Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ctl Analyzers LLC has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. The portfolio is currently being examined by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests the technology falls within a specific niche of the communications sector, which may lead to a more specialized review process.
VARNDELL, ROSS E is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action. This single action represents the entirety of the company's current pending communications-related prosecution. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company can focus its resources on a single examination style. This consolidation allows for a highly targeted strategy for the 1 pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARNDELL, ROSS E | 1 | 84.7% | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18779255 | Deep machine learning-assisted detection of objects of interest for live cells-based assays | VARNDELL, ROSS E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18779255 | Deep machine learning-assisted detection of objects of interest for live cells-based assays | VARNDELL, ROSS E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18779255 | Deep machine learning-assisted detection of objects of interest for live cells-based assays | VARNDELL, ROSS E | 2674 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCtl Analyzers LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ross E Varndell has the most, with 1 of Ctl Analyzers LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
