Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
107 pending office actions • 4 clients • 98 examiners • 60 art units • 0 of 107 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 115 patents granted in the last 365 days
VOLPE KOENIG - IDC has 106 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The associated practice record includes 33337 career applications, with an 88.23% resolved allowance rate. This combination reflects substantial historical prosecution activity and a high share of resolved applications reaching allowance.
The practice averages 3.19 office actions per allowance. Applicants should expect that successful matters may involve multiple office-action responses, despite the favorable resolution rate. The current IDC docket shows an active concentration in networking and security work, making response planning and technical claim precision important.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 | 5 (5%) |
| §103 only | 61 (57%) |
| §102 only | 6 (6%) |
| §112 only | 5 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (18%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALSHACK, OSMAN M | 2 | 86.4% | +14.7% |
| MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR | 2 | 81.1% | +16.6% |
| DIVECHA, NISHANT B | 2 | 54.2% | +36.1% |
| TRAN, PHUC H | 2 | 91.7% | +2.6% |
| SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | 2 | 80.8% | +24.2% |
| PARK, CHONGSUH | 2 | 59.8% | +18.2% |
| SHAW, PETER C | 2 | 76.0% | +36.3% |
| ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y | 2 | 73.2% | +32.0% |
| HO, CHUONG T | 2 | 91.4% | +13.1% |
| YAO, KWANG BIN | 1 | 51.4% | +8.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18905549 | LOW PAPR DMRS AND LOW INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE FOR DFT-SPREAD OFDM | TRAN, PHUC H | — |
| 18852140 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING SELF-ADAPTIVE QOS FLOW AND PROFILE | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | — |
| 18666437 | S_SSB FREQUENCY HOPPING FOR ROBUST SIDELINK IN CONTESTED AND CONGESTED ENVIRONMENTS | MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR | — |
| 18606244 | METHODS OF PAGING PROCEDURES FOR REDUCED BANDWIDTH WTRUs | TRAN, PHUC H | — |
| 18493304 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE SELECTION IN NEW RADIO VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING (NR V2X) | HO, CHUONG T | — |
| 18242288 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED DYNAMIC ALLOCATION FOR DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION | HO, CHUONG T | — |
| 16725607 | METHODS FOR RECEPTION FAILURE IDENTIFICATION AND REMEDIATION FOR WIFI | ALSHACK, OSMAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18591997 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA | 8d overdue |
| 18571794 | ORDER PAYMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, DEVICE AND SYSTEM | KANERVO, VIRPI H | 3d overdue |
| 18940312 | METHOD FOR ANALYTICS DATA RETRIEVAL AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS | ZONG, RUOLEI | 13d |
| 18781255 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USER-AWARE TRUSTWORTHY SUBSCRIPTION-BASED SERVICE INTERACTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | SHAW, PETER C | 26d |
| 18645584 | METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURED GRANT UPLINK HARQ OPERATION WITH NETWORK CODING | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 41d |
| 18284915 | NR POSITIONING - METHODS FOR RESOURCE PROVISION IN SIDELINK POSITIONING | CAIRNS, THOMAS R | 61d |
| 19481164 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENERGY-SAVING VIDEO PROCESSING | HONG, RICHARD J | — |
| 18876485 | AUTHENTICATION METHODS FOR SBA-ENABLED DEVICES | WYCHE, MYRON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697051 | ROBUST BWP APPROACHES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF HIGH POWER NARROW-BAND INTERFERER | PARK, CHONGSUH | 14d |
| 18783881 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO SUB-ARRAY SELECTION FOR NEAR-FIELD UPLINK | PARK, CHONGSUH | 22d |
| 18781255 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USER-AWARE TRUSTWORTHY SUBSCRIPTION-BASED SERVICE INTERACTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | SHAW, PETER C | 26d |
| 18928635 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVED VOICE COVERAGE | ALSHACK, OSMAN M | — |
| 18928954 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN AN NR SYSTEM | MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR | — |
| 18854880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN MIMO SYSTEMS | DIVECHA, NISHANT B | — |
| 18851836 | METHODS FOR EFFICIENT SIDELINK SCHEDULING IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | — |
| 18852140 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING SELF-ADAPTIVE QOS FLOW AND PROFILE | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| InterDigital | 104 |
| Drnc Holding, Inc. | 1 |
| InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | 1 |
| DRNC HOLDINGS | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2112 | 4 |
| 2462 | 4 |
| 2412 | 4 |
| 2474 | 4 |
| 2473 | 4 |
| 2413 | 4 |
| 2476 | 3 |
| 2419 | 3 |
| 2477 | 3 |
| 2466 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18771544 | Untitled | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | YAO, KWANG BIN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19481164 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENERGY-SAVING VIDEO PROCESSING | Drnc Holding, Inc. | HONG, RICHARD J | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2025 |
| 19141910 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING FLICKER FOR SUCCESSIVE PIXELS OF TEMPORALLY ALTERNATING COMPLEMENTARY COLORS | Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings, SAS | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19232400 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF RADIO SIGNALS BETWEEN A TRANSMITTER DEVICE AND A WIRELESS TRANSMIT-RECEIVE UNIT USING A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | BAYARD, EMMANUEL | 2633 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19230870 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS DIRECTED TO SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL ANTENNA SWITCHING | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ALI, SHAWKAT M | 2633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19199045 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING MULTIPLEXING IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19053827 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK PACKET DIFFERENTIATION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | GILLIS, BRIAN J | 2472 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19102320 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19101472 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE SELECTION AND CONGESTION CONTROL FOR SL-PRS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR | 2643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19043502 | PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (PDU) SET INFORMATION FOR HAPTICS MEDIA DATA | Interdigital Vc Holdings, Inc. | TANG, KAREN C | 2447 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2025 |
