Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Baker & Taylor LLC is managing 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CRIBBS, MALCOLM, in 1 distinct art unit. CRIBBS, MALCOLM is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio's current activity is limited to this one pending action, which simplifies the prosecution landscape. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant faces a focused and consistent examination environment.
The Networking & Security technology area is the primary field for the company's current intellectual property efforts. Because CRIBBS, MALCOLM is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, this individual's perspective will determine the immediate success of the portfolio. This ratio of 1 pending office action to 1 distinct examiner means that the practitioner's primary task is to satisfy the specific requirements of CRIBBS, MALCOLM. The lack of complexity allows for a tailored approach to the specific technical issues raised in the 1 pending office action. For Baker & Taylor LLC, the path to allowance is currently defined by the review of the 1 distinct examiner within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 1 | 88.9% | +14.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 46d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 46d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2497 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18962443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 2497 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
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