Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Colab AI Inc. is currently engaged in the patent prosecution process within the Computing & Software technology area. The portfolio shows 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a very specific focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL is the busiest examiner for this applicant, as he is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on the docket.
The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow technical scope for the pending application. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the success of the 1 pending office action depends entirely on the interaction with CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL. This centralized approach in 1 distinct art unit allows for a focused legal strategy. The 1 pending office action represents the current hurdle for Colab AI Inc. in the Computing & Software sector. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific technical standards of the 1 distinct art unit and the preferences of the 1 distinct examiner to move the portfolio forward.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 1 | 30.2% | +33.8% |
| CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL | 1 | 41.5% | +35.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982594 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Recommendation for a Product Design Within a Collaborative System | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 46d |
| 18508601 | Multi-User Collaboration Systems, and Methods of Providing Thereof | CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982594 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Recommendation for a Product Design Within a Collaborative System | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 46d |
| 18508601 | Multi-User Collaboration Systems, and Methods of Providing Thereof | CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2171 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18982594 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Recommendation for a Product Design Within a Collaborative System | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 3619 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18508601 | Multi-User Collaboration Systems, and Methods of Providing Thereof | CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL | 2171 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
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