Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Connectome Design Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, which indicates a diversified prosecution strategy that spans different technical sub-sectors. The distribution of these pending matters across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property may cover various aspects of communication technology. This variety requires the prosecution team to adapt to different technical standards and examination styles simultaneously.
The busiest examiner, NEWAY, SAMUEL G, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution team must manage different sets of examiner expectations and timelines. The fact that the busiest examiner is only handling 1 busiest examiner pending action shows that the workload is distributed across the examiners currently engaged with the portfolio. This balance means that no examiner has an outsized influence on the overall portfolio, though each of the 2 pending office actions requires a unique tactical approach.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 1 | 75.1% | +7.2% |
| TSAI, JAMES T | 1 | 63.4% | +56.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18169458 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | TSAI, JAMES T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18169458 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | TSAI, JAMES T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2657 | 1 |
| 2147 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18291782 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 2657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18169458 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | TSAI, JAMES T | 2147 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
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