Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
33 pending office actions • 21 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 93 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dropbox Inc. currently has 34 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 22 distinct art units, indicating a range of software-related filings. The prosecution involves 32 distinct examiners, which suggests that the count of pending actions is close to the count of individuals reviewing them.
HOANG, HAU HAI is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This represents a portion of the 34 pending office actions total, highlighting a distributed prosecution environment. The presence of 22 distinct art units suggests that the company's software innovations span many specialized sub-sectors of computing. Practitioners should anticipate a variety of examiner perspectives, as 32 distinct examiners are currently engaged with the company's pending applications, with the busiest examiner managing only 2 cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 6 (18%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (21%) |
| §103 only | 14 (42%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOANG, HAU HAI | 2 | 78.2% | +13.4% |
| GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE | 2 | 23.3% | +34.3% |
| LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 1 | 88.5% | +5.3% |
| PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 1 | 79.3% | +12.7% |
| SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 1 | 87.2% | +12.6% |
| ELCHANTI, TAREK | 1 | 50.5% | +36.1% |
| CIVAN, ETHAN D | 1 | 68.6% | +28.8% |
| NGUYEN, THUY N | 1 | 57.5% | +24.9% |
| WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 1 | 71.0% | +17.1% |
| ZHAO, DAQUAN | 1 | 77.2% | +14.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19286044 | UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE IDENTIFIER EMBEDDINGS AND DETERMINE DIGITAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL CONTENT ITEMS | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | — |
| 19246254 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR AN ONLINE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18164373 | GENERATING USER-SPECIFIC SYNTHETIC CONTENT UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING WITH USER CREATED CONTENT ITEMS | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 19d overdue |
| 18415036 | GENERATING AND VISUALIZING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVITY SCORES FOR VIDEO CALLS | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 15d overdue |
| 18001174 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING HIGHLIGHT SEGMENTS | MILLER, RONDE LEE | 11d overdue |
| 18332959 | CUSTOMIZABLE AND GRANULAR ANALYTICS TOOL FOR SHARED CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON CUSTOM LINKS | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 20d |
| 18474878 | GENERATING AND PROVIDING AGGREGATED FEED INTERFACES SUMMARIZING THREAD DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA FEEDS | SMITH, SEAN THOMAS | 21d |
| 19189769 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT CONTROL IN A USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE | HOANG, HAU HAI | 29d |
| 18769192 | ADAPTIVELY SYNCHRONIZING AND LINKING DIGITAL MEDIA UTILIZING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY | 42d |
| 18425777 | MEETING TRANSCRIPTION USING CUSTOM LEXICONS BASED ON DOCUMENT HISTORY | SHEN, SAMUEL | 53d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19189769 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT CONTROL IN A USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE | HOANG, HAU HAI | 29d |
| 19270917 | GENERATING AND PROVIDING CONTENT STACKS UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | — |
| 19246254 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR AN ONLINE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | — |
| 19244901 | DETERMINING WHETHER TO PLACE AN ADVERTISEMENT REQUESTING AN ADDRESS | ELCHANTI, TAREK | — |
| 19205475 | DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL GENERATION OF CREATIVE CONTENT FOR PRODUCT | CIVAN, ETHAN D | — |
| 19205533 | WITHIN-CONTEXT SEMANTIC RELEVANCE INFERENCE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATED OUTPUT | HOANG, HAU HAI | — |
| 19205503 | CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT USING AN ATTRIBUTE SOLVER | NGUYEN, THUY N | — |
| 19178422 | USING GENERATIVE AI MODELS FOR CONTENT SEARCHING AND GENERATION OF CONFABULATED SEARCH RESULTS | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 3 |
| 2154 | 2 |
| 2163 | 2 |
| 2179 | 2 |
