Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Headwater Research LLC has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners across 4 art units, showing that prosecution is distributed across several examination assignments rather than centered in one unit.
GLASS, RUSSELL S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because no examiner handles more than that recorded amount, counsel may need matter-specific strategies and separate reviews of the requirements in each action.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLASS, RUSSELL S | 1 | 71.7% | +20.5% |
| MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | 1 | 85.1% | +57.2% |
| LI, GUANG W | 1 | 78.3% | +23.8% |
| YU, ARIEL J | 1 | 40.6% | +26.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18946594 | Automated Device Provisioning and Activation | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038492 | Virtualized Policy & Charging System | GLASS, RUSSELL S | — |
| 18946594 | Automated Device Provisioning and Activation | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | — |
| 18885194 | Security, Fraud Detection, and Fraud Mitigation in Device-Assisted Services Systems | LI, GUANG W | — |
| 18534415 | Wireless End-User Device Providing Ambient or Sponsored Services | YU, ARIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 2 |
| 2633 | 1 |
| 2478 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19038492 | Virtualized Policy & Charging System | GLASS, RUSSELL S | 3627 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18946594 | Automated Device Provisioning and Activation | MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R | 2633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18885194 | Security, Fraud Detection, and Fraud Mitigation in Device-Assisted Services Systems | LI, GUANG W | 2478 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18534415 | Wireless End-User Device Providing Ambient or Sponsored Services | YU, ARIEL J | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHeadwater Research LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Russell S Glass has the most, with 1 of Headwater Research LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
