Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aras Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CONYERS, DAWAUNE A. This examiner is also the busiest for the company, holding 2 pending office actions. The entire pending workload is located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high level of concentration in the company's current prosecution.
Because 1 distinct examiner is responsible for all 2 pending office actions, the company can maintain a consistent strategy across its active cases. CONYERS, DAWAUNE A reviews all current pending actions, which centralizes the company's interactions with the USPTO. This lack of examiner diversity means that the portfolio's immediate outcomes are tied to the specific review style of this one individual.
The focus within 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's software innovations are technically similar enough to be grouped together. With 2 pending office actions total, the administrative requirements are focused on the feedback from 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners should note that the busiest examiner pending count of 2 matches the total number of pending office actions for the company.
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 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONYERS, DAWAUNE A | 2 | 65.7% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18313978 | QUERY ENGINE FOR RECURSIVE SEARCHES IN A SELF-DESCRIBING DATA SYSTEM | CONYERS, DAWAUNE 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18313978 | QUERY ENGINE FOR RECURSIVE SEARCHES IN A SELF-DESCRIBING DATA SYSTEM | CONYERS, DAWAUNE A | — |
| 17675513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MANDATORY ACCESS CONTROL ON QUERIES OF A SELF-DESCRIBING DATA SYSTEM | CONYERS, DAWAUNE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2152 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18313978 | QUERY ENGINE FOR RECURSIVE SEARCHES IN A SELF-DESCRIBING DATA SYSTEM | CONYERS, DAWAUNE A | 2152 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 17675513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MANDATORY ACCESS CONTROL ON QUERIES OF A SELF-DESCRIBING DATA SYSTEM | CONYERS, DAWAUNE A | 2152 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2022 |
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