Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ally Financial Inc. maintains 5 pending office actions focused in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are handled by 5 distinct examiners, which means that every pending matter is assigned to a different official. Such a distribution suggests that prosecution outcomes are subject to the varied perspectives of multiple examiners rather than being concentrated under a single individual. This requires the applicant to adapt their arguments to the specific tendencies of five different people.
The portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct art units, which reflects a focused technical scope within the broader networking field. KRISTIN ELIZABETH GAVIN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the busiest examiner handles only 1 action, the applicant must prepare for unique interactions across nearly every pending matter in the current docket. The presence of 4 distinct art units suggests that while the technology area is consistent, the specific patentable features are being evaluated by different specialized groups within the USPTO.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 1 | 14.6% | +16.6% |
| WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | 1 | 80.0% | +28.5% |
| SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | 1 | 82.6% | +18.1% |
| OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N | 1 | 81.8% | +10.3% |
| CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | 1 | 80.4% | +29.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19001902 | TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHING TRUSTED ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN A METAVERSE | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | — |
| 18626789 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATING TASKS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND SOFTWARE AGENTS | OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19084503 | DISTRIBUTED TRACING TECHNIQUES FOR ACQUIRING BUSINESS INSIGHTS | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18794902 | PIPELINE RELEASE VALIDATION | SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | — |
| 18449277 | TECHNIQUES FOR SECRET SYNCHRONIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE CLUSTERS | CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19084503 | DISTRIBUTED TRACING TECHNIQUES FOR ACQUIRING BUSINESS INSIGHTS | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19001902 | TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHING TRUSTED ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN A METAVERSE | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | — |
| 18794902 | PIPELINE RELEASE VALIDATION | SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | — |
| 18626789 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATING TASKS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND SOFTWARE AGENTS | OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N | — |
| 18449277 | TECHNIQUES FOR SECRET SYNCHRONIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE CLUSTERS | CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2443 | 1 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084503 | DISTRIBUTED TRACING TECHNIQUES FOR ACQUIRING BUSINESS INSIGHTS | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19001902 | TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHING TRUSTED ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN A METAVERSE | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | 2443 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18794902 | PIPELINE RELEASE VALIDATION | SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18626789 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATING TASKS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND SOFTWARE AGENTS | OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N | 2658 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18449277 | TECHNIQUES FOR SECRET SYNCHRONIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE CLUSTERS | CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | 2431 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
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