Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
37 pending office actions • 17 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Autodesk Inc. has 34 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These filings are being reviewed by 32 distinct examiners across 17 distinct art units. The presence of 34 pending actions and 32 examiners indicates that almost all matters are being handled by unique individuals.
Bernard E Cothran is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. The presence of 17 distinct art units shows that the company's software innovations are categorized into many different technical groups. This distribution requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the varied standards of 32 distinct examiners. With 34 pending office actions in total, the workload is spread widely across the 17 distinct art units. Practitioners should be prepared for 32 distinct examiners to apply different interpretations of software patentability across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 4 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (38%) |
| §103 only | 12 (32%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 | 3 | 45.2% | +15.0% |
| HAO, YI | 2 | 34.0% | +46.4% |
| NGUYEN, CINDY | 1 | 78.4% | +9.1% |
| LEE, SARAH YEO | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| STEWART, CRYSTOL | 1 | 33.9% | +29.2% |
| ROBINSON, TERRELL M | 1 | 83.2% | +7.9% |
| PATEL, SHIVANG I | 1 | 75.0% | +16.2% |
| CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R | 1 | 81.1% | +21.7% |
| TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 1 | 83.6% | +18.9% |
| YU, XINYUAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17687535 | COMPUTER-AIDED TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DESIGNS THAT REFLECT DESIGN INTENTS | HOANG, AMY P | 44d overdue |
| 17098228 | GENERATING BUILDING DESIGNS WHILE COMPUTATIONALLY OPTIMIZING FOR WORK CONDITIONS | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 14d |
| 18141206 | PROJECTING COST METRICS FROM AN ENGINEERING MODEL TO AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL | BOROWSKI, MICHAEL | 22d |
| 18150129 | CONTRASTIVE MULTI-FORMAT SHAPE SIMILARITY AND SEARCH | MAHMOOD, REZWANUL | 30d |
| 17127500 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FRAME GRIDS FOR STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF BUILDINGS | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 39d |
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 17960036 | MATERIAL SPECIFICATION TO FACILITATE PART CREATION IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — |
| 17718185 | GENERATING COLLABORATIVE DESIGNS FROM MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS | HAO, YI | — |
| 17696340 | MULTI-USER COLLABORATION SYSTEM FOR GENERATIVE DESIGNS | HAO, YI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2188 | 6 |
| 2187 | 3 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2612 | 2 |
| 2186 | 2 |
| 2156 | 1 |
| 2114 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2618 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082109 | TECHNIQUES FOR STORING AND ACCESSING DATA USING AN INFORMATION MODEL | NGUYEN, CINDY | 2156 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19051066 | RETARGETING CHARACTER PARAMETERS TO SIMPLIFY STACK PROCESSING FOR DEVELOPING DIVERSE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS | LEE, SARAH YEO | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 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 | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005915 | NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18916488 | TECHNIQUES FOR MOTION EDITING FOR CHARACTER ANIMATIONS | CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R | — | §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 | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18784690 | USER FEEDBACK MECHANISM FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | YU, XINYUAN | 2114 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18769276 | DISCRETE-EVENT TRAVEL OPERATIONS WITH SPATIAL MUTUAL EXCLUSION | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3662 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 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 | — | §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 | Final Rejection | — | 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 | — | §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 |
| 18391494 | TECHNIQUES FOR SAMPLING AND REMIXING IN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS | MEROUAN, ABDERRAHIM | 2683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18391498 | TECHNIQUES FOR SAMPLING AND REMIXING IN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS | LIU, ZHENGXI | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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 | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18348303 | EFFICIENT MODELING OF ASSEMBLIES USING GENERATIVE DESIGN | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18141206 | PROJECTING COST METRICS FROM AN ENGINEERING MODEL TO AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL | BOROWSKI, MICHAEL | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18167032 | AGENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-BUILDING SITE LAYOUTS | HUYNH, KHANG THIEN GIA | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18150129 | CONTRASTIVE MULTI-FORMAT SHAPE SIMILARITY AND SEARCH | MAHMOOD, REZWANUL | 2159 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jan 04, 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 |
| 17960036 | MATERIAL SPECIFICATION TO FACILITATE PART CREATION IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17894978 | AUTOMATED DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES FOR FABRICATION WITH STANDARD COMPONENTS | DARWISH, AMIR ELSAYED | 2199 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17718185 | GENERATING COLLABORATIVE DESIGNS FROM MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS | HAO, YI | 2187 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2022 |
| 17713724 | LIBRARY-BASED CONNECTIONS DESIGN AUTOMATION | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
| 17696340 | MULTI-USER COLLABORATION SYSTEM FOR GENERATIVE DESIGNS | HAO, YI | 2187 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
| 17687535 | COMPUTER-AIDED TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DESIGNS THAT REFLECT DESIGN INTENTS | HOANG, AMY P | 2143 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 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 |
| 17098228 | GENERATING BUILDING DESIGNS WHILE COMPUTATIONALLY OPTIMIZING FOR WORK CONDITIONS | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 2186 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 13, 2020 |
| 16192657 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYNTHESIS OF A MECHANICAL STRUCTURE USING A DIVERGENT SEARCH ALGORITHM IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONVERGENT SEARCH ALGORITHM | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2018 |
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