Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Avalara Inc. maintains a company patent portfolio within the Computing & Software technology area. There are currently 2 pending office actions associated with this portfolio. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners working within 2 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners and art units indicates that each pending matter is being evaluated in a unique technical and procedural context within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for Avalara Inc. is HTAY, LIN LIN M, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles 1 of the company's current active prosecution matters. Practitioners should note that the involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests the software innovations may span different functional categories within the USPTO. The limited number of pending actions allows for a high degree of attention to each individual case. However, the diversity of examiners means that prosecution strategies must be adapted for each specific office action rather than relying on a single point of contact. This requires a versatile approach to managing the company's software-related intellectual property.
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 | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTAY, LIN LIN M | 1 | 71.6% | +24.2% |
| LOTTICH, JOSHUA P | 1 | 90.3% | +3.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19219366 | SUMMARIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION OF BIG DATA METHOD AND APPARATUS | HTAY, LIN LIN M | — |
| 18899331 | ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM (OSP) MONITORING RECENT DATA OF USER FOR A DOMAIN, AND REACTING TO DISCONTINUITY OF THE RECENT DATA FROM HISTORICAL DATA OF THE USER FOR THE DOMAIN | LOTTICH, JOSHUA P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19219366 | SUMMARIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION OF BIG DATA METHOD AND APPARATUS | HTAY, LIN LIN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2153 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19219366 | SUMMARIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION OF BIG DATA METHOD AND APPARATUS | HTAY, LIN LIN M | 2153 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 18899331 | ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM (OSP) MONITORING RECENT DATA OF USER FOR A DOMAIN, AND REACTING TO DISCONTINUITY OF THE RECENT DATA FROM HISTORICAL DATA OF THE USER FOR THE DOMAIN | LOTTICH, JOSHUA P | 2113 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAvalara Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Lin Lin M Htay has the most, with 1 of Avalara Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
