Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Cerence Operating Company

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

2
Hard (22%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only7 (78%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
5
Communications
56% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GODBOLD, DOUGLAS 1 83.4% +10.5%
REN, ZHUBING 1 71.6% +42.3%
MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR 1 100.0% +0.0%
PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 1 56.9% +51.1%
KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 1 71.0% +67.1%
DYER, ANDREW R 1 59.9% +38.9%
OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M 1 77.1% +19.3%
HANG, VU B 1 74.6% +17.0%
WASHBURN, DANIEL C 1 49.7% +29.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18986960 Federation of Domain-Specific Agents GODBOLD, DOUGLAS
18853471 Interactive Modification of Speaking Style of Synthesized Speech MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18772530 EMERGENT DRIVING ASSISTANT BASED ON EMOTION AND GAZE DYER, ANDREW R 63d
18669946 Selective Disregard of Speech by an Automotive Assistant OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18894058 Tiling Based Approach for Unified Destination Entry PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 3d overdue
18772459 ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT COMPANION FOR ENGAGING WITH A PERSON IN A MOTOR VEHICLE KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 15d
18772530 EMERGENT DRIVING ASSISTANT BASED ON EMOTION AND GAZE DYER, ANDREW R 63d
18986960 Federation of Domain-Specific Agents GODBOLD, DOUGLAS
18872885 Collaboration Between a Recommendation Engine and a Voice Assistant REN, ZHUBING
18669946 Selective Disregard of Speech by an Automotive Assistant OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M
18600917 Coordinating Electronic Personal Assistants HANG, VU B
18057268 VOICE REINFORCEMENT IN MULTIPLE SOUND ZONE ENVIRONMENTS WASHBURN, DANIEL C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2653 2
2655 1
3658 1
3662 1
2654 1
2657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18986960 Federation of Domain-Specific Agents GODBOLD, DOUGLAS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18872885 Collaboration Between a Recommendation Engine and a Voice Assistant REN, ZHUBING §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18853471 Interactive Modification of Speaking Style of Synthesized Speech MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR 2655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18894058 Tiling Based Approach for Unified Destination Entry PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 3658 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18772459 ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT COMPANION FOR ENGAGING WITH A PERSON IN A MOTOR VEHICLE KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 2653 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18772530 EMERGENT DRIVING ASSISTANT BASED ON EMOTION AND GAZE DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §102§103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18669946 Selective Disregard of Speech by an Automotive Assistant OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M 2653 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending May 21, 2024
18600917 Coordinating Electronic Personal Assistants HANG, VU B 2654 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 11, 2024
18057268 VOICE REINFORCEMENT IN MULTIPLE SOUND ZONE ENVIRONMENTS WASHBURN, DANIEL C 2657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022

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