Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wsp Law Group

Technology area: Networking & Security

85 pending office actions • 29 clients • 82 examiners • 65 art units • 0 of 85 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 118 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

WSP Law Group has 86 pending office actions in Networking & Security and 946 career applications. The figures show an active portfolio with current work concentrated in the listed technology area.

Its resolved allowance rate is 92.07%, and the average is 1.77 office actions per allowance. Together, these measures indicate a strong recorded allowance result and a relatively limited amount of office-action activity associated with each allowance within the reported portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=946 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.1%
Allowance Rate
n=946
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=946
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=395
-0.87σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=395
734 days
Time to Allowance
n=395
+7.1pp
Interview Lift
n=946
17.0%
RCE Rate
n=946
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=946

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

61.0%
§101 Overcome
n=59
52.6%
§102 Overcome
n=190
48.4%
§103 Overcome
n=250
58.9%
§112 Overcome
n=163

Specialization & Scale

H04W, Y02E, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=946
0
Practitioners
n=946
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=946 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

85
Total Pending OAs
56
Non-Final OAs
26
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

41
Hard (48%)
38
Medium (45%)
6
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (4%)
§101 + other8 (9%)
§103 only27 (32%)
§102 only11 (13%)
§112 only6 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)30 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
26% of docket
32
Information Tech
38% of docket
12
Communications
14% of docket
3
Semiconductors
4% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
16% of docket
2
Business / Other
2% 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.

850 h
Manual time on pending OAs
170 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
298 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYAD, TAMIR 2 42.3% +48.1%
PHILLIPS, HASSAN A 2 11.1% +14.1%
ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID 2 72.6% +28.6%
GERTH, KATIE L 1 75.8% +16.6%
DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1 41.4% -44.4%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.1% +10.9%
BECK, LERON 1 80.3% +10.8%
MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 1 52.8% +18.6%
AVERY, JEREMIAH L 1 82.9% +15.7%
PUENTE, EVA YI ZHENG 1 89.8% +9.0%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19059315 SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE AND MEDIUM AVERY, JEREMIAH L —
19037208 REFERENCE SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE PUENTE, EVA YI ZHENG —

Hard Cases (43)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18604808 TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 7d
18948357 METHOD FOR EVALUATING HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION OF VEHICLE, SYSTEM, EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 13d
18092526 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CARBON EMISSION OF DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM SUN, XIUQIN 13d
18931092 ENERGY STORAGE CONVERTER, AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM CAVALLARI, DANIEL 14d
18764412 POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, BATTERY MONITORING CIRCUIT, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE NGUYEN, DANNY 23d
18606714 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM DONADO, FRANK E 56d
19230139 PANEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE TRINH, THANH TRUC —
19230143 CURVED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19417397 PACKAGING DEVICE AND PACKAGING METHOD GERTH, KATIE L —
19243748 CURVED SOLAR PANEL, PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY, AND SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM AYAD, TAMIR —
19230139 PANEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE TRINH, THANH TRUC —
19230143 CURVED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR —
19176210 CHROMATICITY COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE BECK, LERON —
19093322 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE PHILLIPS, HASSAN A —
19091887 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE PHILLIPS, HASSAN A —
19084775 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MYERS, KEITH STANLEY —

Client Portfolio (29 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17263
24733
17473
24672
24512
24712
24632
26492
37232
24652

