Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

42dot Inc.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (56%)
§103 only3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRACY JR., EDWARD 2 78.4% +33.9%
LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 1 51.1% +14.9%
MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 1 26.3% +33.7%
HOLMAN, JOHN D 1 57.4% +26.1%
LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM 1 50.0% +100.0%
WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 1 40.9% +25.6%
ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 1 42.7% +25.8%
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.4% +35.6%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18000535 METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS, MANAGEMENT SERVER USED FOR SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH RECORDING PROGRAM THAT EXECUTES METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS IS RECORDED GOLDBERG, IVAN R 21d
18563938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE’S CENTERLINE NETWORK HOLMAN, JOHN D 27d
19256215 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ROAD-BASED, USERDEFINED ROUTE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ
18955531 TRAINING METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIVING ROUTE OF VEHICLE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S
18928952 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TEXT AND SPEECH TASK TRACY JR., EDWARD
18044539 NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING SERVER WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18000535 METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS, MANAGEMENT SERVER USED FOR SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH RECORDING PROGRAM THAT EXECUTES METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS IS RECORDED GOLDBERG, IVAN R 21d
18563938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE’S CENTERLINE NETWORK HOLMAN, JOHN D 27d
19256215 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ROAD-BASED, USERDEFINED ROUTE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ
18955531 TRAINING METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIVING ROUTE OF VEHICLE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S
18928952 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TEXT AND SPEECH TASK TRACY JR., EDWARD
18928934 SPEAKER SEPARATION METHOD AND DEVICE TRACY JR., EDWARD
18191027 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING DEPTH INFORMATION ESTIMATION MODEL LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM
18044539 NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING SERVER WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3663 3
3667 1
2146 1
3662 1
3619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19256215 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ROAD-BASED, USERDEFINED ROUTE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2025
18955531 TRAINING METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIVING ROUTE OF VEHICLE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18928952 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TEXT AND SPEECH TASK TRACY JR., EDWARD §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18928934 SPEAKER SEPARATION METHOD AND DEVICE TRACY JR., EDWARD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18563938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE’S CENTERLINE NETWORK HOLMAN, JOHN D 3667 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 24, 2023
18191027 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING DEPTH INFORMATION ESTIMATION MODEL LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM 2146 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2023
18044539 NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDING SERVER WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023
18171688 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL OPERATION INFO OF AN INTERSECTION ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2023
18000535 METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS, MANAGEMENT SERVER USED FOR SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH RECORDING PROGRAM THAT EXECUTES METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS IS RECORDED GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 02, 2022

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