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
BETELGEUSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. maintains a presence in the Computing & Software technology area with 1 pending office action. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a highly concentrated prosecution effort. Furthermore, the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that the company's current patenting focus is directed toward a very specific technical application within the computing field. The data reflects a streamlined approach to intellectual property acquisition with no current dispersion across the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for the company is RAO, SHEELA S, who is handling 1 pending office action. As this is the only pending action in the portfolio, this examiner is responsible for the company's entire current workload at the USPTO. The use of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests a direct and centralized prosecution environment. Practitioners should note that the company's immediate goals in the Computing & Software sector are currently tied to this single pending matter. The outcome of this specific interaction with the examiner will define the company's current standing in this technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAO, SHEELA S | 1 | 75.1% | +17.0% |
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.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18205473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT | RAO, SHEELA S | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18205473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT | RAO, SHEELA S | 49d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18205473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT | RAO, SHEELA S | 2119 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
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