Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Altera Corporation currently has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. Prosecution for this portfolio is handled by 1 distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. This indicates the scope of current activity within the patent office. The focus on a specific technology area suggests a targeted approach to the company's current patenting objectives.
VU, TUAN A is the busiest examiner for the company, with the only pending office action under review. This examiner is responsible for the active office action in the portfolio. Future progress depends on navigating the specific requirements of this examiner within the identified art unit. Practitioners should evaluate the examiner's past behavior to anticipate potential hurdles in the prosecution process. The resolution of the pending matter is entirely dependent on the interaction with this specific examiner.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VU, TUAN A | 1 | 73.2% | +21.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17934581 | Concept for Orchestration of Microservices | VU, TUAN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17934581 | Concept for Orchestration of Microservices | VU, TUAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2193 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17934581 | Concept for Orchestration of Microservices | VU, TUAN A | 2193 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAltera Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tuan A Vu has the most, with 1 of Altera Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
