Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asus Global Pte. Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The presence of these 2 pending office actions shows the current volume of activity for this entity. Practitioners should note the distribution across the 2 distinct art units, which involves different examination environments. The coordination of responses across different technical centers is a key consideration for the legal team.
SMITH, BENJAMIN J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. While the company workload involves 2 distinct examiners, this specific official is responsible for 1 matter. This distribution suggests that the innovations are being evaluated by different groups within the Computing & Software field. Having 2 distinct examiners involved means that the prosecution strategy must account for the individual tendencies of various officials. Each examiner may bring a different perspective to the claims, requiring a specific approach for every individual case file.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, BENJAMIN J | 1 | 64.9% | +56.9% |
| FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | 1 | 83.4% | +0.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442097 | DISPLAY CARD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | 154d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900920 | VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SMITH, BENJAMIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2172 | 1 |
| 2181 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18900920 | VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SMITH, BENJAMIN J | 2172 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18442097 | DISPLAY CARD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | 2181 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 154d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAsus Global Pte. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Benjamin J Smith has the most, with 1 of Asus Global Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
