Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Eightfold AI Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Eightfold AI Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing that the portfolio's current prosecution activity is distributed across separate examination assignments.

EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should evaluate each action in its own art-unit context and avoid assuming that an amendment or argument effective in one matter will address the other. Examiner-specific tracking is useful because the available record does not show a single examiner handling the full pending set.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 1 37.4% +28.9%
SHORTER, RASHIDA R 1 17.9% +25.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18608805 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROCESSES FOR DEEP JOB PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION AND TALENT PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SHORTER, RASHIDA R 26d
18779892 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING IRRELEVANT DATA FROM CANDIDATE PROFILES EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18608805 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROCESSES FOR DEEP JOB PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION AND TALENT PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SHORTER, RASHIDA R 26d
18779892 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING IRRELEVANT DATA FROM CANDIDATE PROFILES EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3629 1
3626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18779892 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING IRRELEVANT DATA FROM CANDIDATE PROFILES EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 3629 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18608805 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROCESSES FOR DEEP JOB PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION AND TALENT PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SHORTER, RASHIDA R 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 18, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Eightfold AI Inc. have?

Eightfold AI Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Eightfold AI Inc. applications?

Karma Ahmad El-Chanti has the most, with 1 of Eightfold AI Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Eightfold AI Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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