Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
36 pending office actions • 24 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Autodesk Inc. has 34 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters are assigned to 34 distinct examiners across 23 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner coverage and repeated matter placement within some art units.
NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a repeated examiner assignment shifts the management challenge toward maintaining consistent positions across many examiner relationships. Art-unit-level review remains useful because the art-unit count is lower than the examiner count and may reveal shared examination context.
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 | 3 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (28%) |
| §103 only | 16 (44%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2 | 45.2% | +15.5% |
| NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 1 | 74.8% | +15.7% |
| SITTA, GRANT | 1 | 72.5% | +13.2% |
| LEE, SARAH YEO | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| WU, YANNA | 1 | 81.0% | +34.1% |
| STEWART, CRYSTOL | 1 | 33.6% | +28.8% |
| ROBINSON, TERRELL M | 1 | 83.3% | +7.8% |
| PATEL, SHIVANG I | 1 | 74.8% | +16.7% |
| CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R | 1 | 81.2% | +21.6% |
| TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 1 | 83.6% | +18.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19040809 | GENERATING STYLES FOR NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | WU, YANNA | — |
| 19005926 | TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PERFORM NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | ROBINSON, TERRELL M | — |
| 18803378 | GENERATIVE DESIGN SHAPE OPTIMIZATION WITH SINGULARITIES AND DISCONNECTION PREVENTION FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18141206 | PROJECTING COST METRICS FROM AN ENGINEERING MODEL TO AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL | BOROWSKI, MICHAEL | 22d |
| 17127500 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FRAME GRIDS FOR STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF BUILDINGS | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 39d |
| 19271640 | TECHNIQUES FOR FORCE AND TORQUE-GUIDED ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | — |
| 19051066 | RETARGETING CHARACTER PARAMETERS TO SIMPLIFY STACK PROCESSING FOR DEVELOPING DIVERSE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS | LEE, SARAH YEO | — |
| 19016604 | COMPUTER AIDED GENERATIVE TASK SCHEDULING | STEWART, CRYSTOL | — |
| 18916488 | TECHNIQUES FOR MOTION EDITING FOR CHARACTER ANIMATIONS | CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R | — |
| 18784690 | USER FEEDBACK MECHANISM FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | YU, XINYUAN | — |
| 18750783 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING CONVERSATIONAL USER INTERFACES FOR SIMULATION APPLICATIONS VIA LANGUAGE MODELS | MARU, MATIYAS T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19271640 | TECHNIQUES FOR FORCE AND TORQUE-GUIDED ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | — |
| 19096611 | SHARED 3D PERSPECTIVE VIEWING OF AN ASSET IN AN EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEM | SITTA, GRANT | — |
| 19040809 | GENERATING STYLES FOR NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | WU, YANNA | — |
| 19016604 | COMPUTER AIDED GENERATIVE TASK SCHEDULING | STEWART, CRYSTOL | — |
| 19005915 | NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — |
| 18916488 | TECHNIQUES FOR MOTION EDITING FOR CHARACTER ANIMATIONS | CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R | — |
| 18803378 | GENERATIVE DESIGN SHAPE OPTIMIZATION WITH SINGULARITIES AND DISCONNECTION PREVENTION FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | — |
| 18348303 | EFFICIENT MODELING OF ASSEMBLIES USING GENERATIVE DESIGN | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2188 | 7 |
| 2186 | 3 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2612 | 2 |
| 2187 | 2 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| 2616 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| 2615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271640 | TECHNIQUES FOR FORCE AND TORQUE-GUIDED ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 3658 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19096611 | SHARED 3D PERSPECTIVE VIEWING OF AN ASSET IN AN EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEM | SITTA, GRANT | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19051066 | RETARGETING CHARACTER PARAMETERS TO SIMPLIFY STACK PROCESSING FOR DEVELOPING DIVERSE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS | LEE, SARAH YEO | 2616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19040809 | GENERATING STYLES FOR NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | WU, YANNA | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19016604 | COMPUTER AIDED GENERATIVE TASK SCHEDULING | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 3624 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19005926 | TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PERFORM NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | ROBINSON, TERRELL M | 2614 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005915 | NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | PATEL, SHIVANG I | 