Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security
85 pending office actions • 10 clients • 81 examiners • 59 art units • 0 of 85 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 317 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vivacqua Crane reports 83 pending office actions in Networking & Security and 3625 career applications. The current docket is substantial, and the application figure provides context for the firm’s reported prosecution activity.
Its resolved allowance rate is 86.27%, with an average of 2.4 office actions per allowance. The rate supplies a resolved-outcome measure, while the action average indicates the examination activity associated with matters reaching allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (8%) |
| §103 only | 26 (31%) |
| §102 only | 3 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 45 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DU, ZONGHUA A | 2 | 58.3% | +40.8% |
| SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 2 | 36.4% | +21.4% |
| FIGG, TRAVIS M | 2 | 61.4% | +17.2% |
| NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 2 | 27.1% | +55.3% |
| LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 62.0% | +22.1% |
| SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | 1 | 91.2% | -8.3% |
| KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 1 | 73.8% | +27.5% |
| ELNOUBI, SAID M | 1 | 74.3% | +19.8% |
| NGUYEN, VIET | 1 | — | — |
| TRAN, PHUC H | 1 | 91.7% | +2.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111048 | BIT INDEX ROUTING TABLE ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | — |
| 18878286 | SATELLITE SYSTEM END STATION GROUPING METHOD, CONTROLLER, SATELLITE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TRAN, PHUC H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290946 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 15d overdue |
| 18602347 | INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TON, DANG T | 9d overdue |
| 18785115 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS IN STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE AUTOMOTIVE PANELS | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 6d |
| 18562561 | BEAM PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, BASE STATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CAO, NAM PHUONG | 7d |
| 18844655 | TWO-PHASE RADIATING FIN AND HEAT SINK | ALVARE, PAUL | 13d |
| 18855899 | AUDIO AND VIDEO CLOUD NETWORK, ACCESS METHOD, ROUTING FORWARDING METHOD, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | 35d |
| 18839876 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, FORWARDING CHIP, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | KUNJITHAPATHAM, ANUGEETHA | 46d |
| 18896269 | Untitled | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290946 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 15d overdue |
| 18855899 | AUDIO AND VIDEO CLOUD NETWORK, ACCESS METHOD, ROUTING FORWARDING METHOD, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | 35d |
| 18896269 | Untitled | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 19033795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFICATION AND FACILITATION OF MULTIPLE CHOICES OF FORTHCOMING ACTION FOR ASSISTED DRIVING | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | — |
| 18995747 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING POSITIONING RELATED REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS DEVICES | ELNOUBI, SAID M | — |
| 18876462 | NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | — |
| 18858585 | BASE STATION SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | — |
| 18730473 | PROJECTION WRITING AND ERASING FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | FIGG, TRAVIS M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ZTE | 41 |
| General Motors | 30 |
| Cook Medical | 6 |
| Wuyi University | 2 |
| Top Cap Holding GmbH | 1 |
| Guangzhou Newlife New Material Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Odyssey Tool, LLC | 1 |
| Borgwarner Akasol GmbH | 1 |
| Cv Cardiovascular GmbH | 1 |
| Hybrid Lidar Systems | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 3 |
| 2457 | 2 |
| 2444 | 2 |
| 2685 | 2 |
| 2469 | 2 |
| 3763 | 2 |
| 2646 | 2 |
| 2419 | 2 |
| 2418 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18896269 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2621 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19111048 | BIT INDEX ROUTING TABLE ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | 2457 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19033795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFICATION AND FACILITATION OF MULTIPLE CHOICES OF FORTHCOMING ACTION FOR ASSISTED DRIVING | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 3658 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18995747 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING POSITIONING RELATED REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS DEVICES | ZTE CORPORATION | ELNOUBI, SAID M | 2644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18881995 | VIDEO CALL CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | NGUYEN, VIET | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18878286 | SATELLITE SYSTEM END STATION GROUPING METHOD, CONTROLLER, SATELLITE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | TRAN, PHUC H | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 18876923 | OTDR TRACE CORRECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876462 | NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18873877 | RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR SSB BEAMS, NETWORK DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | KIR, ALBERT | 2485 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18871849 | ELECTRONIC FENCE SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H | 2685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18968232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR A WIRELESS ECOSYSTEM | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | VAN ROIE, JUSTIN T | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18871468 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | PARK, JUNG H | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18870926 | DIGITAL HUMAN DRIVING METHOD, DIGITAL HUMAN DRIVING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | DU, HAIXIA | 2611 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18868443 | HEAT CONDUCTION PLATE, HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ZTE CORPORATION | JONES, GORDON A | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18953727 | POWER MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD TO MITIGATE VOLTAGE OVERSHOOT | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18942147 | AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ELECTRIC LOADS TO MAXIMIZE POWER BACKUP DURATION | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18859767 | REGULATION AND CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL REGULATION APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | TILAHUN, ALAZAR | 2424 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18858578 | METHOD, DEVICE, MANAGEMENT UNIT, AND NETWORK ELEMENT FOR ACQUIRING, SENDING CHARACTERIZATION INFORMATION | ZTE CORPORATION | LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB | 2646 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18858585 | BASE STATION SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 2419 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18858735 | INTERFERENCE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | LING, CHHIAN | 2418 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18855899 | AUDIO AND VIDEO CLOUD NETWORK, ACCESS METHOD, ROUTING FORWARDING METHOD, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18854253 | PARTITION TRAJECTORY TARGET SENSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18904285 | MEDICAL SCOPES FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18901312 | CELLULAR NETWORK MOBILITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENTS | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | NGUYEN, THERESA | 2418 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852343 | BANDWIDTH DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | WANG, QUAN ZHEN | 2685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18898816 | MEDICAL SCOPE DEVICE, STEERING SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18852331 | BEAM MANAGEMENT METHOD, BASE STATION, USER APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | REDDIVALAM, SRINIVASA R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18851174 | BEAM MANAGEMENT METHOD, USER DEVICE, BASE STATION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | GHAFOERKHAN, FAIYAZKHAN | 2476 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18849188 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CAN END | Top Cap Holding GmbH | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18846893 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, BASE STATION, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | CHOUDHURY, FAISAL | 2478 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18844655 | TWO-PHASE RADIATING FIN AND HEAT SINK | ZTE CORPORATION | ALVARE, PAUL | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18822995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODES USING GRADIENT ROLLER SIZES | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | HARM, NICKOLAS R | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18841932 | NETWORK SCHEDULING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | OSMAN, RAMY M | 2457 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18839876 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, FORWARDING CHIP, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | KUNJITHAPATHAM, ANUGEETHA | 2165 | §101 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18808622 | SYSTEM FOR TELESCOPING MEMBERS THROUGH AN ELONGATE TUBE | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18838981 | POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL | 2646 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18838061 | PACKET PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | NANO, SARGON N | 2443 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18785115 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS IN STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE AUTOMOTIVE PANELS | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18779468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PITCH ANGLE OF A CAMERA IN A VEHICLE | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | YANG, WEI WEN | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18730473 | PROJECTION WRITING AND ERASING FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | Guangzhou Newlife New Material Co., Ltd. | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18729450 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | DEAN, RAYMOND S | 2645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18727629 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | NGUYEN, MINH TRANG T | 2477 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18757837 | BATTERY MODULE LIFTING TOOL | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | MCCLAIN, GERALD | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18723558 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | KIM, CHONG G | 2443 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18716638 | TASK OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | TANG, KENNETH | 2197 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18668788 | DUAL BINDER AND DUAL SOLVENT SLURRY COATING PROCESS FOR MAKING OLIVINE LFP/LMFP ELECTRODES | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM | 1724 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18668702 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERY HAVING A BENDABLE SILICON-GRAPHITE COMPOSITE ANODE | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | SAVAGE, WILLIAM FADDOUL | 1782 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18663399 | ROLL FORMED STEEL COMPONENT | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18663769 | RECYCLABLE FOAM COMPOSITE | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18655543 | ROBUST LIDAR TO CAMERA ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR A VEHICLE | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial86.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Vivacqua Crane were allowed, across 3,625 applications in USPTO records.
2.40 office actions per allowed application on average.
85 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 81 examiners in 59 art units.
