Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Cylance Inc.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (56%)
§103 only4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
7
Information Tech
78% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
ELLIS, MATTHEW J 1 68.9% +31.0%
CORRIELUS, JEAN M 1 84.0% +12.8%
KAMRUZZAMAN, MD 1
ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 1 67.2% +26.0%
VO, TED T 1 81.1% +9.4%
DUAN, VIVIAN WEIJIA 1 64.3% +55.0%
LEE, TSU-CHANG 1 72.8% +14.4%
LI, LIANG Y 1 61.3% +69.0%
SITIRICHE, LUIS A 1 77.6% +21.4%

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
18973356 LABEL MODIFYING TECHNIQUE CORRIELUS, JEAN M
18589738 DETERMINING NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION OF A SOFTWARE CODE VO, TED T

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18611085 MODIFYING SOFTWARE CODE KAMRUZZAMAN, MD
18605017 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT GENERATE DIVERSE EMBEDDED VECTORS, ACCORDING TO AN IMPLEMENTATION ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S
18589818 DETERMINING SOURCE CODE OF A SOFTWARE CODE DUAN, VIVIAN WEIJIA
18482258 DETERMINING SIMILARITY SAMPLES USING A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION WITH CLUSTERING LEE, TSU-CHANG
18482251 DETERMINING SIMILARITY SAMPLES USING A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION LI, LIANG Y

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18973376 DATA SELECTION TECHNIQUE FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING ELLIS, MATTHEW J
18973356 LABEL MODIFYING TECHNIQUE CORRIELUS, JEAN M
18605017 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT GENERATE DIVERSE EMBEDDED VECTORS, ACCORDING TO AN IMPLEMENTATION ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S
18589818 DETERMINING SOURCE CODE OF A SOFTWARE CODE DUAN, VIVIAN WEIJIA
18482258 DETERMINING SIMILARITY SAMPLES USING A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION WITH CLUSTERING LEE, TSU-CHANG
18482251 DETERMINING SIMILARITY SAMPLES USING A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION LI, LIANG Y
18179248 CLUSTERING ANALYSIS FOR DEDUPLICATION OF TRAINING SET SAMPLES FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED COMPUTER THREAT ANALYSIS SITIRICHE, LUIS A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2191 3
2153 1
2159 1
2128 1
2143 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18973376 DATA SELECTION TECHNIQUE FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING ELLIS, MATTHEW J 2153 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2024
18973356 LABEL MODIFYING TECHNIQUE CORRIELUS, JEAN M 2159 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18611085 MODIFYING SOFTWARE CODE KAMRUZZAMAN, MD 2191 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18605017 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT GENERATE DIVERSE EMBEDDED VECTORS, ACCORDING TO AN IMPLEMENTATION ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18589738 DETERMINING NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION OF A SOFTWARE CODE VO, TED T 2191 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589818 DETERMINING SOURCE CODE OF A SOFTWARE CODE DUAN, VIVIAN WEIJIA 2191 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18482258 DETERMINING SIMILARITY SAMPLES USING A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION WITH CLUSTERING LEE, TSU-CHANG 2128 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18482251 DETERMINING SIMILARITY SAMPLES USING A MACHINE LEARNING OPERATION LI, LIANG Y 2143 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18179248 CLUSTERING ANALYSIS FOR DEDUPLICATION OF TRAINING SET SAMPLES FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED COMPUTER THREAT ANALYSIS SITIRICHE, LUIS A §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2023

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