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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
C/O Heliponix LLC has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to examiner POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ. The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner indicates that the company's current USPTO activity is concentrated. For a practitioner, this means that the outcome of the pending portfolio depends on the decisions of POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ. The 1 pending office action represents the total current workload for this entity at the office. This 1 to 1 ratio between the action and the examiner simplifies the communication chain but increases the impact of that specific examiner's perspective.
Managing the 1 busiest examiner pending action requires a strategy focused on the Computing & Software sector. The presence of 1 distinct examiner across the portfolio ensures a consistent point of contact for the pending matter. The 1 distinct art unit involved suggests a narrow technical focus for the current applications. Practitioners should monitor the 1 pending office action for developments that may affect the company's broader goals in the Computing & Software field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 1 | 76.6% | +32.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685556 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PARAMETER SETTINGS FOR AN ENCLOSED GROWING ENVIRONMENT | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685556 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PARAMETER SETTINGS FOR AN ENCLOSED GROWING ENVIRONMENT | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2115 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18685556 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PARAMETER SETTINGS FOR AN ENCLOSED GROWING ENVIRONMENT | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 2115 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
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