Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Genies Inc.

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Genies Inc. is active in the Communications technology area with 1 pending office action currently on file. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current intellectual property development. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a specialized approach to the communications-related claims being pursued.

TRUONG, KARL DUC is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action represents the total 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio. For the practitioner, this means that the current prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the feedback and requirements of this single examiner. The reliance on 1 distinct examiner for the active matter necessitates a clear and direct dialogue to navigate the specific requirements of the communications field.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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
0
Due this month
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (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
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, KARL DUC 1 63.5% +36.1%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18650811 Generation and Processing of Avatars TRUONG, KARL DUC 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18650811 Generation and Processing of Avatars TRUONG, KARL DUC 2614 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 30, 2024

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