Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Falcom A/S is managing 3 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are located in 2 distinct art units, which indicates that while there is some technical concentration, the applications are being reviewed by more than 1 specialized group. This spread across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's communications technology spans multiple sub-specialties within the sector. The 3 pending office actions show a consistent level of engagement with the patent office. This structure allows the company to receive feedback from multiple reviewers while remaining within a limited number of technical disciplines.
FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The company's workload is evenly split among 3 distinct examiners, with each individual responsible for exactly 1 pending matter. This 1 to 1 ratio of 3 pending office actions to 3 distinct examiners ensures that the company receives a unique perspective on each of its applications. By interacting with 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, the company avoids concentration risk and benefits from a range of technical feedback on its communications claims. No single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH | 1 | 84.1% | +12.3% |
| ANWAH, OLISA | 1 | 89.0% | +4.8% |
| REGO, DOMINIC E | 1 | 86.8% | +7.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18927077 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AN AUDIO EVENT | ANWAH, OLISA | — |
| 18665318 | CONTROL UNIT | REGO, DOMINIC E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18966104 | EARCUP FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATION AND HEADSET | FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18966104 | EARCUP FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATION AND HEADSET | FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18966104 | EARCUP FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATION AND HEADSET | FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18927077 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AN AUDIO EVENT | ANWAH, OLISA | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18665318 | CONTROL UNIT | REGO, DOMINIC E | 2648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
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