Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
24 pending office actions • 13 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alarm.com Incorporated has 24 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are spread across 13 distinct art units, reflecting the company's range of security and communication technologies. The involvement of 23 distinct examiners suggests that almost every one of the 24 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring a highly decentralized prosecution strategy.
Mikhail Itskovich is the busiest examiner for Alarm.com, holding 2 pending office actions. This low concentration, where the busiest examiner manages only 2 of the pending office actions, highlights the diversity of the portfolio. With 23 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units involved, the company must employ a broad prosecution strategy to address the varied feedback from the USPTO and ensure that its security and communication innovations are effectively protected across all technical domains.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 + other | 5 (21%) |
| §103 only | 12 (50%) |
| §102 only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2 | 35.3% | +23.6% |
| SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 1 | 57.4% | +57.1% |
| YACOB, SISAY | 1 | 76.9% | +17.1% |
| HAILE, BENYAM | 1 | 61.6% | +24.6% |
| TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 1 | 69.9% | +13.9% |
| SYED, NABIL H | 1 | 60.4% | +30.2% |
| JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | 1 | 86.9% | +15.0% |
| BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 1 | 35.8% | +32.6% |
| KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | 1 | 69.4% | +23.8% |
| EDWARDS, TYLER B | 1 | 76.4% | +15.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19181652 | WIRELESS DEVICE NETWORK TRANSITION | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999096 | LOCATION BASED ALERTS | POINT, RUFUS C | 6d |
| 18625311 | FACE CONCEALMENT DETECTION | BEG, SAMAH A | 27d |
| 19300760 | INTELLIGENT DETECTION OF WELLNESS EVENTS USING MOBILE DEVICE SENSORS AND CLOUD-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | — |
| 19220870 | CENTRAL SECURITY SYSTEM | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 19190025 | SECURITY MONITORING USING NON-VISIBLE SIGNALS | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| 19062377 | ROBOT NAVIGATION | KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | — |
| 19030500 | VIRTUAL SENSORS | EDWARDS, TYLER B | — |
| 18610908 | MULTI-PERSON ACCESS CONTROL | GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19300760 | INTELLIGENT DETECTION OF WELLNESS EVENTS USING MOBILE DEVICE SENSORS AND CLOUD-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | — |
| 19262498 | SMART SENSORS | YACOB, SISAY | — |
| 19220870 | CENTRAL SECURITY SYSTEM | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 19217115 | CAMERA BLINDSPOT ANALYSIS | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | — |
| 19190025 | SECURITY MONITORING USING NON-VISIBLE SIGNALS | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| 19181652 | WIRELESS DEVICE NETWORK TRANSITION | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | — |
| 19084269 | MEDICAL PROFILE EMERGENCY INFORMATION SHARING | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | — |
| 19062377 | ROBOT NAVIGATION | KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3666 | 2 |
| 2689 | 2 |
| 2685 | 2 |
| 2483 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2649 | 1 |
| 2676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19300760 | INTELLIGENT DETECTION OF WELLNESS EVENTS USING MOBILE DEVICE SENSORS AND CLOUD-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19262498 | SMART SENSORS | YACOB, SISAY | 2686 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19220870 | CENTRAL SECURITY SYSTEM | HAILE, BENYAM | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19217115 | CAMERA BLINDSPOT ANALYSIS | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19190025 | SECURITY MONITORING USING NON-VISIBLE SIGNALS | SYED, NABIL H | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19181652 | WIRELESS DEVICE NETWORK TRANSITION | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19084269 | MEDICAL PROFILE EMERGENCY INFORMATION SHARING | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 3682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19062377 | ROBOT NAVIGATION | KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | 3666 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19030500 | VIRTUAL SENSORS | EDWARDS, TYLER B | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19022386 | Monitoring System Control Technology Using Multiple Sensors, Cameras, Lighting Devices, and a Thermostat | CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR | 2689 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19000913 | FALL DETECTION AND REPORTING TECHNOLOGY | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18999096 | LOCATION BASED ALERTS | POINT, RUFUS C | 2689 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18907717 | SCHEDULED TEMPORARY RENTAL PROPERTY ACCESS | NELSON, FREDA ANN | 3628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18786897 | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | MAHMUD, RANA HASSAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18772767 | LANDING PAD FOR AERIAL VEHICLES | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18650451 | DRONE FIRST RESPONDER ASSISTANCE | PALL, CHARLES J | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18637119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AN ALARM DURING A SENSOR JAMMING ATTACK | AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O | 2649 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18625311 | FACE CONCEALMENT DETECTION | BEG, SAMAH A | 2676 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18610908 | MULTI-PERSON ACCESS CONTROL | GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI | 2400 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18415085 | DYNAMIC RESPONSE CONTROL SYSTEM | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2483 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18373772 | SENSOR TIMING CORRELATION | TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI | 2671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18133063 | FIXED PROPERTY MONITORING WITH MOVING ASSET LOCATION TRACKING | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18102873 | ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC MANIPULATION OF BUILDING CONTROLS | ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 17988166 | INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2483 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
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