Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hcl America Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and involve 2 distinct examiners. LIN, KATHERINE Y is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. The presence of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners shows that each active matter is being reviewed by a different individual.
The 2 distinct art units indicate that the company's current prosecution is spread across different technical specialties within the computing field. LIN, KATHERINE Y handles 1 pending office action, which represents one of the 2 pending matters in the portfolio. This 2 to 2 ratio of actions to examiners suggests a lack of examiner overlap for the current workload. Practitioners should note that the 2 distinct art units represent the primary regulatory environments for these matters.
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 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, KATHERINE Y | 1 | 91.0% | +6.4% |
| WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 1 | 47.1% | +100.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18209544 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING ACTIVITIES OF TESTBENCH COMPONENTS IN A TEST ENVIRONMENT | LIN, KATHERINE Y | — |
| 18095635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING SIMULATION DATA USING SIGNATURES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18095635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING SIMULATION DATA USING SIGNATURES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2113 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18209544 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING ACTIVITIES OF TESTBENCH COMPONENTS IN A TEST ENVIRONMENT | LIN, KATHERINE Y | 2113 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18095635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING SIMULATION DATA USING SIGNATURES | WHITE, JAY MICHAEL | 2188 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHcl America Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Katherine Y Lin has the most, with 1 of Hcl America Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
