Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Autonetworks Technologies Ltd. has 8 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. Each of these 8 actions is assigned to a different person, resulting in 8 distinct examiners for the portfolio. These matters are spread across 8 distinct art units, which indicates that every single pending application is being reviewed by a different technical group at the USPTO. This structure of 8 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units for 8 pending office actions means the company must navigate different examination environments for every case.
Robert Louis Pinkerton is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. Because there are 8 distinct examiners for the 8 total actions, there is no overlap in examiner assignments. The 8 distinct art units involved show that the pending office actions are completely distributed across different specialized units. This structure requires the company to manage 8 unique examiner relationships. Each of the 8 pending office actions is subject to the specific standards of a different art unit and the individual perspective of a different examiner within the Networking & Security sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | 1 | 87.3% | +17.3% |
| DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | 1 | 84.2% | +13.3% |
| NGUYEN, LINH T | 1 | 70.8% | +26.5% |
| MONSUR, NASIMA | 1 | 78.5% | +26.7% |
| CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 1 | 82.8% | +15.3% |
| SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI | 1 | 84.7% | +9.7% |
| CHOI, EUNSOOK | 1 | 90.1% | +7.5% |
| KANG, SUK JIN | 1 | 67.7% | +7.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121936 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — |
| 18718856 | DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD | SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI | — |
| 18711628 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM | CHOI, EUNSOOK | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730865 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TRANSMISSION PATH AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION PATH AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 8d |
| 19121178 | ANTENNA | DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730865 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TRANSMISSION PATH AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION PATH AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 8d |
| 18832518 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION LINE, AND DETECTION METHOD | MONSUR, NASIMA | 23d |
| 19121936 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — |
| 19121178 | ANTENNA | DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | — |
| 18870607 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, AND DETECTION METHOD | NGUYEN, LINH T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3665 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2459 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| 2466 | 1 |
| 2467 | 1 |
| 2477 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19121936 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | 3665 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19121178 | ANTENNA | DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 18870607 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, AND DETECTION METHOD | NGUYEN, LINH T | 2459 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18832518 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION LINE, AND DETECTION METHOD | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18730865 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TRANSMISSION PATH AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION PATH AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18718856 | DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD | SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI | 2466 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18711628 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM | CHOI, EUNSOOK | 2467 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 17616891 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMMUNICATION METHOD | KANG, SUK JIN | 2477 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
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