Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Asana Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Asana Inc. has 12 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 11 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units, showing broad examiner dispersion with a smaller set of recurring art-unit environments.

EDMONDS, DONALD J is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited examiner concentration means a portfolio-wide approach should emphasize consistent claim drafting and issue tracking rather than one examiner-specific playbook. The six-art-unit distribution may permit useful grouping by examination technology, while separate examiner assignments still require individualized review of objections and cited references.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

7
Hard (54%)
4
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (23%)
§101 + other4 (31%)
§103 only4 (31%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
31% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EDMONDS, DONALD J 2 39.5% +35.3%
SITTNER, MATTHEW T 1 57.9% +56.1%
COULTER, KENNETH R 1 86.8% -4.7%
STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 1 37.7% +26.0%
DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA 1 38.7% +35.6%
WASEL, MOHAMED A 1 89.9% +11.6%
KELLER, MICHAEL A 1 86.7% +16.1%
NGUYEN, THU N 1 71.7% +26.3%
NGUYEN, TAN D 1 24.3% +19.1%
KONERU, SUJAY 1 58.1% +37.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19086811 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO LINK MEETINGS WITH UNITS OF WORK OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT COULTER, KENNETH R —
18899919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EXECUTE BRANCHING AUTOMATION SCHEMES IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT KELLER, MICHAEL A —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18956704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT EDMONDS, DONALD J 11d overdue
18662386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE AGENDAS FOR GROUP MEETINGS KONERU, SUJAY 15d
18782445 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE NESTING OF PORTFOLIOS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT NGUYEN, TAN D 49d
18897386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON SELECTION OF TEXT NGUYEN, THU N 70d
19191878 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE WORK UNIT RECORDS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON STAGES WITHIN A WORKFLOW SITTNER, MATTHEW T —
19066655 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE RECORDS FOR NEW USERS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R —
19062895 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE INTERACTION WITH A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON ASSIGNMENT OF PROJECT-LEVEL ROLES EDMONDS, DONALD J —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18956704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT EDMONDS, DONALD J 11d overdue
18662386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE AGENDAS FOR GROUP MEETINGS KONERU, SUJAY 15d
18782445 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE NESTING OF PORTFOLIOS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT NGUYEN, TAN D 49d
18897386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON SELECTION OF TEXT NGUYEN, THU N 70d
19191878 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE WORK UNIT RECORDS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON STAGES WITHIN A WORKFLOW SITTNER, MATTHEW T —
19066655 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE RECORDS FOR NEW USERS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R —
19062682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE USER ENGAGEMENT WITH UNITS OF WORK ASSIGNED WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA —
19062895 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE INTERACTION WITH A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON ASSIGNMENT OF PROJECT-LEVEL ROLES EDMONDS, DONALD J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3629 4
3623 3
2445 1
2418 1
2154 1
3624 1
2174 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19191878 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE WORK UNIT RECORDS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON STAGES WITHIN A WORKFLOW SITTNER, MATTHEW T 3629 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
19086811 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO LINK MEETINGS WITH UNITS OF WORK OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT COULTER, KENNETH R 2445 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19066655 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE RECORDS FOR NEW USERS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 3623 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19062682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE USER ENGAGEMENT WITH UNITS OF WORK ASSIGNED WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA 3623 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19062895 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE INTERACTION WITH A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON ASSIGNMENT OF PROJECT-LEVEL ROLES EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19027844 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND PRESENTING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES WASEL, MOHAMED A — Other Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18956704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18899919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EXECUTE BRANCHING AUTOMATION SCHEMES IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT KELLER, MICHAEL A 2418 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18897386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON SELECTION OF TEXT NGUYEN, THU N 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18782445 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE NESTING OF PORTFOLIOS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §101 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18662386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE AGENDAS FOR GROUP MEETINGS KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 13, 2024
18453864 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFECTUATE SETS OF AUTOMATED ACTIONS OUTSIDE AND/OR WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON TRIGGER EVENTS OCCURRING OUTSIDE AND/OR WITHIN THE COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18451406 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFECTUATE SETS OF AUTOMATED ACTIONS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING EMBEDDED THIRD-PARTY CONTENT BASED ON TRIGGER EVENTS PARCHER, DANIEL W 2174 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 17, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Asana Inc. have?

Asana Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Asana Inc. applications?

Donald J Edmonds has the most, with 2 of Asana Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Asana Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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