Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 9 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Assurant Inc. currently manages 13 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 13 distinct examiners, indicating a highly fragmented prosecution landscape where each examiner handles a single pending matter. The work spans 9 distinct art units, suggesting the company's intellectual property covers a broad range of technical classifications within its primary sector. This diversity in art units requires practitioners to navigate various examination standards and technical requirements simultaneously.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BUTLER, SARAI E, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the pending office actions are spread evenly across the distinct examiners, no single official holds a concentrated volume of the company's active cases. This lack of concentration means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to different individual examiners rather than focusing on a few key decision-makers. The high ratio of distinct examiners to pending office actions highlights a decentralized approach to securing patent rights across the 9 distinct art units involved.
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.
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.
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 only | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (46%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, SARAI E | 1 | 88.1% | +10.7% |
| SALCE, JASON P | 1 | 68.1% | +16.2% |
| SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 1 | 25.9% | +36.8% |
| REAGAN, JAMES A | 1 | 71.4% | +19.9% |
| KIM, PATRICK | 1 | 26.3% | +33.9% |
| NGUYEN, TAN D | 1 | 24.3% | +19.7% |
| LAKHANI, ANDREW C | 1 | 23.0% | +28.7% |
| SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 1 | 75.5% | +35.8% |
| GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | 1 | 81.7% | +41.4% |
| MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | 1 | 80.3% | +16.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19206153 | AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSTIC RESOLUTION SYSTEM | BUTLER, SARAI E | — |
| 18177484 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ACCESS PERMISSION CONTROL IN A MOBILE DEVICE | MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18494389 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-EXECUTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REDUCED-RELIANCE APPLICATION ONBOARDING | KIM, PATRICK | 98d overdue |
| 18348894 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OPTIMIZING RESOURCE USAGE | LAKHANI, ANDREW C | 3d overdue |
| 18351622 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING AND SYNCHRONIZING INDEPENDENT COMPUTING RESOURCES | NGUYEN, TAN D | 23d |
| 19086732 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMIC CONTENT EXTRACTION IN VISUAL MEDIA CONTENT | SALCE, JASON P | — |
| 18990898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION PREDICTION AND MODELING, AND RESOURCE ACQUISITION OFFER GENERATION, ADJUSTMENT AND APPROVAL | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — |
| 18304109 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MODELING EXPECTED DEVICE ATTRIBUTES | GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | — |
| 18147268 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LOCATION AWARE DEVICE FAULT DETECTION | MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| 12313740 | Automated claims processing system | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18494389 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-EXECUTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REDUCED-RELIANCE APPLICATION ONBOARDING | KIM, PATRICK | 98d overdue |
| 18315036 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR USER DEVICE REPAIR AND CONDITIONING | SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 71d overdue |
| 18348894 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OPTIMIZING RESOURCE USAGE | LAKHANI, ANDREW C | 3d overdue |
| 18351622 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING AND SYNCHRONIZING INDEPENDENT COMPUTING RESOURCES | NGUYEN, TAN D | 23d |
| 19206153 | AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSTIC RESOLUTION SYSTEM | BUTLER, SARAI E | — |
| 19086732 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMIC CONTENT EXTRACTION IN VISUAL MEDIA CONTENT | SALCE, JASON P | — |
| 18990898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION PREDICTION AND MODELING, AND RESOURCE ACQUISITION OFFER GENERATION, ADJUSTMENT AND APPROVAL | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — |
| 18533695 | ELECTRONIC DATA MANAGEMENT FOR AN ASSET ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPERTY IDENTIFIER BASED ON A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3629 | 2 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 2499 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19206153 | AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSTIC RESOLUTION SYSTEM | BUTLER, SARAI E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19086732 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMIC CONTENT EXTRACTION IN VISUAL MEDIA CONTENT | SALCE, JASON P | 2421 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18990898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION PREDICTION AND MODELING, AND RESOURCE ACQUISITION OFFER GENERATION, ADJUSTMENT AND APPROVAL | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18533695 | ELECTRONIC DATA MANAGEMENT FOR AN ASSET ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPERTY IDENTIFIER BASED ON A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18494389 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-EXECUTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REDUCED-RELIANCE APPLICATION ONBOARDING | KIM, PATRICK | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18351622 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING AND SYNCHRONIZING INDEPENDENT COMPUTING RESOURCES | NGUYEN, TAN D | 3629 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18348894 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OPTIMIZING RESOURCE USAGE | LAKHANI, ANDREW C | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18315036 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR USER DEVICE REPAIR AND CONDITIONING | SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 2116 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18304109 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MODELING EXPECTED DEVICE ATTRIBUTES | GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18177484 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ACCESS PERMISSION CONTROL IN A MOBILE DEVICE | MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | 2499 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 18147579 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR NETWORK-CENTRIC AUGMENTED REALITY PROCESSING | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 114d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18147268 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LOCATION AWARE DEVICE FAULT DETECTION | MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S | 2113 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 12313740 | Automated claims processing system | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 3691 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2008 |
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