Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Candour OY has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. BILODEAU, DUSTIN E is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action.
The 1 pending office action is the only active matter for the company in the communications sector. It is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, BILODEAU, DUSTIN E, within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a singular focus for the company's current patent prosecution efforts. Because the 1 pending action is handled by a single examiner in a single unit, the prosecution path is highly centralized. Practitioners can expect a consistent review process for this matter, as BILODEAU, DUSTIN E is the sole individual responsible for the company's current communications filings. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative tracking of the company's pending intellectual property.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | 1 | 88.5% | +8.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013868 | BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013868 | BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | BILODEAU, DUSTIN E | 2664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
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