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19417397 PACKAGING DEVICE AND PACKAGING METHOD Eve Power Co., Ltd. GERTH, KATIE L 3731 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2025
19243748 CURVED SOLAR PANEL, PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY, AND SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19231598 USE OF SOYBEAN GENE GLYMA.13G252100 IN REGULATING RESISTANCE OF SOYBEAN TO PHYTOPHTHORA Northeast Agricultural University DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1662 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 09, 2025
19230139 PANEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2025
19230143 CURVED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2025
19176210 CHROMATICITY COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. BECK, LERON 2487 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19093322 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. PHILLIPS, HASSAN A 2467 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19091887 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. PHILLIPS, HASSAN A 2467 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19084775 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD. MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19059315 SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE AND MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. AVERY, JEREMIAH L 2431 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
19037208 REFERENCE SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. PUENTE, EVA YI ZHENG 2632 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2025
19021261 HINGE ASSEMBLY OF SCISSOR DOOR AND VEHICLE HAVING SAME Geely Automobile Research Institute (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19019550 COMMUNICATION METHOD BASED ON SL POSITIONING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. TRAN, CONGVAN 2647 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19014255 AI MODEL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. CHOU, ALAN S 2451 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
19012914 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER PROFILE, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM Shenzhen Futu Network Technology Co., Ltd. OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE 2156 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 08, 2025
19012912 BLOCKCHAIN-BASED PAYMENT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM Shenzhen Futu Network Technology Co., Ltd. RANKINS, WILLIAM E 3694 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 08, 2025
19002687 LOSSLESS ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, LOSSLESS DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK 2616 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
19001365 INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID 2471 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 24, 2024
18991772 CONGESTION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. TODD, GREGORY G 2451 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18988951 FREQUENCY DOMAIN RESOURCE DETERMINING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SHAH, CHIRAG G §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18988747 HANDOVER PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. MAHMUD, RANA HASSAN 2644 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18981602 METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN China Agricultural University ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2024
18979690 CONTROL METHOD, INVERTER, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI 3656 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18970972 HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION COLLECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR WEARABLE EXTENDED REALITY DEVICE Kingfar International Inc. LE, MICHAEL 2614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18966169 DEEP LEARNING-BASED METHOD FOR GENERATING INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ORGANISM Hefei Raycision Medical Technology Co., Ltd. BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN 2674 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18948357 METHOD FOR EVALUATING HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION OF VEHICLE, SYSTEM, EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Kingfar International Inc. BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18942787 SIDELINK POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, SERVER, AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. AJAYI, JOEL 2646 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18942786 MULTI-PATH ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. ANSARI, NAJEEBUDDIN 2463 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18939566 PRIVACY PROTECTION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. NIKMANESH, SEAHVOSH J 2649 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18935695 FOLDABLE SOLAR PANEL Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18934268 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CONDITIONAL RECONFIGURATION INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. TAHA, SHUKRI ABDALLAH 2478 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18931092 ENERGY STORAGE CONVERTER, AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §102§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 30, 2024
18922969 POOL CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Shenzhen Aiper Intelligent Co., Ltd. CARLSON, MARC 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18914312 INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. ALSOMIRI, MAJDI A 2465 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18914069 RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF 2414 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2024
18900974 ENERGY RECOVERY CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Anhui DeepWay Technology Co., Ltd. LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18900972 TRAILER VEHICLE PATH PLANNING METHOD, APPARATUS AND TRAILER VEHICLE Anhui DeepWay Technology Co., Ltd. HALL, HANA VICTORIA 3664 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18900754 METHOD FOR INITIATING ESTABLISHMENT OF BSC LINK, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. AMBAYE, MEWALE A 2469 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2024
18900742 RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. VANGAPATY, SRIHARSHA REDDY 2475 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2024
18898560 USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY URSP DETERMINING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. RIVAS, SALVADOR E 2413 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18895421 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING USER PLANE FUNCTION NETWORK ELEMENT Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES 2649 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18895422 INFORMATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. TRAN, THINH D 2466 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18895427 RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. ELPENORD, CANDAL 2473 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18895442 METHOD FOR NEGOTIATING UNAVAILABILITY PERIOD OF TERMINAL, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID 2471 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18895424 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. CHENG, CHI TANG P 2463 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18829335 DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. BROCKMAN, ANGEL T 2412 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18823751 QoS CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE 2468 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18820320 ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18815853 SODIUM-ION CATHODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF, SODIUM-ION BATTERY, SODIUM-ION BATTERY PACK, AND DEVICE BEIJING EASPRING MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1721 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18774533 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK RECEIVING METHOD, SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK SENDING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM 2469 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 16, 2024

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What is Wsp Law Group's patent allowance rate?

92.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Wsp Law Group were allowed, across 946 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Wsp Law Group average before allowance?

1.77 office actions per allowed application on average.

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85 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 29 clients, before 82 examiners in 65 art units.

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