Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

AVEVA Software LLC

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

AVEVA Software LLC has 10 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The actions are assigned to 10 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, indicating a separate examiner and art-unit path for each matter.

ULLAH, ARIF is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration appears in the supplied data. Counsel should coordinate common software terminology and disclosure positions at the portfolio level, while preparing matter-specific responses for each examiner and art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
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.

5
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (20%)
§103 only3 (30%)
§102 only2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (30%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ULLAH, ARIF 1 48.1% +36.5%
ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER 1 66.7% +50.0%
YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 1 77.0% +24.6%
HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 1 58.8% +28.5%
GORDON, BRIAN R 1 65.3% +19.0%
ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R 1 77.2% +10.6%
COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 40.9% +47.7%
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.2% +35.9%
EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 1 64.1% +58.5%
CORTES, HOWARD 1 78.5% +14.5%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18594978 SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING, ARCHIVING, AND PREDICTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SOFTWARE YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 30d overdue
19188208 HYBRID ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANT ASSET OPTIMIZATION ULLAH, ARIF —
18923431 ENABLING AUTHENTICATION BY A LOCAL IDENTITY PROVIDER WHEN CLOUD-BASED AUTHENTICATION IS UNAVAILABLE ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER —
18423094 SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION AS A COMPUTERIZED AND/OR NETWORK-PROVIDED SERVICE HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS —
16201404 HISTORIAN INTERFACE SYSTEM CORTES, HOWARD —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18594978 SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING, ARCHIVING, AND PREDICTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SOFTWARE YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 30d overdue
18071212 SERVERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FAST DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL SETPOINT VALUES GOLDBERG, IVAN R 29d
19188208 HYBRID ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANT ASSET OPTIMIZATION ULLAH, ARIF —
18923431 ENABLING AUTHENTICATION BY A LOCAL IDENTITY PROVIDER WHEN CLOUD-BASED AUTHENTICATION IS UNAVAILABLE ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER —
18423094 SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION AS A COMPUTERIZED AND/OR NETWORK-PROVIDED SERVICE HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS —
18096173 SERVERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MODELING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS GORDON, BRIAN R —
18088012 BUILT-IN RETRIEVAL MODE FOR UNIT OF MEASUREMENT CONVERSION ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R —
18072099 SERVER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CARBON AND SULFUR FOOTPRINT COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 1
2434 1
2175 1
2659 1
2857 1
2119 1
2188 1
3619 1
3693 1
2118 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19188208 HYBRID ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANT ASSET OPTIMIZATION ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
18923431 ENABLING AUTHENTICATION BY A LOCAL IDENTITY PROVIDER WHEN CLOUD-BASED AUTHENTICATION IS UNAVAILABLE ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER 2434 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18594978 SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING, ARCHIVING, AND PREDICTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SOFTWARE YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18423094 SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION AS A COMPUTERIZED AND/OR NETWORK-PROVIDED SERVICE HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 2659 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18096173 SERVERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MODELING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS GORDON, BRIAN R 2857 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2023
18088012 BUILT-IN RETRIEVAL MODE FOR UNIT OF MEASUREMENT CONVERSION ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R 2119 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2022
18072099 SERVER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CARBON AND SULFUR FOOTPRINT COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2022
18071212 SERVERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FAST DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL SETPOINT VALUES GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17405743 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NETWORKED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MANAGING AND CONTROLLING SUBSCRIPTION BASED SERVICES EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 3693 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 18, 2021
16201404 HISTORIAN INTERFACE SYSTEM CORTES, HOWARD 2118 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2018

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does AVEVA Software LLC have?

AVEVA Software LLC has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most AVEVA Software LLC applications?

Arif Ullah has the most, with 1 of AVEVA Software LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are AVEVA Software LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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