Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Druva Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This ratio of 3 pending office actions to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units shows that each pending matter is being handled by a different person in a different technical group. Abdullah Ahmed Daud is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action.
With only 3 pending office actions in total, the company's current prosecution footprint is small but technically diverse. The involvement of 3 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions indicates that the company's software innovations are being reviewed by multiple specialized groups. Practitioners should note that Abdullah Ahmed Daud handles 1 pending office action, representing one of the three active matters. The Computing & Software technology area encompasses all 3 pending office actions currently under review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED | 1 | 55.4% | +31.1% |
| GUYTON, PHILIP A | 1 | 83.9% | +8.6% |
| LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 1 | 88.5% | +5.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18942226 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN DATABASES | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19002457 | DATA RESTORE SYSTEM | GUYTON, PHILIP A | 3d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19382056 | CLOUD-BASED CRM DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH QUERY SUPPORT | DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2164 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19382056 | CLOUD-BASED CRM DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH QUERY SUPPORT | DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED | 2164 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19002457 | DATA RESTORE SYSTEM | GUYTON, PHILIP A | 2113 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18942226 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN DATABASES | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
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