Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 3 of 9 (33%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC demonstrates a high volume of activity within the Networking & Security technology area, having managed 1835 career applications. This extensive experience is reflected in a resolved allowance rate of 89.97 percent, indicating a strong track record of securing patent rights for their clients. The firm currently manages 9 pending office actions, suggesting a manageable active workload relative to their historical volume.
The prosecution process for this firm involves an average of 5.14 office actions per allowance. This figure suggests a persistent approach to negotiation with the patent office, as practitioners navigate the complexities inherent in Networking & Security. The 89.97 percent resolved allowance rate serves as a benchmark for their success across the 1835 career applications handled by the firm. Practitioners can use the 5.14 average office actions per allowance to set expectations for the timeline and effort required to reach a resolution.
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.
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.
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 + other | 3 (33%) |
| §103 only | 5 (56%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASAN, MOHAMMAD S | 1 | 89.8% | +7.4% |
| NDIAYE, CHEIKH T | 1 | 79.2% | +18.6% |
| KARIKARI, KWASI | 1 | 80.2% | +6.6% |
| ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT | 1 | — | — |
| LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | 1 | 82.3% | +15.3% |
| KRETZER, CASEY L | 1 | 86.8% | +12.7% |
| WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 1 | 89.5% | +12.5% |
| KASSIM, KHALED M | 1 | 70.4% | +38.1% |
| FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG | 1 | 82.8% | +19.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17797002 | DEVICES, METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG | 19d |
| 18904595 | Untitled | HASAN, MOHAMMAD S | — |
| 18609890 | Photodiodes | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18364433 | PROGRAMMING SECURITY RULES INTO NETWORK DEVICES | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 26d |
| 18696985 | HANDOVER IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G AIR-TO-GROUND-SYSTEM | KARIKARI, KWASI | 70d |
| 18696984 | RANDOM ACCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G AIR-TO-GROUND-SYSTEM | NDIAYE, CHEIKH T | — |
| 18607308 | DUAL-POLARIZATION ALIGNMENT | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17797002 | DEVICES, METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG | 19d |
| 18364433 | PROGRAMMING SECURITY RULES INTO NETWORK DEVICES | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 26d |
| 18304021 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT | KASSIM, KHALED M | 63d |
| 18696984 | RANDOM ACCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G AIR-TO-GROUND-SYSTEM | NDIAYE, CHEIKH T | — |
| 18609890 | Photodiodes | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | — |
| 18607308 | DUAL-POLARIZATION ALIGNMENT | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Nokia | 5 |
| Skyfive AG | 2 |
| X-FAB | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2138 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2641 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2475 | 1 |
| 2462 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904595 | Untitled | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | HASAN, MOHAMMAD S | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 18696984 | RANDOM ACCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G AIR-TO-GROUND-SYSTEM | Skyfive AG | NDIAYE, CHEIKH T | 2447 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18696985 | HANDOVER IMPROVEMENT FOR 5G AIR-TO-GROUND-SYSTEM | Skyfive AG | KARIKARI, KWASI | 2641 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18609943 | Light Sensitive Semiconductor Structures | X-Fab Global Services GmbH | ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT | 2899 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18609890 | Photodiodes | X-Fab Global Services GmbH | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| 18607308 | DUAL-POLARIZATION ALIGNMENT | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | KRETZER, CASEY L | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18364433 | PROGRAMMING SECURITY RULES INTO NETWORK DEVICES | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 2434 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | AI Ready | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18304021 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | KASSIM, KHALED M | 2475 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 17797002 | DEVICES, METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Nokia Technologies Oy | FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG | 2462 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | AI Ready | Aug 02, 2022 |
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