Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asmedia Technology Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a decentralized prosecution for this small set of applications. With 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions, each matter is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring a unique approach for each file.
ROCHE, JOHN B is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action. As each of the 3 distinct examiners is responsible for exactly 1 of the 3 pending office actions, the workload is evenly split across the examining corps. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate the individual preferences and styles of 3 different examiners to advance these 3 pending office actions.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's Computing & Software filings are split between two different specialized groups at the patent office. This requires the applicant to be familiar with the specific precedents and norms of 2 different art units. Successfully managing 3 pending office actions in this environment requires a flexible strategy that can adapt to the requirements of 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCHE, JOHN B | 1 | 74.1% | -20.0% |
| SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | 1 | 69.2% | +19.6% |
| TRAN, TUAN A | 1 | 85.3% | +7.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822251 | ADJUSTABLE ATTENUATION TEST SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | TRAN, TUAN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922438 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922438 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2184 | 1 |
| 2477 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19079438 | DOCKING STATION | ROCHE, JOHN B | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18922438 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | 2477 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18822251 | ADJUSTABLE ATTENUATION TEST SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | TRAN, TUAN A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2024 |
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