Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, so each listed assignment is separated at both the examiner and art-unit levels.

MAY, ROBERT F is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending matter. The fully distributed assignment pattern makes centralized tracking important, while substantive responses should be tailored to each technical examination context.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (67%)
§103 only2 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
83% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAY, ROBERT F 1 73.5% +31.9%
HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH 1 55.9% +58.6%
JAKOVAC, RYAN J 1 66.1% +17.4%
MARU, MATIYAS T 1 60.7% +2.5%
BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 1 42.9% +29.1%
HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS 1 79.7% +16.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17993460 AUGMENTED SYNTHETIC EXTENSION CAPABILITY BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 56d
19253431 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AT AN EDGE DEVICE MAY, ROBERT F —
18423774 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST SPARSE DIFFERENTIALLY PRIVATE REGRESSION HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH —
18322643 UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING LEVERAGING HUMAN COGNITIVE ABILITY LEARNING LOOP WORKFLOW MARU, MATIYAS T —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17993460 AUGMENTED SYNTHETIC EXTENSION CAPABILITY BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 56d
18451512 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK-BASED OBSERVABILITY OF A COMPUTING PLATFORM JAKOVAC, RYAN J 83d
19253431 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AT AN EDGE DEVICE MAY, ROBERT F —
18423774 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST SPARSE DIFFERENTIALLY PRIVATE REGRESSION HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH —
17680106 MOBILE OPTICAL VIEW ENVIRONMENT HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2154 1
2143 1
2445 1
2148 1
3715 1
2491 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19253431 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AT AN EDGE DEVICE MAY, ROBERT F 2154 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2025
18423774 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST SPARSE DIFFERENTIALLY PRIVATE REGRESSION HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH 2143 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18451512 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK-BASED OBSERVABILITY OF A COMPUTING PLATFORM JAKOVAC, RYAN J 2445 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18322643 UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING LEVERAGING HUMAN COGNITIVE ABILITY LEARNING LOOP WORKFLOW MARU, MATIYAS T 2148 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2023
17993460 AUGMENTED SYNTHETIC EXTENSION CAPABILITY BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17680106 MOBILE OPTICAL VIEW ENVIRONMENT HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS 2491 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. have?

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. applications?

Robert F May has the most, with 1 of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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