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
Harman Professional Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BRINEY III, WALTER F. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, showing a very specific technical and administrative focus for the company's current filing. This concentration suggests that the company's intellectual property efforts in this sector are currently focused on a singular patent matter.
BRINEY III, WALTER F is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there is only 1 pending office action in the portfolio, this examiner handles all current activity. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action indicates a streamlined interaction with the patent office. This structure allows for a direct relationship between the applicant and the examiner within the Communications field.
In this specialized sector, the profile represents a single point of contact. The company's current prosecution is defined by this 1 pending office action and its review by BRINEY III, WALTER F. This allows for a highly targeted approach within the 1 distinct art unit. Such a streamlined process can simplify the management of the company's current patent applications by avoiding the need to navigate multiple examiner styles or art unit guidelines.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 1 | 65.3% | +4.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18902090 | DUAL COMPRESSION DRIVER WITH RECTANGULAR EXIT | BRINEY III, WALTER F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18902090 | DUAL COMPRESSION DRIVER WITH RECTANGULAR EXIT | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHarman Professional Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Walter F Briney III has the most, with 1 of Harman Professional Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
