Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Arwall Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are consolidated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. The portfolio is being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, which introduces different perspectives into the prosecution of these 2 pending office actions. This arrangement suggests that while the subject matter is technically similar, the paths to allowance may vary based on individual examiner preferences.
SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the total number of pending actions is 2, SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D is responsible for exactly half of the current workload. This split between 2 distinct examiners suggests that the company must adapt to different examiner styles within the same art unit. Successfully resolving the 2 pending office actions will require addressing the specific concerns of both SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D and the other assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 1 | 72.3% | +27.4% |
| BADER, ROBERT N. | 1 | 44.6% | +26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18611100 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION | BADER, ROBERT N. | 28d |
| 19000495 | AUGMENTED REALITY WALL WITH COMBINED VIEWER AND CAMERA TRACKING | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000495 | AUGMENTED REALITY WALL WITH COMBINED VIEWER AND CAMERA TRACKING | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18611100 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION | BADER, ROBERT N. | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
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