Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Buildots Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a broad spread of examination relative to the total volume of pending applications. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property may span different specialized sub-sectors within the broader computing field, requiring a strategy that accounts for varying examination standards across these administrative groups.
MAUST, TROY A is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this examiner is responsible for 1 of the 2 total pending actions, their individual examination style and historical trends will significantly influence the overall progression of the portfolio. The fact that each of the 2 distinct examiners is handling a single matter suggests a lack of examiner concentration, which may prevent the applicant from leveraging consistent feedback from a single individual across multiple applications.
Practitioners should note that the pending office actions are isolated in different administrative environments. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution team must prepare for potentially divergent prior art citations and legal interpretations. Monitoring the specific tendencies of MAUST, TROY A will be crucial, as this examiner represents a significant portion of the current workload for Buildots Ltd.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAUST, TROY A | 1 | 76.1% | +10.9% |
| COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 1 | 40.9% | +47.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18080820 | INTERACTIVE GUI FOR PRESENTING CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS | MAUST, TROY A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18080820 | INTERACTIVE GUI FOR PRESENTING CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS | MAUST, TROY A | — |
| 17926596 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING IMAGED OBJECT LOCATION | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2189 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18080820 | INTERACTIVE GUI FOR PRESENTING CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS | MAUST, TROY A | 2189 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17926596 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING IMAGED OBJECT LOCATION | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 2188 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2022 |
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