Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cognata Ltd. manages a portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 4 pending office actions. These are handled by 4 distinct examiners, showing a ratio where each pending matter is assigned to a different person. ZHAI, KYLE is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units.
The 4 pending office actions indicate a moderate level of activity. With 4 distinct examiners, the applicant must address 4 different individual perspectives. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests some technological variety. Having 1 busiest examiner pending action for ZHAI, KYLE shows that the workload is evenly distributed. Managing 4 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires a coordinated approach across 4 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHAI, KYLE | 1 | 75.0% | +18.5% |
| ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K | 1 | 81.5% | +2.0% |
| HEIM, MARK ROBERT | 1 | 55.6% | -3.6% |
| HANN, JAY B | 1 | 61.1% | +31.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18675239 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERALIZATION | ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18542857 | GENERATING A DRIVING ASSISTANT MODEL USING SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATED USING HISTORICAL SHADOW DRIVER FAILURES AND GENERATIVE RENDERING WITH PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS | HEIM, MARK ROBERT | — |
| 18518654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND SIMULATING A REALISTIC 3D VIRTUAL WORLD | HANN, JAY B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19104423 | DNN GENERATED SYNTHETIC DATA USING PRIMITIVE FEATURES | ZHAI, KYLE | — |
| 18518654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND SIMULATING A REALISTIC 3D VIRTUAL WORLD | HANN, JAY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19104423 | DNN GENERATED SYNTHETIC DATA USING PRIMITIVE FEATURES | ZHAI, KYLE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 18675239 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERALIZATION | ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18542857 | GENERATING A DRIVING ASSISTANT MODEL USING SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATED USING HISTORICAL SHADOW DRIVER FAILURES AND GENERATIVE RENDERING WITH PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS | HEIM, MARK ROBERT | 3668 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18518654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND SIMULATING A REALISTIC 3D VIRTUAL WORLD | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
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