Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
34 pending office actions • 17 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days
ADP Inc. currently manages 32 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 31 distinct examiners, which is a smaller number than the total 32 pending office actions. The portfolio involves 16 distinct art units, indicating that the company's filings are spread across several technical groups. OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions.
The 31 distinct examiners involved suggest that nearly every pending case is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution across 16 distinct art units requires the company to be prepared for various examination styles within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P, with 2 pending office actions, is the only examiner managing more than one case. Practitioners should note that the 32 pending office actions are subject to the discretion of these 31 distinct examiners.
The 16 distinct art units involved mean that the company must coordinate its prosecution strategy across multiple technical niches. With 32 pending office actions, the portfolio is relatively dispersed across the 31 distinct examiners. OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P and their 2 pending office actions represent the highest point of examiner concentration for the company at this time.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 7 (21%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (29%) |
| §103 only | 10 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (15%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P | 2 | 66.4% | +29.5% |
| O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 2 | 30.7% | +38.1% |
| PEACH, POLINA G | 1 | 50.4% | +23.3% |
| BIBBEE, JARED M | 1 | 80.3% | +13.7% |
| WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA | 1 | 75.9% | +17.8% |
| TRUONG, LAN DAI T | 1 | 91.2% | +11.5% |
| WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | 1 | 38.7% | +40.0% |
| AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | 1 | 80.4% | +19.3% |
| MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA | 1 | 83.8% | +6.8% |
| ELIAS, EARL L | 1 | 57.8% | +21.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19182358 | VECTOR-BASED HYBRID SEARCH FOR CHATBOTS | TRUONG, LAN DAI T | — |
| 19061598 | MESSAGE CALL REQUEST DATA HAVING ERROR FREQUENCY METRICS | MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18752606 | BENEFIT VALIDATION | NGUYEN, TIEN C | 46d overdue |
| 18642485 | MULTI-TASK DEEP LEARNING OF CUSTOMER DEMAND | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 36d overdue |
| 19245897 | PREDICTION OF CACHEABLE QUERIES | BIBBEE, JARED M | 34d |
| 18506787 | DIGITAL CAREER COACH | RUSS, COREY V | 41d |
| 18828948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPH MODEL COMPUTING | OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P | 42d |
| 18479769 | PREDICTIVE MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY QUANTIFYING EMPLOYEE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY | BOSWELL, BETH V | 83d |
| 19173377 | COMPUTING ACTION SEARCH USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | — |
| 19088655 | MESSAGE ROUTING BASED ON UNAVAILABILITY | AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19245897 | PREDICTION OF CACHEABLE QUERIES | BIBBEE, JARED M | 34d |
| 18828948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPH MODEL COMPUTING | OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P | 42d |
| 19338561 | MULTI-AGENT PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED QUERY RESOLUTION | PEACH, POLINA G | — |
| 19225343 | PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION STRUCTURE | WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA | — |
| 19182358 | VECTOR-BASED HYBRID SEARCH FOR CHATBOTS | TRUONG, LAN DAI T | — |
| 19173377 | COMPUTING ACTION SEARCH USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | — |
| 19088655 | MESSAGE ROUTING BASED ON UNAVAILABILITY | AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | — |
| 19038226 | DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | ELIAS, EARL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 3 |
| 2165 | 2 |
| 2113 | 2 |
| 3627 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 3626 | 2 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19338561 | MULTI-AGENT PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED QUERY RESOLUTION | PEACH, POLINA G | 2165 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19245897 | PREDICTION OF CACHEABLE QUERIES | BIBBEE, JARED M | 2161 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19225343 | PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION STRUCTURE | WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19182358 | VECTOR-BASED HYBRID SEARCH FOR CHATBOTS | TRUONG, LAN DAI T | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19173377 | COMPUTING ACTION SEARCH USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | 3622 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19088655 | MESSAGE ROUTING BASED ON UNAVAILABILITY | AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19061598 | MESSAGE CALL REQUEST DATA HAVING ERROR FREQUENCY METRICS | MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA | 2113 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19038226 | DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | ELIAS, EARL L | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19034245 | MULTI-LAYER CONFIGURATION FOR COMPUTATION ENGINE INTEGRATION IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS | SERRAO, RANODHI N | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033270 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED FORM ANALYSIS AND ERROR DETECTION | MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S | 2113 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19029905 | SINGLE PAYMENT VALIDATION GATEWAY | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19000045 | ONLINE INFORMATION VALIDATION | OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P | 3629 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18981052 | AUTOMATIC REPEATING NETWORK OPERATION EXECUTION USING PARTIAL SWITCHES | MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M | 3627 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18927299 | DATA STRUCTURE MODIFICATION USING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND ONTOLOGY | DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18900299 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED SERVICE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DIGITAL ASSISTANT | MATAR, AHMAD | 2693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18900262 | CORRELATION BASED DATA EXTRACTION USING MACHINE LEARNING | KAPOOR, DEVAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18828948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPH MODEL COMPUTING | OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P | 3629 | §101Other | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18819347 | LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR DELIVERING DIGITAL CONTENT | WONG, LINDA | 2655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18815469 | ZERO CODE METADATA-DRIVEN DYNAMIC API | ONAT, UMUT | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18809117 | CALCULATING TAX CREDITS VALUES FROM HUMAN CAPITAL DATA | GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18761414 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON PRODUCT FEEDBACK | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18759389 | PROMPT BASED CONDITIONING OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | TSUI, WILSON W | 2172 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18752343 | Context-Independent Conversational Flow | WOO, ISAAC M | 2154 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18752606 | BENEFIT VALIDATION | NGUYEN, TIEN C | 3694 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18642485 | MULTI-TASK DEEP LEARNING OF CUSTOMER DEMAND | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 3624 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18586248 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR QUERY SERVICES | HOANG, AMY P | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18437006 | REPORTING TAXONOMY | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 3626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18433331 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WORKFORCE ELASTICITY INDEXING | LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18411965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ORGANIZING A TREE STRUCTURE | HEFFINGTON, JOHN M | 2145 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18506787 | DIGITAL CAREER COACH | RUSS, COREY V | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18479769 | PREDICTIVE MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY QUANTIFYING EMPLOYEE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY | BOSWELL, BETH V | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18479737 | SPARSE INTENT CLUSTERING THROUGH DEEP CONTEXT ENCODERS | NGUYEN, LOAN T | 2165 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18138611 | MICRO-LOAN SYSTEM | YU, ARIEL J | 3627 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 17965380 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION | O'SHEA, BRENDAN S | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
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