Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Element Software Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The focus on Computing & Software reflects the company's core business and technical specialization. This 1 pending office action is the only matter currently requiring attention from the applicant.
HEBERT, THEODORE E is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. This single action represents the total of 1 pending office action currently active for the company. The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provide a centralized point of contact for the company's intellectual property matters.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action indicates a highly focused prosecution path. Practitioners will interact with a single examiner within the Computing & Software art unit. This structure allows for a focused prosecution strategy for the 1 pending office action.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEBERT, THEODORE E | 1 | 74.2% | +14.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING COMPOSITE FUNCTION BLOCK, COMPOSITE FUNCTION BLOCK, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HEBERT, THEODORE E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING COMPOSITE FUNCTION BLOCK, COMPOSITE FUNCTION BLOCK, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HEBERT, THEODORE E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2199 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18696651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING COMPOSITE FUNCTION BLOCK, COMPOSITE FUNCTION BLOCK, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HEBERT, THEODORE E | 2199 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialElement Software Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Theodore E Hebert has the most, with 1 of Element Software Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
