Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
DASSAULT SYSTEMES maintains 7 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. The prosecution is distributed, spanning 6 distinct art units and 6 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests that the company's software innovations are being reviewed across a range of technical specialties within the patent office. Managing 7 pending office actions across such a wide array of departments requires an approach to response preparation that accounts for different standards.
JAY B HANN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. While HANN handles a larger share than others, the remaining actions are spread among the other examiners. This diversity in examiners and art units requires a prosecution strategy that addresses the standards across different software-related departments. Because the pending office actions are not concentrated under a single individual, the company faces a variety of examination styles. The presence of the distinct examiners ensures that the portfolio's progress is not tied to the timeline or tendencies of a single official.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (22%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANN, JAY B | 2 | 61.1% | +31.9% |
| N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 1 | 78.2% | +15.1% |
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
| MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | 1 | 46.9% | +24.3% |
| MARKS, AARIC R | 1 | — | — |
| SAXENA, AKASH | 1 | 49.1% | +30.5% |
| TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 1 | 67.3% | +13.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17735198 | MANAGING ITERATIONS AND BRANCHING IN DESIGN | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 85d overdue |
| 18072947 | Universal Wall Boundary Condition Treatment for K-Omega Turbulence Models | HANN, JAY B | 7d |
| 18063338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING ERGONOMIC RISK | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 30d |
| 18885013 | Computer System for Computer Aided Design (CAD) Modeling of a Mitral Valve | LOUIS, RICHARD G | — |
| 18390174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING DYNAMIC ERGONOMIC RISK | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | — |
| 18326284 | Simulation methodology for Fuel Cell stacks using RVE technique | MARKS, AARIC R | — |
| 18321837 | Method for Parametrized Multi-compartment Housing Model Creation | SAXENA, AKASH | — |
| 18162764 | Computer simulation methodology to analyze mass, momentum, energy and charge transport in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell | 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17735198 | MANAGING ITERATIONS AND BRANCHING IN DESIGN | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 85d overdue |
| 18072947 | Universal Wall Boundary Condition Treatment for K-Omega Turbulence Models | HANN, JAY B | 7d |
| 19061060 | Systems and Methods for Determining Properties of a Wellbore | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | — |
| 18885013 | Computer System for Computer Aided Design (CAD) Modeling of a Mitral Valve | LOUIS, RICHARD G | — |
| 18390174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING DYNAMIC ERGONOMIC RISK | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | — |
| 18321837 | Method for Parametrized Multi-compartment Housing Model Creation | SAXENA, AKASH | — |
| 18162764 | Computer simulation methodology to analyze mass, momentum, energy and charge transport in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell | HANN, JAY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19061060 | Systems and Methods for Determining Properties of a Wellbore | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18885013 | Computer System for Computer Aided Design (CAD) Modeling of a Mitral Valve | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18390174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING DYNAMIC ERGONOMIC RISK | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | 3682 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18326284 | Simulation methodology for Fuel Cell stacks using RVE technique | MARKS, AARIC R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18321837 | Method for Parametrized Multi-compartment Housing Model Creation | SAXENA, AKASH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18162764 | Computer simulation methodology to analyze mass, momentum, energy and charge transport in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell | HANN, JAY B | 2187 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18063338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING ERGONOMIC RISK | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 2188 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 18072947 | Universal Wall Boundary Condition Treatment for K-Omega Turbulence Models | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §101 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17735198 | MANAGING ITERATIONS AND BRANCHING IN DESIGN | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 2189 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
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