Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Atos France

Technology area: Computing & Software

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Atos France has 6 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The docket involves 6 examiners across 5 art units, so examination responsibility is broadly distributed, while at least one art unit handles more than one matter.

IQBAL, MUSTAFA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner concentration is shown in the data, which makes individual response calendars and examiner-specific issue tracking important for maintaining consistency across the portfolio.

The combination of 6 actions and 5 art units suggests that prosecution management should distinguish examiner treatment from art-unit treatment. Counsel may benefit from identifying recurring claim or eligibility issues by art unit, while preserving separate response analysis for each examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IQBAL, MUSTAFA 1 46.9% +24.7%
SYED, FARHAN M 1 75.1% +23.2%
JACKSON, JORDAN L 1 40.4% +39.0%
LANE, THOMAS BERNARD 1 75.0% +11.9%
HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 1 75.0% +25.8%
HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 1 72.7% +38.4%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18896528 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TICKETS TO AGENTS IQBAL, MUSTAFA —
18742520 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DECISION TREE FOR DIAGNOSING A SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF JACKSON, JORDAN L —
18735291 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DATA PROCESSING CHAIN LANE, THOMAS BERNARD —
18600982 Method for configuring a data processing chain HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18586690 Method for assessing carbon capture of an area of interest HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 7d
18896528 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TICKETS TO AGENTS IQBAL, MUSTAFA —
18887586 DECISION INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR DECISION INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM SYED, FARHAN M —
18742520 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DECISION TREE FOR DIAGNOSING A SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF JACKSON, JORDAN L —
18735291 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DATA PROCESSING CHAIN LANE, THOMAS BERNARD —
18600982 Method for configuring a data processing chain HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2142 2
3625 1
2161 1
2857 1
2672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18896528 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TICKETS TO AGENTS IQBAL, MUSTAFA 3625 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18887586 DECISION INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR DECISION INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM SYED, FARHAN M 2161 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18742520 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DECISION TREE FOR DIAGNOSING A SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18735291 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DATA PROCESSING CHAIN LANE, THOMAS BERNARD 2142 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18600982 Method for configuring a data processing chain HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 2142 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18586690 Method for assessing carbon capture of an area of interest HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 2672 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 26, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Atos France have?

Atos France has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Atos France applications?

Mustafa Iqbal has the most, with 1 of Atos France's pending office actions.

What technology area are Atos France's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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