Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
4Gd Limited maintains 3 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. SIMEON PAUL DRAPEAU is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. The data shows that each of the 3 pending office actions is being examined by a different person in a different art unit.
The distribution of 3 pending office actions across 3 distinct examiners suggests a variety of individual examination styles for the company to manage. Because the 3 pending office actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, the company must address different examination practices within the Computing & Software field. SIMEON PAUL DRAPEAU, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, manages one-third of the current active workload. This 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units structure requires the company to manage 3 separate sets of deadlines and examiner expectations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 1 | 20.0% | +54.3% |
| EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 1 | 62.5% | -7.6% |
| ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 1 | 16.1% | +67.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274160 | SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 98d overdue |
| 18274169 | SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | — |
| 17926917 | FACILITY FOR USE IN PROVIDING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274169 | SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | — |
| 17926917 | FACILITY FOR USE IN PROVIDING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18274169 | SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18274160 | SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 2857 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 17926917 | FACILITY FOR USE IN PROVIDING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial4Gd Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Simeon Paul Drapeau has the most, with 1 of 4Gd Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
