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
Association Pour La Recherche Et Le Développement Des Méthodes Et Processus Industriels-Armines is currently prosecuting 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a highly specific technical focus for the company's current software-related patenting efforts. This concentration allows for a streamlined approach to patent strategy, as the applicant only needs to navigate the specific requirements of the involved administrative unit.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is FEITL, LEAH M. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is only a single pending action in total, this examiner is the sole official reviewing the company's active applications. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows the applicant to focus on the specific examination trends and legal standards relevant to that particular software classification. Practitioners should focus on the individual examination style of the assigned official to navigate the prosecution process effectively. The lack of multiple pending matters simplifies the management of the portfolio but increases the importance of the outcome for this specific case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEITL, LEAH M | 1 | 22.1% | +6.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597954 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEM | FEITL, LEAH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2147 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18597954 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEM | FEITL, LEAH M | 2147 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAssociation Pour La Recherche Et Le Développement Des Méthodes Et Processus Industriels-Armines has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Leah M Feitl has the most, with 1 of Association Pour La Recherche Et Le Développement Des Méthodes Et Processus Industriels-Armines's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.