Last updated: July 17, 2026

Application No. 19/007,855

PREDICTING AND SUPPORTING EMAIL DEFERRAL

Non-Final OA

Filed

Jan 02, 2025

Priority

Feb 11, 2019 — provisional 62/804,104 +1 more

Examiner

BOLEN, NICHOLAS D

Art Unit

3624

Tech Center

3600 — Transportation & Electronic Commerce

Assignee

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

OA Round

1 (Non-Final)

Interview Optional

— +9.9% interview lift. Interview already conducted in this application's prosecution history. This examiner has a 9% grant rate with +9.9% interview lift. Since an interview has already been tried, recommend written response with narrowed claims based on precedent claim evolution patterns.

Based on 127 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Examiner Intelligence

BOLEN, NICHOLAS D View full profile →

Grants only 9% of cases

Career Allowance Rate

12 granted / 127 resolved

-42.6% vs TC avg

Moderate +10% lift

Without

With

+9.9%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Typical timeline

3y 11m

Avg Prosecution

19 currently pending

Career history

156

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101

6.4%

-33.6% vs TC avg

§103

91.3%

+51.3% vs TC avg

§102

2.4%

-37.6% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 127 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Jan 02, 2025

Application Filed

Jun 09, 2025

Response after Non-Final Action

Aug 13, 2025

Response after Non-Final Action

Apr 03, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed

Jun 05, 2026

Applicant Interview (Telephonic)

Jun 05, 2026

Examiner Interview Summary

Precedent Cases

Applications granted by this same examiner with similar technology

15/631,233

Patent 12205077

SMART REMINDERS FOR RESPONDING TO EMAILS

7y 7m to grant Granted Jan 21, 2025

15/631,266

Patent 12198105

SMART REMINDERS FOR RESPONDING TO EMAILS

7y 6m to grant Granted Jan 14, 2025

17/156,123

Patent 12093873

USER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION FOR S/W

3y 7m to grant Granted Sep 17, 2024

17/083,682

Patent 11935077

OPERATIONAL PREDICTIVE SCORING OF COMPONENTS AND SERVICES OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM

3y 4m to grant Granted Mar 19, 2024

16/041,018

Patent 11635224

OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

4y 9m to grant Granted Apr 25, 2023

Study what changed to get past this examiner. Based on 5 most recent grants.

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Prosecution Projections

1-2

Expected OA Rounds

Grant Probability

19%

With Interview (+9.9%)

3y 11m (~2y 5m remaining)

Median Time to Grant

Low

PTA Risk

Based on 127 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.