| 19010770 | HARQ FOR ADVANCED CHANNEL CODES | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | KNAPP, JUSTIN R | 2112 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18880156 | LEARNING BASED BITWISE OCTREE ENTROPY CODING COMPRESSION AND PROCESSING IN LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) AND OTHER SYSTEMS | Interdigital Vc Holdings, Inc. | NGUYEN, DAVID VAN | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18876485 | AUTHENTICATION METHODS FOR SBA-ENABLED DEVICES | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | WYCHE, MYRON | 2644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18972107 | RANDOM ACCESS IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | SHIVERS, ASHLEY L | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18960627 | PROCEDURES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TRANSMISSION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | CHOUDHRY, SAMINA F | 2462 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18958456 | METHODS FOR UPDATING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS USING THEREOF | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | TORRES, MARCOS L | 2647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18943077 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING OF HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 2111 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18940312 | METHOD FOR ANALYTICS DATA RETRIEVAL AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ZONG, RUOLEI | 2449 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18936588 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS) IDENTIFICATION, BINDING AND PAIRING | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ALMAGHAYREH, KHALID M | 2492 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18928635 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVED VOICE COVERAGE | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ALSHACK, OSMAN M | 2112 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18928954 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN AN NR SYSTEM | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR | 2476 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18860134 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CO-CHANNEL CO-EXISTENCE OF NR AND LTE V2X SYSTEMS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | JAVAID, JAMAL | 2412 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18860076 | METHODS FOR SENSING IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | MERED, HABTE | 2474 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18860271 | METHODS FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MECHANISMS BASED ON UNIFIED TCI FOR MTRP | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | SORRELL, ERON J | 3992 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18927414 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY WIRELESS SYSTEMS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J | 2463 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18921961 | MULTI-LINK STEERING AND CONTROL IN WLAN | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R | 2473 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18857044 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-TRP SRS ENHANCEMENTS IN TDD | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG | 2462 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18916206 | BEAM INDICATION FOR 5G NEW RADIO | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | THOMAS, WILFRED | 2416 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18856815 | INSERTION OF DISTRIBUTED REFERENCE SIGNALS IN DFT-S-OFDM | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | GILES, EBONI N | 2622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18913561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK ENERGY HARVESTING AND SIGNALING | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | HAMPTON, TARELL A | 2476 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18856226 | METHODS FOR FEDERATED LEARNING AS A NETWORK SERVICE (FLAAS) WITH USER CONSENT | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA | 2641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18909265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND MBMS FOR A WTRU WITH REDUCED BANDWIDTH | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | AHMED, ATIQUE | 2413 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18854880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN MIMO SYSTEMS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | DIVECHA, NISHANT B | 2419 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18908290 | METHODS TO ENABLE SCHEDULING AND CONTROL OF DIRECT LINK COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | COSME, NATASHA W | 2465 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18908223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SECTORIZATION COORDINATION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18905915 | SOLUTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS) ATTACK REMEDIATION IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK (NTN | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | DIXNEUF, ALEXANDRE PAUL JEAN | 2631 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18905549 | LOW PAPR DMRS AND LOW INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE FOR DFT-SPREAD OFDM | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | TRAN, PHUC H | 2471 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18902866 | PROCESSING MISSING POINTS OF A POINT CLOUD | Interdigital Vc Holdings, Inc. | HOANG, HAN DINH | 2661 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18851836 | METHODS FOR EFFICIENT SIDELINK SCHEDULING IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | 2475 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18852298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECT AND AVOID MECHANISMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | RINK, RYAN J | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18852316 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PERSONAL INTERNET OF THINGS NETWORK (PIN) MANAGEMENT | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | RUBIN, BLAKE J | 2457 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18852140 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING SELF-ADAPTIVE QOS FLOW AND PROFILE | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | SAIFUDDIN, AHMED | 2475 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18851392 | SLICE REGISTRATION AND PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT CONTROL | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | PANNELL, MARK G | 2642 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18851152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICARRIER OPERATION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | 2423 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18895061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING COVERAGE OF MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION (MTC) DEVICES | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | OVEISSI, MANSOUR | 2415 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18885061 | METHODS FOR NR SL MULTI-SUB-CHANNEL PSCCH TRANSMISSION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | ISLAM, ROWNAK | 2474 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18830107 | TRANSMISSION SCHEMES AND MODES AND FALLBACK SCHEMES FOR THE ACCESS LINK OF SYSTEMS OPERATING IN HIGHER FREQUENCY BANDS | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | PEREZ, JAMES M | 2635 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18827969 | METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR NEAR-FIELD AND/OR FAR-FIELD BEAM SELECTION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | PHAN, MAN U | 2477 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18821012 | METHODS FOR EFFICIENT RESOURCE USAGE BETWEEN COOPERATIVE VEHICLES | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | HUYNH, KHOA B | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| 18821320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BURST TRANSMISSION | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | 2466 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Volpe Koenig - Idc were allowed, across 33,337 applications in USPTO records.
3.19 office actions per allowed application on average.
107 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 98 examiners in 60 art units.
