Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Abal Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of all current prosecution activity into a single examiner and art unit indicates a specific and narrow focus for the company's active patent filings at this time.
COBB, MICHAEL J is identified as the busiest examiner, handling the 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's success in the Communications area currently hinges on this single interaction. For a practitioner, this means that the prosecution strategy is dependent on the specific requirements and feedback of this examiner. The lack of multiple pending office actions or distinct art units suggests that the company is not currently managing a broad or diverse set of active patent challenges.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBB, MICHAEL J | 1 | 76.9% | +35.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839156 | EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING METHOD, EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING SYSTEM, EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING APPARATUS, AND EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE SAME RECORDED THEREIN | COBB, MICHAEL J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839156 | EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING METHOD, EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING SYSTEM, EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING APPARATUS, AND EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE SAME RECORDED THEREIN | COBB, MICHAEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18839156 | EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING METHOD, EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING SYSTEM, EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING APPARATUS, AND EXPERIENCE SPACE SWITCHING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE SAME RECORDED THEREIN | COBB, MICHAEL J | 2615 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAbal Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael J Cobb has the most, with 1 of Abal Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
