Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Helper Systems LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit, reflecting a singular focus in their current patent filings. Such a narrow distribution indicates that the company's immediate intellectual property goals are tied to a specific software or computing innovation rather than a broad array of technologies.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LEE, TING ZHOU, who is responsible for the pending action. Because there is only the 1 pending office action total, the company's immediate prosecution success depends entirely on the interactions within this single art unit and with this specific examiner. Practitioners should carefully analyze the past decisions of the examiner to tailor their arguments, as there are no other pending actions to balance the risks associated with a single point of review in the Computing & Software sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, TING ZHOU | 1 | 75.0% | +46.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18429375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISPLAYING ASSOCIATIONS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS | LEE, TING ZHOU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18429375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISPLAYING ASSOCIATIONS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS | LEE, TING ZHOU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2171 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18429375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISPLAYING ASSOCIATIONS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS | LEE, TING ZHOU | 2171 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHelper Systems LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ting Zhou Lee has the most, with 1 of Helper Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
