Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
BMC Software, Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These matters are distributed across distinct examiners, with 4 such individuals identified in the data. The actions are also spread across 4 distinct art units. This ratio between pending actions and examiners suggests that each application in the portfolio is navigating a unique examination path. Practitioners should prepare for diverse perspectives rather than a consolidated strategy across these filings.
The busiest examiner identified in the portfolio is CHU, GABRIEL L, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. While this examiner holds the highest volume of pending work for the company, the count of 1 indicates that no single examiner currently dominates the active prosecution pipeline. The presence of the distinct art units further confirms that the pending office actions are likely addressing varied technical sub-sectors within the broader Computing & Software field. Legal teams should tailor their arguments to the specific tendencies of each examiner and unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, GABRIEL L | 1 | 78.8% | -2.2% |
| ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.1% | +27.2% |
| WILSON, YOLANDA L | 1 | 83.7% | +5.8% |
| BENGZON, GREG C | 1 | 57.9% | +7.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19269505 | SELF-OPTIMIZING CONTEXT-AWARE PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INCIDENT REPORTS | CHU, GABRIEL L | — |
| 18332336 | APPLICATION STATE PREDICTION USING COMPONENT STATE | WILSON, YOLANDA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18622841 | PROMPT ORCHESTRATION FOR VIRTUAL AGENTS WITH DIGRESSION CAPABILITIES | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2114 | 1 |
| 2656 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19269505 | SELF-OPTIMIZING CONTEXT-AWARE PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INCIDENT REPORTS | CHU, GABRIEL L | 2114 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 18622841 | PROMPT ORCHESTRATION FOR VIRTUAL AGENTS WITH DIGRESSION CAPABILITIES | ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18332336 | APPLICATION STATE PREDICTION USING COMPONENT STATE | WILSON, YOLANDA L | 2113 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18194612 | SMART PATCH RISK PREDICTION AND VALIDATION FOR LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
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