Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dtn LLC has 4 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters are distributed among 4 examiners and 4 art units, so the docket presents a separate examination path for each pending matter.
KHAN, USMAN A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain consistent software claim terminology across the portfolio while tailoring prior-art and eligibility arguments to each record.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 + other | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, USMAN A | 1 | 75.0% | +11.8% |
| BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 1 | 88.2% | +11.0% |
| MITIKU, BERHANU | 1 | 55.3% | +28.7% |
| GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 1 | 19.7% | +11.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965870 | DYNAMIC AIRCRAFT THREAT CONTROLLER MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | — |
| 18229110 | STORAGE UTILITY NETWORK | MITIKU, BERHANU | — |
| 18094203 | MODELING OF SOIL COMPACTION AND STRUCTURAL CAPACITY FOR FIELD TRAFFICABILITY BY AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FROM DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OF SOIL AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH USER-PROVIDED FEEDBACK | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025833 | WEATHER EVENT VISUALIZATION APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES | KHAN, USMAN A | 36d |
| 18965870 | DYNAMIC AIRCRAFT THREAT CONTROLLER MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | — |
| 18229110 | STORAGE UTILITY NETWORK | MITIKU, BERHANU | — |
| 18094203 | MODELING OF SOIL COMPACTION AND STRUCTURAL CAPACITY FOR FIELD TRAFFICABILITY BY AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FROM DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OF SOIL AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH USER-PROVIDED FEEDBACK | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2637 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2156 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19025833 | WEATHER EVENT VISUALIZATION APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES | KHAN, USMAN A | 2637 | §102 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18965870 | DYNAMIC AIRCRAFT THREAT CONTROLLER MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 3666 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18229110 | STORAGE UTILITY NETWORK | MITIKU, BERHANU | 2156 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18094203 | MODELING OF SOIL COMPACTION AND STRUCTURAL CAPACITY FOR FIELD TRAFFICABILITY BY AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FROM DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OF SOIL AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH USER-PROVIDED FEEDBACK | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDtn LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Usman A Khan has the most, with 1 of Dtn LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
