Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Axiom Cloud Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to James D Rutten, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending case. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular focus for the company's software-based intellectual property efforts.
The focus on 1 pending office action within 1 art unit indicates a targeted approach to software patenting, where the company is seeking protection for a specific technical innovation. James D Rutten is the sole official currently reviewing the company's pending claims, making his individual examination style the most important factor in the prosecution's success. Success in this action is critical for the company's intellectual property growth and competitive positioning in the Computing & Software sector.
Practitioners should focus on the specific technical requirements and prior art preferences of James D Rutten to move this case toward allowance. Because the portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant can dedicate resources to addressing the specific issues raised in this pending action. This concentrated environment allows for a specialized strategy, though it also means the company's current patenting success is dependent on the outcome of this single examination.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUTTEN, JAMES D | 1 | 63.3% | +37.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066052 | REFRIGERATION UNIT SAFETY MONITORING AND ANOMALY ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS | RUTTEN, JAMES D | 49d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066052 | REFRIGERATION UNIT SAFETY MONITORING AND ANOMALY ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS | RUTTEN, JAMES D | 49d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2121 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19066052 | REFRIGERATION UNIT SAFETY MONITORING AND ANOMALY ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS | RUTTEN, JAMES D | 2121 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
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