Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, CHUN-NAN | 2 | 87.3% | +15.8% |
| HONG, RICHARD J | 1 | 78.6% | +3.9% |
| TAYLOR JR, DUANE N | 1 | 78.2% | +1.8% |
| EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | 1 | 91.5% | -4.9% |
| FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK | 1 | 68.6% | +14.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19469444 | IMPROVED SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE, SENSOR SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19483512 | PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH VIRTUALIZED HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE | HONG, RICHARD J | — |
| 19469440 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR EMULATION OF A PHYSICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
| 19469437 | EMULATION OF A PHYSICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
| 19469447 | IMPROVED TOUCHLESS POINTER OPERATION DURING TYPING ACTIVITIES USING A COMPUTER DEVICE | FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19469440 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR EMULATION OF A PHYSICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
| 19469437 | EMULATION OF A PHYSICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
| 19469447 | IMPROVED TOUCHLESS POINTER OPERATION DURING TYPING ACTIVITIES USING A COMPUTER DEVICE | FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2629 | 3 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| 2626 | 1 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19483512 | PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH VIRTUALIZED HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE | HONG, RICHARD J | 2623 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19469460 | MODE SWITCHING BETWEEN TOUCHLESS POINTER OPERATION AND TYPING ACTIVITIES USING A COMPUTER DEVICE | TAYLOR JR, DUANE N | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19469440 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR EMULATION OF A PHYSICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE | LIN, CHUN-NAN | 2629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19469444 | IMPROVED SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE, SENSOR SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | 2629 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19469437 | EMULATION OF A PHYSICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A COMPUTER DEVICE | LIN, CHUN-NAN | 2629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19469447 | IMPROVED TOUCHLESS POINTER OPERATION DURING TYPING ACTIVITIES USING A COMPUTER DEVICE | FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK | 2622 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
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