Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Everguard Inc. shows a focused prosecution footprint in the Communications technology area. The portfolio contains 1 pending office action, which is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. This limited volume suggests a targeted approach to securing patent rights within a specific technical niche. Because all activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the company is not currently navigating multiple sets of administrative guidelines.
COLEMAN, STEPHEN P is identified as the busiest examiner, managing the 1 pending office action. Prosecution success for the company presently relies on the interactions within this single examiner-applicant relationship. With a 1 distinct examiner and art unit involved, the company's strategy is highly centralized. This lack of examiner diversity means that the progress of the portfolio is tied directly to the review pace of COLEMAN, STEPHEN P. The company must focus its resources on addressing the specific requirements of the 1 pending office action to advance its position in the Communications field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 1 | 84.1% | +11.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18776020 | MULTIMODAL SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18776020 | MULTIMODAL SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18776020 | MULTIMODAL SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 2675 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEverguard Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Stephen P Coleman has the most, with 1 of Everguard Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
