Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Automation Anywhere, Inc.

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

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
0
Due this week
1
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 + other3 (50%)
§103 only2 (33%)
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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 1 42.0% +54.8%
NEWAY, SAMUEL G 1 75.2% +7.4%
LANIER, BENJAMIN E 1 69.3% +17.5%
BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R 1 46.9% +31.5%
BOYCE, ANDRE D 1 36.0% +18.8%
MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 1 66.7% +42.3%

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
19046964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS AND RELATIONSHIPS BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S
18962486 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORT OF MULTI-LANGUAGE USER SESSIONS AND FULFILLMENTS NEWAY, SAMUEL G
18377805 CROSS-PLATFORM EXECUTION MANAGEMENT FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS BOYCE, ANDRE D
18215132 SOFTWARE ROBOTS WITH CHANGE DETECTION FOR UTILIZED APPLICATION PROGRAMS MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18610257 AUTHENTICATION OF SOFTWARE ROBOTS WITH GATEWAY PROXY FOR ACCESS TO CLOUD-BASED SERVICES LANIER, BENJAMIN E 23d
19046964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS AND RELATIONSHIPS BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S
18401085 ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION PROVIDING PROCESS IDENTIFICATION FROM RECORDINGS OF USER-INITIATED EVENTS BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R
18377805 CROSS-PLATFORM EXECUTION MANAGEMENT FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS BOYCE, ANDRE D
18215132 SOFTWARE ROBOTS WITH CHANGE DETECTION FOR UTILIZED APPLICATION PROGRAMS MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3623 2
2657 1
2437 1
2151 1
2197 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19046964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS AND RELATIONSHIPS BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18962486 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORT OF MULTI-LANGUAGE USER SESSIONS AND FULFILLMENTS NEWAY, SAMUEL G 2657 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18610257 AUTHENTICATION OF SOFTWARE ROBOTS WITH GATEWAY PROXY FOR ACCESS TO CLOUD-BASED SERVICES LANIER, BENJAMIN E 2437 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18401085 ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION PROVIDING PROCESS IDENTIFICATION FROM RECORDINGS OF USER-INITIATED EVENTS BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R 2151 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18377805 CROSS-PLATFORM EXECUTION MANAGEMENT FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2023
18215132 SOFTWARE ROBOTS WITH CHANGE DETECTION FOR UTILIZED APPLICATION PROGRAMS MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 2197 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2023

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