Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

42dot Inc.

11 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

1
Hard (9%)
10
Medium (91%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only10 (91%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
3
Communications
27% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
55% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 1 80.9% +9.8%
SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R 1 75.9% +21.8%
WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 1 47.7% -3.5%
BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S 1 67.0% +34.0%
GERGISO, TECHANE 1 84.2% +24.3%
HOLMAN, JOHN D 1 55.4% +27.5%
PATEL, PINALBEN V 1 88.9% +9.7%
MILLER, RONDE LEE 1 73.3% +22.2%
MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 1 47.4% +48.9%
LE, HAILEY R 1 80.9% +10.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18165355 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF PEDESTRIAN LE, HAILEY R 19d overdue
18427973 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION FOR VEHICLE ON-DEMAND SERVICE GERGISO, TECHANE 10d overdue
18976583 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING DRIVING INFORMATION LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 26d
18459335 METHOD AND DEVICE OF ANNOTATION OF DETECTED OBJECT PATEL, PINALBEN V

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18630399 ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT PERFORMS A NEURAL NETWORK BASED FAQ CLASSIFICATION AND A NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S 41d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18165355 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF PEDESTRIAN LE, HAILEY R 19d overdue
18427973 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION FOR VEHICLE ON-DEMAND SERVICE GERGISO, TECHANE 10d overdue
18454085 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OBTAINING POSITION OF STATIONARY TARGET MILLER, RONDE LEE 6d
18829382 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING OFF-CHAIN DATA SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R 20d
18563938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE’S CENTERLINE NETWORK HOLMAN, JOHN D 27d
18307897 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INTERFACE FOR MANAGING A VEHICLE OPERATING CORPORATION AND INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DRIVER BELONGING TO VEHICLE OPERATING CORPORATION MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 28d
18630399 ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT PERFORMS A NEURAL NETWORK BASED FAQ CLASSIFICATION AND A NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 1
2445 1
3693 1
2658 1
2408 1
3667 1
2673 1
2663 1
3628 1
3648 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18976583 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING DRIVING INFORMATION LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18829382 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING OFF-CHAIN DATA SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18675817 BLOCKCHAIN-BASED USER IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 3693 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending May 28, 2024
18630399 ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT PERFORMS A NEURAL NETWORK BASED FAQ CLASSIFICATION AND A NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S 2658 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18427973 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION FOR VEHICLE ON-DEMAND SERVICE GERGISO, TECHANE 2408 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18563938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE’S CENTERLINE NETWORK HOLMAN, JOHN D 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 24, 2023
18459335 METHOD AND DEVICE OF ANNOTATION OF DETECTED OBJECT PATEL, PINALBEN V 2673 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 31, 2023
18454085 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OBTAINING POSITION OF STATIONARY TARGET MILLER, RONDE LEE 2663 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18307897 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INTERFACE FOR MANAGING A VEHICLE OPERATING CORPORATION AND INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DRIVER BELONGING TO VEHICLE OPERATING CORPORATION MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 3628 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18165355 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF PEDESTRIAN LE, HAILEY R 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 07, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 02, 2022

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