| 2659 | 2 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 2165 | 1 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19286044 | UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE IDENTIFIER EMBEDDINGS AND DETERMINE DIGITAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL CONTENT ITEMS | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19270917 | GENERATING AND PROVIDING CONTENT STACKS UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19246254 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR AN ONLINE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 2447 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19244901 | DETERMINING WHETHER TO PLACE AN ADVERTISEMENT REQUESTING AN ADDRESS | ELCHANTI, TAREK | 3621 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19205475 | DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL GENERATION OF CREATIVE CONTENT FOR PRODUCT | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 3688 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19205533 | WITHIN-CONTEXT SEMANTIC RELEVANCE INFERENCE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATED OUTPUT | HOANG, HAU HAI | 2154 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19205503 | CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT USING AN ATTRIBUTE SOLVER | NGUYEN, THUY N | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19189769 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT CONTROL IN A USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE | HOANG, HAU HAI | 2154 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19178422 | USING GENERATIVE AI MODELS FOR CONTENT SEARCHING AND GENERATION OF CONFABULATED SEARCH RESULTS | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 2165 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19072233 | MODIFYING AND COLLABORATING WITH DIGITAL VIDEOS THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH VIDEO TRANSCRIPTS | ZHAO, DAQUAN | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19055196 | UNIFIED PRESENTATION OF CROSS-PLATFORM CONTENT TO A USER VISITING A PLATFORM | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 18988609 | TECHNIQUES FOR CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING PARTIAL MOTION IN VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY SCENES | LIU, GORDON G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18882162 | CONTENT ITEM PURGING | PHAM, TUAN A | 2163 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18811976 | PER-NODE METADATA FOR CUSTOM NODE BEHAVIORS ACROSS PLATFORMS | SHAW, PETER C | 2493 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18769192 | ADAPTIVELY SYNCHRONIZING AND LINKING DIGITAL MEDIA UTILIZING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY | 3626 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18763959 | SEARCHING DIGITAL CONTENT | NGUYEN, TUAN S | 2179 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18738249 | DATA MODEL AND DATA SERVICE FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HTAY, LIN LIN M | 2153 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18667953 | TIMESTAMP-BASED APPROACH TO DETECTING STALE VALUES IN A CACHE | KHAKHAR, NIRAV K | 2163 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18652540 | GENERATING CONTENT UPDATE SYNOPSES USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M | 2653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18602881 | SEGMENTING DIGITAL VIDEOS UTILIZING TRANSCRIPT CHAPTERIZATION AND VISUAL BREAKS | KOROMA, SORIE IBRAHIM | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18435023 | CATALYST APPLICATION FOR EXTRACTING AND EXECUTING TASKS | KIM, DONG U | 4100 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18431297 | DOCUMENT DIFFERENCES ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION | NAZAR, AHAMED I | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18425777 | MEETING TRANSCRIPTION USING CUSTOM LEXICONS BASED ON DOCUMENT HISTORY | SHEN, SAMUEL | 2179 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18415036 | GENERATING AND VISUALIZING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVITY SCORES FOR VIDEO CALLS | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18516359 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SCHEDULES AND CALENDARS | GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18507630 | SECURELY INTEGRATING STORED ACCOUNT DATA WITH EXTERNAL WORKFLOWS AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | NILSSON, ERIC | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18474878 | GENERATING AND PROVIDING AGGREGATED FEED INTERFACES SUMMARIZING THREAD DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA FEEDS | SMITH, SEAN THOMAS | 2659 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18342469 | GENERATING AND PROVIDING MORPHING ASSISTANT INTERFACES THAT TRANSFORM ACCORDING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SIGNALS | DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN | 2147 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18332959 | CUSTOMIZABLE AND GRANULAR ANALYTICS TOOL FOR SHARED CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON CUSTOM LINKS | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18302464 | GENERATING, APPLYING, AND VERIFYING AUDIO SIGNATURES FOR DIGITAL DOCUMENTS | CASTILLO-TORRES, KEISHA Y | 2659 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18164373 | GENERATING USER-SPECIFIC SYNTHETIC CONTENT UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING WITH USER CREATED CONTENT ITEMS | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 2658 | §101 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18001174 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING HIGHLIGHT SEGMENTS | MILLER, RONDE LEE | 2663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17838098 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SCHEDULES AND CALENDARS | GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
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