Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Assa Abloy Americas Residential has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A. The portfolio involves 1 distinct art unit. ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
This focus suggests a concentrated prosecution path for the current matter within the Communications sector. With 1 distinct art unit involved, the technical scope of the active portfolio is currently narrow. Practitioners can expect a direct interaction with ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A to resolve the outstanding 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | 1 | 18.2% | +18.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18958918 | OVER THE AIR UPDATE FOR IOT DEVICES, SUCH AS WIRELESS ELECTRONIC LOCKS | ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | 24d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18958918 | OVER THE AIR UPDATE FOR IOT DEVICES, SUCH AS WIRELESS ELECTRONIC LOCKS | ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | 24d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18958918 | OVER THE AIR UPDATE FOR IOT DEVICES, SUCH AS WIRELESS ELECTRONIC LOCKS | ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | 2686 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAssa Abloy Americas Residential has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brian A Zimmerman has the most, with 1 of Assa Abloy Americas Residential's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
