Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bayer Akiengesellschaft has 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused prosecution effort for the company's current filings. The concentration on a single examiner suggests that the company's communications-related research is currently being evaluated through a single point of contact at the patent office.
The busiest examiner identified is HSU, JONI, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Since the total pending office actions for the company is 1, this examiner manages the entirety of the active workload. This distribution means that the company's immediate prosecution outcomes in the Communications sector are tied directly to the feedback and examination style of HSU, JONI within the assigned art unit.
For practitioners, the presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action simplifies the administrative process. There are no competing priorities or different examination standards to balance across the portfolio. This focused profile allows the applicant to dedicate all resources to addressing the specific issues raised in the single pending office action and advancing the case toward a resolution.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSU, JONI | 1 | 87.7% | +7.0% |
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 1 |
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Start Free TrialBayer Akiengesellschaft has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joni Hsu has the most, with 1 of Bayer Akiengesellschaft's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
