Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Architectural Surfaces Group LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. The prosecution of this portfolio is handled by 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. This structure reflects a narrow focus for the company's current patenting activities, as all pending matters are localized to a single point of contact within the patent office. The use of 1 distinct art unit ensures that the technical review remains within a consistent specialized group.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is HANN, JAY B, who is assigned 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner manages the complete set of active responses for the portfolio. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical subject matter has been categorized consistently by the office. This streamlined interaction with HANN, JAY B allows for a direct focus on the specific requirements of that individual's review process. Practitioners should tailor their technical arguments to the specific preferences of this examiner to advance the 1 pending office action.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANN, JAY B | 1 | 61.1% | +31.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17979497 | SYSTEM FOR DESIGN VISUALIZATION USING ACTUAL PRODUCT IMAGES | HANN, JAY B | 31d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17979497 | SYSTEM FOR DESIGN VISUALIZATION USING ACTUAL PRODUCT IMAGES | HANN, JAY B | 31d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17979497 | SYSTEM FOR DESIGN VISUALIZATION USING ACTUAL PRODUCT IMAGES | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
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