Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Alarm.com Incorporated

23 pending office actions • 17 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

8
Hard (35%)
14
Medium (61%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other4 (17%)
§103 only11 (48%)
§102 only3 (13%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (13%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
26% of docket
6
Communications
26% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
4
Business / Other
17% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EDWARDS, TYLER B 2 76.4% +15.3%
CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 1 29.7% +33.5%
SYED, NABIL H 1 60.4% +30.1%
RUSHING, MARK S 1 76.7% +24.3%
BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 1 35.9% +31.8%
KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 1 70.1% +23.9%
TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R 1 64.0% +2.4%
CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 1 77.0% +17.2%
HAGHANI, SHADAN E 1 61.1% +17.8%
ANWAH, OLISA 1 89.0% +4.7%

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19377402 UNATTENDED SMART PROPERTY SHOWING CRANDALL, RICHARD W.
19190025 SECURITY MONITORING USING NON-VISIBLE SIGNALS SYED, NABIL H
19062377 ROBOT NAVIGATION KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA
19051286 HOME AUTOMATION TRAINING SYSTEM TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R
18973228 CAMERA HAGHANI, SHADAN E
18894053 DETECTING INTERFERENCE WITH SOUND SENSING DEVICES ANWAH, OLISA
18196038 SURVEILLANCE WITH SENSOR DRONE BEAN, JARED C
17988166 INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19377402 UNATTENDED SMART PROPERTY SHOWING CRANDALL, RICHARD W.
19190025 SECURITY MONITORING USING NON-VISIBLE SIGNALS SYED, NABIL H
19091329 ADAPTATION OF A SECURITY CONTROL PANEL RUSHING, MARK S
19084269 MEDICAL PROFILE EMERGENCY INFORMATION SHARING BARR, MARY EVANGELINE
19062377 ROBOT NAVIGATION KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA
19030500 VIRTUAL SENSORS EDWARDS, TYLER B
19022386 Monitoring System Control Technology Using Multiple Sensors, Cameras, Lighting Devices, and a Thermostat CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR
18973228 CAMERA HAGHANI, SHADAN E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3666 2
2483 2
3619 1
3682 1
2689 1
2485 1
2488 1
2692 1
2661 1
2469 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19377402 UNATTENDED SMART PROPERTY SHOWING CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2025
19190025 SECURITY MONITORING USING NON-VISIBLE SIGNALS SYED, NABIL H §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19091329 ADAPTATION OF A SECURITY CONTROL PANEL RUSHING, MARK S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19084269 MEDICAL PROFILE EMERGENCY INFORMATION SHARING BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 3682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 19, 2025
19062377 ROBOT NAVIGATION KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19051286 HOME AUTOMATION TRAINING SYSTEM TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2025
19030500 VIRTUAL SENSORS EDWARDS, TYLER B §102 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 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18973228 CAMERA HAGHANI, SHADAN E 2485 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18916952 VIDEO MONITORING AND ALARM VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGY EDWARDS, TYLER B 2488 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18894053 DETECTING INTERFERENCE WITH SOUND SENSING DEVICES ANWAH, OLISA 2692 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 24, 2024
18772767 LANDING PAD FOR AERIAL VEHICLES CASS, JEAN PAUL 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18772652 DRONE PRE-SURVEILLANCE NASRI, MARYAM A 2483 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18766724 Scanning-Based Video Analysis GILLIARD, DELOMIA L 2661 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18678564 MESH NETWORK CONNECTION QUALITY HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN 2469 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 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
18610908 MULTI-PERSON ACCESS CONTROL GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI 2400 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2024
18373772 SENSOR TIMING CORRELATION TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI 2671 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18196038 SURVEILLANCE WITH SENSOR DRONE BEAN, JARED C 3669 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 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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