Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
93 pending office actions • 9 clients • 90 examiners • 50 art units • 0 of 93 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 313 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vivacqua Crane has managed 3611 career applications, with a primary focus on Networking & Security. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 86.32 percent. This is accomplished with an average of 2.39 office actions per allowance. These metrics highlight the firm's efficiency and its established track record in its main technology sector.
The firm currently has 64 pending office actions. The 2.39 average office actions per allowance suggests a specific prosecution process across its 3611 career applications. The 86.32 percent allowance rate serves as a performance indicator for its work in the Networking & Security sector. This data allows for an assessment of the firm's historical success and the typical speed of its prosecution efforts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 | 5 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (10%) |
| §103 only | 28 (30%) |
| §102 only | 3 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 47 (51%) |
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 | 59.0% | +42.1% |
| SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 2 | 36.4% | +21.4% |
| NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 2 | 28.3% | +54.5% |
| LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 61.9% | +22.2% |
| FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G | 1 | 77.9% | +11.6% |
| KIM, YUNJU | 1 | 55.1% | +35.5% |
| KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 1 | 73.8% | +27.6% |
| NGUYEN, VIET | 1 | — | — |
| ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 1 | 89.7% | +12.5% |
| BENGZON, GREG C | 1 | 57.7% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18457609 | RIGOROUS DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSYS OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING REQUIREMENTS AND TEST CASES USING MULTI-DOMAIN ONTOLOGIES | TRAN, KHOI H | 87d overdue |
| 18161954 | BUILDING AND TRAINING A LANELET CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | PAIGE, TYLER D | 30d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18738588 | VIRTUAL TEST PLATFORM FOR PREDICTING A SPECIFIC COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE STATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 19d |
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 | — |
| 19247613 | ENDOSCOPE LIGHTING CONTROL WITH CAMERA EXTENSION | FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G | — |
| 19232319 | MACHINE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND RELATED METHOD OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 19033795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFICATION AND FACILITATION OF MULTIPLE CHOICES OF FORTHCOMING ACTION FOR ASSISTED DRIVING | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | — |
| 18876923 | OTDR TRACE CORRECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | — |
| 18876462 | NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ZTE | 45 |
| General Motors | 34 |
| Cook Medical | 7 |
| Wuyi University | 2 |
| Supernova Industries Corp. | 1 |
| Top Cap Holding GmbH | 1 |
| Odyssey Tool, LLC | 1 |
| Cv Cardiovascular GmbH | 1 |
| Hybrid Lidar Systems | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2444 | 3 |
| 3795 | 3 |
| 4100 | 3 |
| 2469 | 2 |
| 2465 | 2 |
| 2472 | 2 |
| 2473 | 2 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 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 | |
| 19247613 | ENDOSCOPE LIGHTING CONTROL WITH CAMERA EXTENSION | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G | 2482 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19232319 | MACHINE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND RELATED METHOD OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | Supernova Industries Corp. | KIM, YUNJU | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 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 |
| 18881995 | VIDEO CALL CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | NGUYEN, VIET | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 18876923 | OTDR TRACE CORRECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| 18876964 | SESSION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | 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 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18873881 | DECODING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. | PERRY, VICTOR NICHOLAS | 2111 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | 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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 | |
| 18868990 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | CHEN, FRANK S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18868443 | HEAT CONDUCTION PLATE, HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ZTE CORPORATION | JONES, GORDON A | §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 |
| 18867408 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | YANG, JIANXUN | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| 18865568 | TYPE-C INSERTION DIRECTION DETECTION CIRCUIT, CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ZTE CORPORATION | LE, SON T | 2858 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 | |
| 18858585 | BASE STATION SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18858578 | METHOD, DEVICE, MANAGEMENT UNIT, AND NETWORK ELEMENT FOR ACQUIRING, SENDING CHARACTERIZATION INFORMATION | ZTE CORPORATION | LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB | §101§102§103§112 | 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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 18853877 | SPECTRUM SENSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | KHAWAR, SAAD | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 | |
| 18853687 | PRECODING CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 | |
| 18904285 | MEDICAL SCOPES FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 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 |
| 18851174 | BEAM MANAGEMENT METHOD, USER DEVICE, BASE STATION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZTE CORPORATION | GHAFOERKHAN, FAIYAZKHAN | §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 | §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 |
| 18813303 | PLATE WITH ACOUSTIC BLACK HOLES | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 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 | §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 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 |
| 18729450 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | DEAN, RAYMOND S | §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 | §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 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 | |
| 18722989 | SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | GEORGEWILL, OPIRIBO | 6215 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18738588 | VIRTUAL TEST PLATFORM FOR PREDICTING A SPECIFIC COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE STATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 3684 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18716638 | TASK OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | TANG, KENNETH | §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 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial86.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Vivacqua Crane were allowed, across 3,611 applications in USPTO records.
2.39 office actions per allowed application on average.
93 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 90 examiners in 50 art units.