2615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18916488 | TECHNIQUES FOR MOTION EDITING FOR CHARACTER ANIMATIONS | CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R | 2174 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18803378 | GENERATIVE DESIGN SHAPE OPTIMIZATION WITH SINGULARITIES AND DISCONNECTION PREVENTION FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 2115 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18798408 | CONTEXT-ENRICHED PROMPT GENERATION FOR DOMAIN EXPLORATION | ALBERTALLI, BRIAN LOUIS | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18784690 | USER FEEDBACK MECHANISM FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | YU, XINYUAN | 2114 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18781191 | GEOMETRY-BASED DESIGN DATA SEARCH TOOL | WANG, YI | 2619 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18765122 | MULTI-USER PROMPTS FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS | WU, MING HAN | 2618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18750783 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING CONVERSATIONAL USER INTERFACES FOR SIMULATION APPLICATIONS VIA LANGUAGE MODELS | MARU, MATIYAS T | 2148 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18649891 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE SCENES BASED UPON IMAGE TILES | BROOME, SAID A | 2612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18642624 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRIAL-AND-ERROR LEARNING IN COMPLEX APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS | SMITH, BENJAMIN J | 2172 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18429258 | HYBRID SURFACE MODELLING WITH SUBDIVISION SURFACES AND NURBS SURFACES | SAXENA, AKASH | 2188 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18423153 | HUMAN-CENTRIC EVALUATION OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACES | ADMASU, MAHLIET TASEW | 2123 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18402594 | RETARGETING CHARACTER ANIMATION BY TRANSFERRING SELF-AWARENESS | DEMETER, HILINA K | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18391498 | TECHNIQUES FOR SAMPLING AND REMIXING IN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS | LIU, ZHENGXI | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18506971 | ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC LOADING STRATEGY FOR RENDERING LARGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS | MINKO, DENIS VASILIY | 2612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18446339 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING MULTIMODAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE DESIGN ALTERNATIVES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | FLYNN, ABBY J | 3663 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18348303 | EFFICIENT MODELING OF ASSEMBLIES USING GENERATIVE DESIGN | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18321628 | ITERATIVE SHAPE MODIFICATION PROVIDING MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE LOADS DURING COMPUTER AIDED GENERATIVE DESIGN | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 2186 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18141206 | PROJECTING COST METRICS FROM AN ENGINEERING MODEL TO AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL | BOROWSKI, MICHAEL | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18167036 | MULTI-SCALE GENERATIVE DESIGN FOR MODULAR CONSTRUCTION | WATHEN, BRIAN W | 2151 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18167032 | AGENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-BUILDING SITE LAYOUTS | HUYNH, KHANG THIEN GIA | 2186 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18077948 | GENERATIVE DESIGN SHAPE OPTIMIZATION WITH SIZE LIMITED FATIGUE DAMAGE FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 2188 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17990301 | DUAL MODEL SHAPE SYNTHESIS | KIM, EUNHEE | 2188 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17960036 | MATERIAL SPECIFICATION TO FACILITATE PART CREATION IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17832123 | VOXEL-BASED APPROACH FOR DESIGN MODELS | HAO, YI | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17713724 | LIBRARY-BASED CONNECTIONS DESIGN AUTOMATION | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
| 17671286 | COMPUTER-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR VISUALLY NARRATING RECORDED MEETING CONTENT | CASTILLO-TORRES, KEISHA Y | 2659 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 17523749 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING VISUALIZATIONS OF GEOMETRIC STYLE GRADIENTS | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2021 |
| 17344710 | GENERATIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR SOFT ROBOT MANIPULATORS | DEBNATH, NUPUR | 2186 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2021 |
| 17127500 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FRAME GRIDS FOR STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF BUILDINGS | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 2188 | §101 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Dec 18, 2020 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialAutodesk Inc. has 36 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 24 art units and 35 examiners.
Bernard E Cothran has the most, with 2 of Autodesk Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
