%
CHO, HONG SOL 1 87.9% +7.2%
GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C 1 56.5% +40.4%
PHUONG, DAI 1 75.7% +15.7%
MACASIANO, MARILYN G 1 57.3% +16.9%
PHUNG, LUAT 1 76.3% +12.5%
AHMED, ATIQUE 1 80.6% +15.6%
HUA, QUAN M 1 72.4% +21.0%
KIM, ANDREW CHANUL 1 43.2% +4.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18676293 DISCOVERY OF TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) CONFIGURATION OF INTRA-OPERATOR AND INTER-OPERATOR CELLS CHO, HONG SOL 65d
18882645 Methods and Apparatus Supporting User Equipment (UE) Access to a Core Network Via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Facilitating Transfer of Application Data via the Core Network MERED, HABTE
18383414 Methods and Apparatus for Implementing a Mesh Network of Access Points Capable of Providing Multiple Levels of Service AHMED, ATIQUE

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18609463 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING USING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSING MACASIANO, MARILYN G 5d
18236383 DYNAMIC NETWORK SLICING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS USING CLUSTERING AND PACKET INSPECTION HUA, QUAN M
17590418 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SECURING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MEDIATION DEVICE AND POINT OF INTERCEPT DAVIS, ZACHARY A

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
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
18922373 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW COMPLEXITY SPECTRUM SHARING HUYNH, CHUCK
18882645 Methods and Apparatus Supporting User Equipment (UE) Access to a Core Network Via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Facilitating Transfer of Application Data via the Core Network MERED, HABTE
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
18631040 Methods and Apparatus for Using Stream Classification Service to Enable Low Latency Treatment of MAC Service Data Units (MSDUs) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) PHUONG, DAI
18383414 Methods and Apparatus for Implementing a Mesh Network of Access Points Capable of Providing Multiple Levels of Service AHMED, ATIQUE
18236383 DYNAMIC NETWORK SLICING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS USING CLUSTERING AND PACKET INSPECTION HUA, QUAN M

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24671
24591
26441
36221
24681
24131
26451
24711
24921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18922373 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW COMPLEXITY SPECTRUM SHARING Charter Communications Operating, LLC HUYNH, CHUCK §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18882645 Methods and Apparatus Supporting User Equipment (UE) Access to a Core Network Via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Facilitating Transfer of Application Data via the Core Network Charter Communications Operating, LLC MERED, HABTE §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
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
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
18631040 Methods and Apparatus for Using Stream Classification Service to Enable Low Latency Treatment of MAC Service Data Units (MSDUs) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Charter Communications Operating, LLC PHUONG, DAI 2644 §103 Non-Final OA 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
18383414 Methods and Apparatus for Implementing a Mesh Network of Access Points Capable of Providing Multiple Levels of Service Charter Communications Operating, LLC AHMED, ATIQUE 2413 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18236383 DYNAMIC NETWORK SLICING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS USING CLUSTERING AND PACKET INSPECTION Charter Communications Operating, LLC HUA, QUAN M 2645 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 21, 2023
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
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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