Asustek Computer Inc.

Portfolio Summary

30

Total Pending OAs

16

Non-Final OAs

14

Final Rejections

0

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10

Overdue

1

Due this week

15

Due this month

2

Due in next 60 days

2

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0

Hard (0%)

29

Medium (97%)

0

Easy (0%)

1

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§103 only	26 (87%)
§102 only	3 (10%)
No statute on record	1 (3%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2

Life Sciences

7% of docket

15

Information Tech

50% of docket

7

Communications

23% of docket

5

Semiconductors

17% of docket

1

Mechanical / Eng

3% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

300 h

Manual time on pending OAs

60 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

105 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

2.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
WATKO, JULIE ANNE	1	74.5%	+12.3%
BERHAN, AHMED A	1	87.5%	+11.4%
SCHMIDT, KARI L	1	74.2%	+42.9%
STOYNOV, STEFAN	1	89.5%	+12.9%
WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S	1	58.7%	+27.1%
ZHOU, HONG	1	77.0%	+17.1%
JONES, GORDON A	1	60.4%	+39.4%
LEE, EDMUND H	1	69.2%	+17.6%
BERARDESCA, PAUL M	1	78.9%	+17.4%
AJAYI, JOEL	1	77.0%	+46.8%

Quick Wins (2)

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
18929551	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	BERHAN, AHMED A	20d
18827862	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER SAVING METHOD THEREOF	STOYNOV, STEFAN	77d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18825568	ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.	WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S	2d overdue
18882835	FIRMWARE PROTECTING METHOD AND FIRMWARE PROTECTING DEVICE	SCHMIDT, KARI L	1d overdue
18819760	TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH METHOD	ZHOU, HONG	1d overdue
18760912	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HOUSING	LEE, EDMUND H	8d
18941671	TOUCH CONTROL MODULE	WATKO, JULIE ANNE	15d
18636936	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND PAGING VIA UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	AJAYI, JOEL	15d
18929551	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	BERHAN, AHMED A	20d
18772651	EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE	JONES, GORDON A	30d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2478	3
2175	2
2859	2
2468	2
2627	1
2639	1
2439	1
1749	1
2629	1
3763	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18941671	TOUCH CONTROL MODULE	WATKO, JULIE ANNE	2627	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Nov 08, 2024
18929551	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	BERHAN, AHMED A	2639	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Oct 28, 2024
18882835	FIRMWARE PROTECTING METHOD AND FIRMWARE PROTECTING DEVICE	SCHMIDT, KARI L	2439	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Sep 12, 2024
18827862	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER SAVING METHOD THEREOF	STOYNOV, STEFAN	2175	§103	Non-Final OA	77d	Pending	Sep 09, 2024
18825568	ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.	WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S	1749	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Sep 05, 2024
18819760	TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH METHOD	ZHOU, HONG	2629	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Aug 29, 2024
18772651	EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE	JONES, GORDON A	3763	§102	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Jul 15, 2024
18760912	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HOUSING	LEE, EDMUND H	1744	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18751357	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LENS CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION THEREOF	BERARDESCA, PAUL M	2637	§102	Final Rejection	57d	Pending	Jun 24, 2024
18636936	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND PAGING VIA UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	AJAYI, JOEL	2646	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Apr 16, 2024
18586908	ANOMALY LABELED-ASSISTANT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF	SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD	2668	§102	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Feb 26, 2024
18583295	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	ACOLATSE, KODZOVI	2478	§103	Final Rejection	47d	Pending	Feb 21, 2024
18406197	IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE	DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP	2683	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Jan 07, 2024
18505117	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING INPUT DEVICE	LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A.	2181	§103	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Nov 09, 2023
18485319	METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK CONNECTION AND NETWORK DEVICE	RUBIN, BLAKE J	2457	§103	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Oct 12, 2023
18322572	BATTERY MODULE AND SHORT PROTECTION METHOD THEREOF	TSO, EDWARD H	2859	§103	Non-Final OA	72d	Pending	May 23, 2023
18135204	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	HARLEY, JASON A	2468	§103	Final Rejection	42d overdue	Pending	Apr 17, 2023
18191214	ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNA DEVICE	BACK, AUSTIN M	2845	§103	Final Rejection	7d	Pending	Mar 28, 2023
18117261	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE BEAMS COLLISION HANDLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	SEFCHECK, GREGORY B	2477	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Mar 03, 2023
18110361	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL ACCESS SWITCH IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	WEI, SIREN	2467	Other	Non-Final OA	87d overdue	Pending	Feb 15, 2023
18159819	ELECTRONIC DEVICE	MCDANIEL, TYNESE V	2859	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Jan 26, 2023
18078393	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING WITH ANOTHER REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT (UE) VIA A RELAY UE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	BALLOWE, CALEB JAMES	2419	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Dec 09, 2022
17989742	ELECTRONIC DEVICE	ALATA, YASSIN	2426	§103	Final Rejection	126d overdue	Pending	Nov 18, 2022
17983217	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLOT FORMAT INDICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS	2413	§103	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Nov 08, 2022
17979860	SIGNAL ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF	KAY, DOUGLAS	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Nov 03, 2022
17954601	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONNECTING DEVICE	ZAMAN, FAISAL M	2175	§103	Final Rejection	58d overdue	Pending	Sep 28, 2022
17834952	ELECTRONIC DEVICE	ISAAC, STANETTA D	2898	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jun 08, 2022
17724763	METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL	2478	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Apr 20, 2022
17547830	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	PHUNG, LUAT	2468	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Dec 10, 2021
17395797	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	VOGEL, JAY L.	2478	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Aug 06, 2021