Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
AutoSys (TW) Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, though both examiners are located within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that while the company's patent applications are being reviewed by different individuals, they fall under the same technical oversight and art unit guidelines. This can lead to a more consistent prosecution experience than if the cases were spread across multiple art units.
ALFONSO, DENISE G is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates that while the workload is distributed among 2 distinct examiners, the technical focus remains concentrated in 1 art unit. Practitioners can leverage this concentration by monitoring how the 1 distinct art unit handles similar Communications technologies, even as they navigate the specific requirements of the 2 distinct examiners involved in these 2 pending office actions.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFONSO, DENISE G | 1 | 76.2% | +14.5% |
| OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | 1 | — | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823643 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCES OF OBJECT IN IMAGE AND HOST AND SYSTEM THEREOF | ALFONSO, DENISE G | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823643 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCES OF OBJECT IN IMAGE AND HOST AND SYSTEM THEREOF | ALFONSO, DENISE G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18823643 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCES OF OBJECT IN IMAGE AND HOST AND SYSTEM THEREOF | ALFONSO, DENISE G | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18407468 | FUNCTIONAL CONTACT LENS AND METHOD FOR DYEING THE SAME | OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
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