Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Advanced Access Technologies LLC currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates a degree of concentration in the prosecution of the portfolio, as the number of pending actions exceeds the number of examiners and art units involved. SNIEZEK, ANDREW L is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions.
The 2 pending office actions assigned to SNIEZEK, ANDREW L account for a majority of the 3 pending actions in the company's active prosecution. The remaining pending action is handled by another of the 2 distinct examiners. With only 2 distinct art units for the 3 pending office actions, there is a likelihood of encountering similar technical review standards across the portfolio. Practitioners should note that SNIEZEK, ANDREW L has a significant influence on the current Communications filings for Advanced Access Technologies LLC as this examiner handles 2 of the 3 pending actions.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2 | 84.9% | +8.7% |
| HUANG, WEN WU | 1 | 73.0% | +15.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19269002 | STORAGE SYSTEM | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 71d overdue |
| 17863241 | MULTIPURPOSE CHARGING APPARATUS | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18413351 | ON-DEVICE ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUANG, WEN WU | 70d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2693 | 2 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19269002 | STORAGE SYSTEM | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 18413351 | ON-DEVICE ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 17863241 | MULTIPURPOSE CHARGING APPARATUS | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2022 |
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