Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Histal Inc.

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Histal Inc. has 1 pending office action in Communications. DUNPHY, DAVID F is the assigned examiner, and the matter is located in a single art unit.

The concentrated assignment gives counsel one examiner context to evaluate. Prosecution planning can therefore focus on the specific communication technology claims and the requirements raised in the outstanding action.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (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
DUNPHY, DAVID F 1 85.4% +10.0%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18962785 MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES TO ANALYZE IMAGING DATA DUNPHY, DAVID F —

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
18962785 MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES TO ANALYZE IMAGING DATA DUNPHY, DAVID F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2673 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18962785 MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES TO ANALYZE IMAGING DATA DUNPHY, DAVID F 2673 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Histal Inc. have?

Histal Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Histal Inc. applications?

David F Dunphy has the most, with 1 of Histal Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Histal Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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